“American Urbanist: How William H. Whyte’s Unconventional Wisdom Reshaped Public Life” by Richard K. Rein
From Amazon… “On an otherwise normal weekday in the 1980s, commuters on busy Route 1 in central New Jersey noticed […]
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“Babbitt” by Sinclair Lewis
From CT.org… The New York Times recently reviewed Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis under the subtitle: “The Novelist Who Saw Middle
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Cycling for Sustainable Cities
Edited by Ralph Buehler and John Pucher, The MIT Press, 2021. “Cycling is the most sustainable means of urban travel,
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“What Makes a Great City” by Alexander Garvin
FROM AMAZON… “What makes a great city? Not a good city or a functional city but a great city. A
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The Bloomberg Carbon Clock – December
The monthly values reflect the cyclical or seasonal changes in an inexorably upward secular trend. Check out the graph of
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A Reminder…The sources of greenhouse gases can be grouped into five categories
Transportation is the biggest, perhaps electric vehicles will reduce this number, over time. Hydrogen is still on the list. Electricity
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Increase in marine heat waves threatens coastal habitats.
With continued warming, Chesapeake Bay will suffer extreme heat for half the year by 2100 Heat waves—like the one that
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Sorting things out: Go ‘big’ or ‘small’ on climate solutions?
What can we do about climate change? To be effective, do we need to start and stay big? Or is
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The biggest green hydrogen hub in the US could be coming soon to Mississippi
From CT.org: Hydrogen is an important part of America’s comprehensive energy program. The United States could see its biggest green
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A Comprehensive, Long-Range City Finance Plan Using a Pro Forma Sources and Uses Process.
A BORROWED TERM, A Professional Accounting Viewpoint. CharacterTowns.org has taken the accounting term, source and uses of funds, and contorted