From the Climate Change Series: Why Sea Level Matters.
In the United States, almost 40 percent of the population lives in relatively high population- density coastal areas, where sea […]
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Articles provided by wck planning and articles by others discuss a wide variety of issues and opportunities facing small cities and towns. Ideas matter and history helps with practical and conceptual ideas and information about cities, city planning and city-building. The Articles gallery of CharacterTowns.org presents papers that discuss issues and opportunities for those thinking and doing city-building.
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Sanford FL East 1st Street Community Venues.
In Downtown Sanford, between the lakefront park and downtown’s main street “active zone” is the Post Office [1], the community
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The Dying Mall’s New Lease on Life: Apartments
Second life: In the Lynnwood suburb of Seattle, developers are turning a big part of the 41-year-old Alderwood Mall into
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Paris wants to become a ‘15-minute city’
“For years Paris has been an exemplary city in terms of mobility policies. Initiatives in favor of pedestrianization and public
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The Arctic Council
The Artic is full of richness; ecological and cultural as well as economic. The competition has started on which nation
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A Downtown Park – A Concept
Downtown Vision: Devote one corner at the “100% corner” to active public use; a place of immediate, casual observance of
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The Race for Oil
“Trump Administration Moves Closer To Allowing Oil Drilling In Arctic Refuge” The Trump administration is pushing ahead with plans to
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The Milne Ice Shelf
“Milne Ice Shelf: Satellites capture Arctic ice split” The Planet Earth-observation company has just released new imagery of the broken
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The Power of Exhibitions and Fairs to educate, promote economic development and enhance civic pride.
CELEBRATIONS. Every city and town has something to celebrate: an historic event, the birthday of a famous resident or a
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The City as Classroom, Education Outside the School House.
A CITY EDUCATION. Alvin Toffler once told an audience that more education was taking place in conference centers than school