Contents – July 2023

CONTENTS – July 2023

Character towns, small and large, build social cohesion, community connections, civic trust and hometown pride with • strong neighborhoods, • successful development corridors, • superior schools, • a holistic system of open spaces, • resilient and effective infrastructure systems and • vibrant downtowns with restaurants, shops, offices, libraries, museums, theaters, city halls, post offices and parks. Trustworthy institutions are critical. Sociability and civility are the core values that support the city’s economic and physical sustainability.

THE INFRASTRUCTURE EDITION

PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT IDEAS FOR SMALL CITIES AND TOWNS…

• “Urban Infrastructure, A Holistic System of Smart, Green Facilities”…wck.
• “Institutions are Social Infrastructure, The Sinews of Small Cities”…wck.
• “Multi-Modal Mobility: Getting Anyone Anywhere Anytime, Safely and Cheaply”…wck.
• “Parks, Plazas, Trails and Open Spaces: Citywide Amenities and Connectors”…wck.
• “The National Electric Grid” headlines…wck.
• “Why the U.S. Electric Grid Isn’t Ready for the Energy Transition”…NYT, 6.12.23.
•  “Infrastructure Can Be Beautiful, A Photo Essay of Highway Gas Stations”…wck.
• “The Multiple Benefits of Co-Located Infrastructure”…wck.
• “Infrastructure Funding and Financing. A Comprehensive, Long-Range Municipal Finance Plan”…wck

FROM THE PLANNERS’ BOOKSHELF…

• Lights Out:  A Cyberattack, A Nation Underprepared, Surviving the Aftermath, Ted Koppel, Crown Publishing Group, NY, 2015.
• Streetfight, Handbook for an Urban Revolution, Janette Sadik-Khan and Seth Solomonow, 2016
• Transportation for Livable Cities, Vukan R. Vuchic, Center for Urban Policy Research, Rutgers, 352 pp., 1999.
• The Sanitary City: Environmental Services in Urban America from Colonial Times to the Present, Martin V. Melosi, Ph.D., [Paperback], [Abridged; full version published in 1999, 600 pages] The Pittsburgh Press, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh PA, 2008.
• Parks and Recreation System Planning, A New Approach for Creating Sustainable, Resilient Communities, David L. Barth, PhD, Island Press, Washington D.C., 2020.
• Next Generation Infrastructure: Principles for Post-Industrial Public Works, 2nd Edition, Hillary Brown, Island Press a trademark of the Center for Resource Economics, 2014.
• Reaching for the Future, Creative Finance for Smaller Communities, Tom Murphy, Maureen McAvey and Bridget Lane, Urban Land Institute, Washington D.C., 2016.
• Worry Less About Crumbling Roads, More About Crumbling Libraries, Eric Klinenberg, The Atlantic, Sep 20, 2018.