{"633891":{"#nid":"633891","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Denser Cities Could Spare Climate but Also Increase Virus Transmission","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMarilyn Brown, Regents\u0026#39; and Brook Byers Professor in the School of Public Policy, was quoted in the article \u0026quot;Denser Cities Could Spare Climate But Also Increase Virus Transmission\u0026quot; on March 27 in E\u0026amp;E News.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe article examines a\u0026nbsp;tradeoff involved in making cities more dense, which can decrease their overall carbon footprint but leave them more susceptible to disease outbreaks like that of COVID-19. Brown spoke to how reducing sprawl is essential not just for reducing emissions but also for optimizing response to disease outbreaks.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EExcerpt:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;I would say sprawl is the epitome of what we don\u0026rsquo;t want to do in terms of emissions from transportation and buildings,\u0026rdquo; said Marilyn Brown, professor of sustainable systems at the Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s School of Public Policy in Atlanta.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDensity can make pandemics more manageable because it fosters communication and efficiency in the delivery of essential public services, she said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article\/denser-cities-could-spare-climate-but-also-increase-virus-transmission\/\u0022\u003ERead the full article here.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"35266","created_gmt":"2020-03-30 16:13:17","changed_gmt":"2020-03-30 16:13:54","author":"ifrazer3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Department of Psychiatry","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article\/denser-cities-could-spare-climate-but-also-increase-virus-transmission\/","dateline":{"date":"2020-03-30T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2020-03-30T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"617552":{"id":"617552","type":"image","title":"Marilyn Brown","body":null,"created":"1549654607","gmt_created":"2019-02-08 19:36:47","changed":"1549654607","gmt_changed":"2019-02-08 19:36:47","alt":"","file":{"fid":"235058","name":"Brown Portrait High Res 2018.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Brown%20Portrait%20High%20Res%202018.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Brown%20Portrait%20High%20Res%202018.png","mime":"image\/png","size":1084696,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Brown%20Portrait%20High%20Res%202018.png?itok=xDn4Rjz4"}}},"media_ids":["617552"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1289","name":"School of Public Policy"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"167078","name":"School of Public Policy"},{"id":"1616","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}