The streets of New York city

Biodiversity on Broadway - Enigmatic Diversity of the Societies of Ants (Formicidae) on the Streets of New York City

Each year, a larger proportion of the Earth's surface is urbanized, and a larger proportion of the people on Earth lives in those urban areas. The everyday nature, however, that humans encounter in cities remains poorly understood. Here, we consider perhaps the most urban green habitat, street medians. We sampled ants from forty-four medians along three boulevards in New York City and examined ...

Diabetes in New York City.

Better Utilization of City Streets

City streets in this country represent an annual capital outlay of $3,133 billion, based on 1966 data. This figure is more than one-third of the total annual capital outlay for all streets and highways, $9,123 billion. Another $1,114 billion was spent annually for maintenance of city streets, so $4,247 billion was spent each year on city streets. O f this total $4 billion, $2.5 billion went to ...

Biological photographic collections: the picture archives of the New York Academy of Medicine, New York City.

For more information, please contact: Sarah Sisco (212) 419-3590 or at [email protected] 18 CME CREDITS The International Society for Urban Health (ISUH) facilitates the exchange of perspectives, research methods, and data on the study of disease in urban areas and the effects of urbanization on health. Membership is open to anyone interested in the health of urban populations. Annual Membership ...

Low birthweight in New York City and upstate New York following the events of September 11th.

BACKGROUND We examined pregnancy outcomes in New York City (NYC) and upstate New York after the September 11, 2001 World Trade Center disaster. METHODS Using birth certificate data for NY residents (n = 1,660,401 births), we estimated risk of low birthweight (LBW: <2,500 g) and preterm birth (<37 weeks) one week after September 11th versus three weeks before, and for 10 four-week intervals po...