CONTENTS – April 2023
PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT IDEAS FOR SMALL CITIES AND TOWNS…
Cities, small and large, build social cohesion, civic pride and community connections with libraries, museums, community gardens, civic theaters, public galleries, parks and the pathways that connect them; However, this month we focus on AI and robots:
- “Technology: The Disruptive Tsunami Washing Over Cities”…wck.
- “How a Real Dog Taught a Robot Dog to Walk” and more…from Wired Magazine, 10.30.18 and 4.3.20.
- “Uber turns to autonomous vehicle startup Nuro for Eats deliveries”…from TechCrunch.
- “Some Cities Are Pushing Back on Sidewalk Robots. Here Are Some Possible Ideas For Peaceful Coexistence”… From…THE SPOON, 8.3.22.
CLIMATE CHANGE ACTIVITIES
- “Small City Climate Action Plans”...wck.
- AR6 Synthesis Report, March 20, 2023 from…The International Panel on Climate Change [IPCC] at https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/syr/resources/press
- “US firm agrees to sell 24 mini nuclear reactors to UK customers”, March 20, 2023, from…The Telegraph, https://www.telegraph.co.uk/
- Bloomberg Carbon Clock, CO2 monthly readings through Feb’23.
SPECIAL FEATURES…
- Person to know about: Doug Farr, AIA, FCNU, LEED Green Assoc.
- A Quintessential Character Town: Harrodsburg KY
- Video [1:06:17]: The Upcycle, William McDonough, 2013.
- Video [29:40]: Interview with Thomas Friedman, Thursday, Dec 15, 2016, from THE AVENUE: Why cities matter in an age of accelerations by Amy Liu
- Video [2:32]: Watch robo dog caught on camera out for a walk, https://www.cnn.com/videos/business/2020/09/29/robo-dog-spot-boston-dynamics-moos-pkg-vpx.cnn
BOOKS…
- Inventor of the Future, The Visionary Life of Buckminster Fuller, Alec Nevala-Lee HarperCollins Publishers, 2022.
- A Better Planet: Forty Big Ideas for a Sustainable Future, Daniel C. Esty (Editor), Ingrid C. Burke (Foreword), Yale University, 2019.
- Lights Out: A Cyberattack, A Nation Unprepared, Surviving the Aftermath, Ted Koppel, Crown Publishing Group, NY, 2015
- Streetfight, Handbook for an Urban Revolution, By Janette Sadik-Khan and Seth Solomonow, Penguin Random House, LLC, New York, 350 pages, 2016.