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Fairhope, Alabama, A Quintessential Character Town
The City of Fairhope began as a dream in the minds of a group of populist reformers who were seeking
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The Olmsted Conference
Landscape architect Laurie Olin talks about Frederick Law Olmsted, the founder of American landscape architecture, and his impact on the
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Benoit Mandelbrot: Fractals and the art of roughness
Fractals, like the Powers of Ten, is a concept seemingly unrelated to urban design and city planning. However, understanding natural
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“A Natural History of the Future” by Rob Dunn
To Understand Our Future on Earth, Look to the Laws That Govern Nature. A Review By Peter Brannen, Dec. 9, 2021
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“Superforecasting” by Philip E. Tetlock and Dan Gardner
The Art and Science of Prediction The theory, simply put, is that an organized collection of well-informed people can predict
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“The Excellence Dividend” by Tom Peters
Meeting the Tech Tide with Work That Wows and Jobs That Last The inimitable Tom Peters has produced another thought
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The Bloomberg Carbon Clock November 2021
The monthly values reflect the cyclical or seasonal changes in an inexorably upward secular trend. Check out the graph of