CONTENTS – December 2021
PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT IDEAS FOR SMALL CITIES AND TOWNS…
- City of Chicago’s first-ever Equitable Transit-Oriented Development Policy Plan developed in collaboration with Elevate Chicago, 2020.
- The Future of Small Cities Institute.
- “Wrestling Public Benefits from Derelict and Neglected Roads, Rails and Rivers”…wck.
CLIMATE CHANGE ACTIVITIES…
- National Climate Report – September 2021 from NOAA.
- “Good readings for getting up to speed on methane” from Yale Climate Connections, October 22, 2021.
- FY 2013-2026 EPA Strategic Plan, draft.
- Bloomberg Carbon Clock, CO2 monthly readings through Oct 2021.
MUNICIPAL FINANCE
SPECIAL FEATURES…
- Profile: Paul Davidoff, 1930-1984, early leader in advocacy planning.
- A Quintessential Character Place…New Richmond OH.
- Video: “Nature Ignores Design That Ignores Nature: Observing Natural and Historic Patterns for Site Planning, Native Landscape, and Green Infrastructure” presentation by Tom Mortensen, PLA, ASLA, a site planner and landscape architect with raSmith.
- Video: Powers of Ten™ (1977) – YouTube @ www.eamesoffice.com
BOOKS…
- The City Beautiful Movement, William H. Wilson, 1989.
- FLOW, The Psychology of Optimal Experience, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, 2021, reviewed by Carol Travis, 1990 in the New York Times article “CONTENTMENT IS HARD WORK”.
- Site Analysis: A Contextual Approach to Sustainable Land Planning and Site Design 2nd Edition, James A. LaGro Jr., 2007.
- US EPA\’s Climate Adaptation Plan: October 2021 (pdf)