I’m sure we all have worked (or work) in an office where we die of heat exhaustion in the winter and freeze in the summer. I type this in a long sleeve shirt and a jacket, from my office in Miami. The current outdoor temperature … Continue reading From Air-Conditioning to Urban Planning, Defaults and Standards Create Dysfunction by Design
Are we too late? Can we save Miami? What can we do? That is the type of questions Miami business leaders and officials are trying to address … Mayor Levin and many other leaders in the Miami area seem to be getting the picture, we … Continue reading Miami’s Business Leaders Trying to Learn How to Make Money Out of Sea-Level Rise
Fun little look at what a few tiny touches can do to change the whole feel of a space. A newly updated archive lets you track images of urban makeovers across the world. FEARGUS O’SULLIVAN Across the world, street design that favors automobiles and ignores … Continue reading More Before-and-After Photos of the World’s Best Street Designs
California, Florida, Texas, India, Ethiopia, Sudan, Eritrea … the list goes on and on. The world is facing an ever deepening water crisis, as climate change accelerates. This article from the BBC really show how much we depend on water for things we don’t … Continue reading Is India facing its worst-ever water crisis?
A great article by Noah Friedman and Kristen Hall that touches on the needs of modern cities. Read the artice by clickin the link below … 1. Increased Mobility 2. Focused Intensity 3. Pedestrian Focused 4. Well-Loved Public Places 5. Social Vibrancy As we become a planet … Continue reading 5 Steps to Creating High-Performance Communities
This article looks at the income along LA’s Metro stations. As planners, we are taught that transportation (especially rail) leads to economic development. It would be an interesting case study to see what was done wrong or right at these struggling stations. And, even more … Continue reading Measuring income along L.A.’s Metro stations
When I was in Seoul, I fell in love with the “Chong-gye-cheon”. An elevated expressway, deconstructed and returned to a stream through the heart of the city. The river inspired me to start thinking about how to use nature and her natural resources and processes … Continue reading How Urban Parks Are Bringing Nature Close to Home
These amazing gardens activate space and bringing nature into our daily life. Ideas like this can also be used in mitigation efforts, to combat sea level change. Take a look at some of these amazing, unexpected, places. By Ashleigh Schmitz Morley 3/11/16 It’s common to … Continue reading Incredible Gardens Growing in Unexpected Places
This is an excellent read and video. We all know policy changes and planning can only take us so far. In order to effect change, there must be a reward or consequence. Whatron School – University of Pennsylvania 2/9/2016 As urban areas become more congested, and concerns … Continue reading Why Better Urban Planning Won’t Reduce Traffic — but Taxes Will
This is a very interesting idea … Urban Planning and Public Policy in High School. Imagine if we all had learned at a young age the importance of density, public transit, social justice … the list goes on. This will lead to a whole new generation … Continue reading Urban planning: Will Dallas ISD plant its new CityLab High School downtown next year?
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