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Masato R. Nakamura, Eng.Sc.D. wrote a new blog post Residential and street...
Almost 20% of residential and street basket waste is food. Exposing food waste on the street makes hungry rats keep feeding.
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Dr. Benito Mendoza wrote a new blog post Where is NYC's food waste taken? in...
Peninsula Composting in Wilmington, Delaware[/caption] Peninsula Composting in Wilmington, Delaware, which is where some of NYC’s source separated food waste is taken, has spare capacity of about 150...
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Masato R. Nakamura, Eng.Sc.D. wrote a new blog post Surface Temperature of...
Waste food decomposition rate Temperature Rat behavior
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Masato R. Nakamura, Eng.Sc.D. wrote a new blog post Mapping Service in the...
CUNY Mapping Service by GC’s Center for Urban Research
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Masato R. Nakamura, Eng.Sc.D. wrote a new blog post Rat safari (06/06/2013)...
In the evening of June 6th, 2013, we observed wild rats in Manhattan and discussed how to research the rat behavior related to food wastes in trash cans.
View ArticleProf. Seto wrote a new blog post GPS plus Camera in the group Sustainability...
It’s a shame our organism is a burrower. GPS would be great. And the Cameras would be good too. http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-57589255-1/cat-secrets-researchers-track-50-felines-with-gps-cams/
View ArticleMasato R. Nakamura, Eng.Sc.D. wrote a new blog post Bloomberg Plan Aims to...
This pilot program is really cool. Adding a new food waste stream may contribute decreasing rat population in New York City. —– Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, who has tried to curb soda consumption, ban […]
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Masato R. Nakamura, Eng.Sc.D. wrote a new blog post Mayoral candidates weigh...
Manhattan’s East 91st Street Marine Transfer Station has long divided people into two camps. via Mayoral candidates weigh in on East 91st Street Marine Transfer Station.
View ArticleProf. Seto wrote a new blog post Picking Up in the group Sustainability...
Here’s an interesting piece about Robin Nagle’s Picking Up. When we were on the Rat Safari, it was mentioned to us, as well as Robert Sullivan’s Rats.
View ArticleMasato R. Nakamura, Eng.Sc.D. wrote a new blog post Mayoral candidates weigh...
Mayoral candidates weigh in on East 91st Street Marine Transfer StationClick to enlargeManhattan’s East 91st Street Marine Transfer Station has long divided people into two camps.Next year it may...
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Prof. Seto wrote a new blog post Here's an interesting dataset that could be...
Here’s an interesting dataset that could be useful for us
View ArticleDavida Smyth wrote a new blog post Vasectomies rather than neutering? in the...
Hey guys, I saw this and thought of you all. I had spoken about this will Bobby and how using pheromones could perhaps be helpful in controlling the populations. I wasn’t that far […]
View ArticleProf. Seto wrote a new blog post Birth Control in the group Sustainability...
Here’s an article that features Bobby. Remember how he was telling us about the birth control in the subways during the rat safari?...
View ArticleMasato R. Nakamura, Eng.Sc.D. wrote a new blog post NYPIRG Straphangers'...
NYPIRG Straphangers’ Campaign Platform Survey.
View ArticleMasato R. Nakamura, Eng.Sc.D. wrote a new blog post Subway Study Shows Which...
Subway Study Shows Which Boroughs Have The Most Rats, Filth, Darkness via Subway Study Shows Which Boroughs Have The Most Rats, Filth, Darkness: Gothamist.
View ArticleMasato R. Nakamura, Eng.Sc.D. wrote a new blog post in the group...
Hi all, Regarding waste field work, my student David did a great work: he measured the garbage in trash cans in parks in several mornings, and mapped it using google Map. <a […]
View ArticleMasato R. Nakamura, Eng.Sc.D. wrote a new blog post A new project website has...
This site is for a project of Numerical Analysis of Waste and Urban Ecology in New York City.
View ArticleMasato R. Nakamura, Eng.Sc.D. wrote a new blog post title and pictures in the...
Hi Ben and Jeremy, I created our project site here. We will discuss the title and pictures (header, avatar etc) later. Regards, Masa
View ArticleProf. Seto wrote a new blog post Rats! in the group Sustainability Study:...
The effect of feeders in our parks. Even the Squirrels back off!
View ArticleProf. Seto wrote a new blog post Everywhere that they shouldn't be in the...
Charred Rat Body causing extended blackout.
View ArticleMasato R. Nakamura, Eng.Sc.D. wrote a new blog post Storm’s Toll Creeps...
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/07/nyregion/after-storm-rats-creep-inland.html?_r=0
View ArticleDr. Benito Mendoza wrote a new blog post Rats Mob The Upper East Side in the...
I found this articule from the Wall Street Journal (2010). It has a map of the whole NYC with rat information on it. It seems that there most be more data around there. We have to find what is know...
View ArticleMasato R. Nakamura, Eng.Sc.D. started the forum topic Slides for City Tech...
I’ll finish slides for the conference and send it to you tomorrow, Wednesday.
View ArticleDr. Benito Mendoza replied to the forum topic Slides for City Tech Research...
Here is a set of slides with my idea for the presentation. I sent it to you by email with some annotations.
View ArticleDr. Benito Mendoza replied to the forum topic Slides for City Tech Research...
Here is the paper from where I’ve got some of the data. http://mpaenvironment.ei.columbia.edu/sitefiles/file/documents/spring%2012%20reports/Food%20Waste%20Workshop%20Final%20Report(1).pdf
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Prof. Seto wrote a new blog post Right outside City Tech in the group...
Something I saw yesterday coming into Pearl. Like an idiot, I forgot to turn my phone sideways. This guy is about to die. Probably hemorrhaging internally.
View ArticleProf. Seto wrote a new blog post Something to think about... Something to...
Pied piper a plague risk? Mostly about how small reservoirs can still carry epidemic disease The computer model shows that plague can persist in very low rat populations (about 60,000) and spreads to...
View ArticleMasato R. Nakamura, Eng.Sc.D. wrote a new blog post Call for papers:...
This is not a conference, but it’s an opportunity to show our data. Call for papers: Industrial Ecology as a Source of Competitive Advantage in Business.
View ArticleMasato R. Nakamura, Eng.Sc.D. wrote a new blog post Sustainable City 2013 |...
Sustainable City 2013 Download Pdf 8th International Conference on Urban Regeneration and Sustainability 3 – 5 December, 2013 Putrajaya, Malaysia via Sustainable City 2013 | 13 Conferences.
View ArticleMasato R. Nakamura, Eng.Sc.D. wrote a new blog post NYC DOHMH - Environmental...
Rat Information Portal The Rat Information Portal RIP provides information on rats in NYC. Use this site to make maps and learn about what you can do to prevent and manage rats.Rats can be a property,...
View ArticleMasato R. Nakamura, Eng.Sc.D. wrote a new blog post Rat aggregate data 2012...
http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/downloads/pdf/rats/aggregate-data-2012.pdf
View ArticleProf. Seto wrote a new blog post Interesting Video in the group...
http://gothamist.com/2013/04/30/photos_video_rat-hunting_in_nyc_wit.php?utm_source=feedly#photo-1
View ArticleMasato R. Nakamura, Eng.Sc.D. wrote a new blog post Schedule in the group...
Hi all, If we divide this project into 3 phases, how dose the schedule of project look like? Phase I: Food Waste (Summer 2013?) Phase II: Data Mapping (Fall 2013?) Phase III: Rat (Spring 2014?) Masa
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Masato R. Nakamura, Eng.Sc.D. wrote a new blog post 05/03/2013 meeting in the...
Food Waste Generation + Collected socieconomic parameters and waste data (Jeremy, Ben, Masa) + Creating a food waste distribution (Masa) + Developing Food waste generation […]
View ArticleMasato R. Nakamura, Eng.Sc.D. wrote a new blog post Characterization of New...
http://www.nyc.gov/html/nycwasteless/downloads/pdf/wp-reports/wprr06.pdf
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http://nytelecom.vo.llnwd.net/o15/agencies/planyc2030/pdf/planyc_2011_solid_waste.pdf
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Prof. Seto wrote a new blog post in the group Sustainability Study: Waste and...
Seen originally at: http://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/seto1101sp2013 Rains and flooding will cause the critters that live underground to emerge. Just be glad it’s been a relatively dry April. Here’s an...
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