CITY PLANNING ARTICLES
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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Preface for a Comprehensive Energy System Plan
Conservation of Energy. Society’s first obigation is to not squander resources, especially the “free” resources provided by nature; and to
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Amphitheaters, Entertainment al fresco.
Every park should have an amphitheater, formal or not, big or small; but a place for families to enjoy performances
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Community Theaters, “Edu-tainment” Emporiums
Historical Role of Main Street Theaters in Small Cities and Towns. Movies begat movie theaters. From the late 19th century
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Urban tissue and the character of towns
CharacterTowns.org is always looking for definitive ways to describe and define community character and its inherent systems. “Urban Tissue” is
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DeLand FL, A Quintessential Character Town
The City is the home of Stetson University and the seat of Volusia County government, both with facilities near downtown.
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Contents – March 2023
CONTENTS – March 2023 PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT IDEAS FOR SMALL CITIES AND TOWNS… Cities, small and large, build
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Bloomberg Carbon Clock through December 2022.
The monthly values reflect the cyclical or seasonal changes in an inexorably upward secular trend. Check out the graph of