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Juha Uitto

On the trains: Why do Asia and Europe do it better?

The train sped through the rice paddies that shone intense green in the bright sunshine. Some of the paddies seemed already be turning…

8 min readApr 27, 2024

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On the trains: Why do Asia and Europe do it better?

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Juha Uitto

The high death-toll of American traffic

Earlier this year, my wife witnessed a pedestrian being hit by a car on our city street in Maryland. It wasn’t tragic and no-one got badly…

8 min readApr 15, 2024

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The high death-toll of American traffic

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Juha Uitto

Is our vision of success, work and school warped?

Why do we work? Most of us work so that we earn enough of money to survive and to fulfil the needs and desires that we have. In addition…

9 min readMay 1, 2022

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Is our vision of success, work and school warped?

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There is No One Solution to Climate Safe Future

COP26 is about to start in Scotland and thousands of government and civil society representatives, international organization and private…

10 min readOct 25, 2021

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There is No One Solution to Climate Safe Future

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Juha Uitto

Evaluating Environment in International Development: New Open Access Edition

We live in a rapidly changing world although we don’t always notice it as our lives unfold in the midst of these changes. Only when you…

5 min readMay 11, 2021

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Evaluating Environment in International Development: New Open Access Edition

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Juha Uitto

The Jazz that Passed

That 2020 was a bad year goes without saying. One of the areas of human endeavor that suffered most was arts and culture. And these are…

8 min readJan 4, 2021

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The Jazz that Passed

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Juha Uitto

Evaluation in the time of pandemic

The year 2020 has been defined by the COVID-19 pandemic that has disrupted lives and livelihoods everywhere around the world. The way we…

5 min readNov 16, 2020

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Evaluation in the time of pandemic

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Towards evaluation for a sustainable and just future

Over the past eight months, the novel coronavirus pandemic has infected some 20 million people and killed more than 700,000, sparing…

5 min readAug 17, 2020

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Towards evaluation for a sustainable and just future

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Juha Uitto

Heavy Weather over Kyushu

Humans and nature clash under changing climate

6 min readJul 11, 2020

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Heavy Weather over Kyushu

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Juha Uitto

It’s a matter of cultural standards

How the Japanese deal with the pandemic is illustrative of what’s wrong in America.

7 min readJun 27, 2020

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It’s a matter of cultural standards

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Juha Uitto

Juha Uitto

Geographer, evaluator, environmentalist. Based in Bethesda, Maryland, I work internationally. Opinions expressed are my personal ones.

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