CONTENTS – May 2022
PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT IDEAS FOR SMALL CITIES AND TOWNS…
- “Micro and Power Resiliency for Data Centers: Myth Busting and Exploring New Solutions”…from www.DataCenterKnowledge.com
- “Pocket Neighborhoods”…from www.pocketneighborhoods.net.
- “Smart City Hub”…from https://smartcityhub.com/
- “Where Will 2.5 Million New Floridians Go? A Strategy”…wck.
- Index to archived Planning Articles.
CLIMATE CHANGE ACTIVITIES…
- “Critical Rare Earth Elements”[CREEs]…from Rare Elements Resources.
- Lithium discussed…from The South China Morning Post, The Wall Street Journal and The Economist.
- Reminder…Sources and Uses of Energy…from EPA and EIA.
- Bloomberg Carbon Clock, CO2 monthly readings through March 2022.
- Index to archived Climate Change Articles.
SPECIAL FEATURES…
- Profile: Frederick Law Olmsted on his 200th birthday anniversary.
- Quintessential Character Town Investments…Memphis Brooks Museum of Art…from The New York Times, November 5, 2021.
- A Photo Essay on Coral Reef Restoration Efforts in Florida…from Yale’s Climate Connections, March 24, 2022.
- Videos: The Olmsted Conference w/Laurie Olin on Stanford Campus [44:47] and Mark Hough on the Duke Campus [57:39], October 27, 2021.
- Index to archived Special Features.
BOOKS…
- A Clearing in the Distance, Frederick Law Olmsted and America in the Nineteenth Century, Witold Rybczynski, Scribner, 480 pages, 1999.
- Increments of Neighborhood: A Compendium of Built Types for Walkable and Vibrant Communities, Brian O’Looney, ORO Editions, 2020.
- Pocket Neighborhoods: Creating Small-Scale Community in a Large-Scale World by Ross Chapin(Author),Sarah Susanka (Foreword), Taunton Press, 2011.
- Streetfight, Handbook for an Urban Revolution, Janette Sadik-Khan and Seth Solomonow, Penguin Random House, LLC, New York, 350 pages, 2016.
- Index to archived Book Summaries.