Multi-modal Mobility: A True Synergy
Multi-modal Mobility offers a true synergy for a transportation system in an urban environment. A comprehensive system of transportation options […]
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The Next Hundred Million, America in 2050
The Next Hundred Million, America in 2050 by Mr. Kotkin examines the future and finds that suburbs hold the key
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Financing Redevelopment: Using Public Finance Tools for Vision-Consistent Development
Establishing special districts includes designing the sources and uses of funds at the same time as determining land use, circulation
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The Upcycle: Beyond Sustainability–Designing for Abundance
Sustainable development is surpassed by the ideas in The Upcycle: Beyond Sustainability–Designing for Abundance by William McDonough and Michael Braungart, their
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Design the Town as if it was a Park
Design the Town as if it was a Park. Character towns can be planned just like a park with shelter,
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A Survey of Performance Management Systems
The model system for performance management draws on the experience of eleven well-known systems adaptable to the issues facing small
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Community Character: Principles for Design and Planning
Community Character: Principles for Design and Planning by Lane H. Kendig with Bret C. Keast, [Island Press, Washington, 187 pages, 2010]
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Smart Microgrids for power, water supply and waste disposal
Smart Microgrids offer a small scale solution for providing power to remote areas and for serving as back-up systems for
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Small Towns as Global Cities
Small Towns as Global Cities is a happening trend. Small cities and towns have many of the attributes that appeal
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The City’s Form and Function – 2016
The City’s Form and Function – 2016 is evolving based on global access to the new global economy. The annual