Hot, Flat and Crowded, Why We Need a Green Revolution – And How It Can Renew America by Thomas L. Friedman
A great summary of our situation; a challenge to the things we value and want to preserve. What confrontsus is […]
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Local Government Capacity: Building in a Flat, Hot and Crowded Post-American World.
A Coherent Picture of the Future. The United States has always had a strategy for defining and advancing America’s interests based
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Transportation for Livable Cities by Vukan R. Vuchic
Profession Vuchic has produced a useful book that examines the history and current [1999] state of livability transportation thinking. His
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The Big Nine. How the Tech Titans & Their Thinking Machine Could Warp Humanity by Amy Webb
Implications for the American City. Artificial Intelligence [AI] is, and will continue to, inculcate every aspect of human endeavors. While
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Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community by Robert D. Putnam
Nearly 20 years after publication, Bowling Alone still stands as the seminal work of the socialization of American twentieth century society; establishing
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Herman Kahn “Futurist”
“Herman Kahn was a founder of the Hudson Institute and one of the preeminent futurists of the latter part of
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Retail Home Deliveries, Ginovus Article
There are few things that have disrupted the retail world more than e-commerce. Online shopping has changed the way Americans
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The Death and Life of Main Street
Small Towns in American Memory, Space, and Community by Miles Orvell From Amazon… “For more than a century, the term
Eyes on the Street: The Life of Jane Jacobs by Robert Kanigel
JANE JACOBS’S STREET SMARTS. What the urbanist and writer got so right about cities—and what she got wrong.By Adam Gopnik “Jacobs, in
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The Responsible Hospitality Institute [RHI]
The Responsible Hospitality Institute (RHI) is a private, non-profit organization founded in 1983 and is the leading source for events, resources