The City in History: Its Origins, Its Transformations, Its Prospects by Lewis Mumford
Character Town Commentary. Lewis Mumford became famous because of this book; he won the National Book Award for non-fiction in […]
Greenville SC, A Quintessential Character Town.
GREENVILLE is the county seat of Greenville County in northwest South Carolina. Created in 1786, the county was named either
Urban Designer, Jan Gehl
Jan Gehl is a practicing Urban Design Consultant and Professor of Urban Design at the School of Architecture in Copenhagen,
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Vision-Driven Strategy
The Idea of Vision-Driven Strategy. A strategy is the general idea one has about how to implement a vision. Essentially,
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Main Street’s Active Zones: “Not Too Tall, Not Too Long”
THE ORLANDO REGION’S CHARACTER MAIN STREETS. The five county Orlando Region is fortunate to have many small cities and towns with
The Character Town, A Preface.
A Character Town is an Emotional Experience. There is a hometown in our minds where we want to live, to
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Miami’s Underline snags a $22M grant.
Now its new phase can be built in Coral Gables. What is the Underline park and what will it look
BOOKS
“A Better Planet: Forty Big Ideas for a Sustainable Future” by Daniel C. Esty
FROM AMAZON: Sustainability has emerged as a global priority over the past several years. The 2015 Paris Agreement on climate
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The Bloomberg Carbon Clock
May 1974 to the Present: Mauna Loa Observatory average CO2 record, maintained by NOAA. The monthly values reflect the cyclical
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Extreme events ‘presage worse to come’ in a warming climate
From Yale Climate Connections. Increased fatalities, pain, and costs provide a compelling case for taking action on climate change, three