Building Equitable Cities
https://www.c-span.org/video/?443190-6/building-equitable-cities Henry Cisneros, former HUD Secretary & San Antonio Mayor, provided his thoughts on how to build and expand economic […]
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cities
CITY PLANNING ARTICLES
Institutions, The Sinews of Small Cities and Towns.
The Need for Institutions. Institutions embody the values of society and the processes used to promote civic behavior in a
CITY PLANNING ARTICLES
Global Readiness Challenge – 2021 and Beyond
NOTE FROM CharacterTowns.org: Whether or not your community decides to participate in this program, understanding the criteria and the processes
CITY PLANNING ARTICLES
Planning Census-designated Places.
Planning Unincorporated City-like Places like Cities. Many counties in the United States have areas of urban or suburban development with
CITY PLANNING ARTICLES
Vanishing yet vital: Western U.S. butterflies in decline
When the Edith’s checkerspot butterfly (Euphydryas editha) reaches its next flower, a few of the tiny flecks of pollen stuck
CITY PLANNING ARTICLES
Study suggests trees are crucial to the future of our cities
EXCERPTS… “The shade of a single tree can provide welcome relief from the hot summer sun. But when that single
CITY PLANNING ARTICLES
Reduce, reuse and recycle…recycling challenged.
From ChracterTowns.org…Florida Trend has constructed an excellent article of the efficacy of recycling. One conclusion is to put the emphasis
BOOKS
“Sustaining a City’s Culture and Character” by Charles R. Wolfe
Somewhere, between character and caricature, there exists an authentic–a truly unique–urban place, that blends global and local, old and new.
PROFILES OF PEOPLE TO KNOW
Lawrence Halprin, 1916 – 2009
Cities is one of those books from the 1960s when idealism in city planning was blooming, design was a valuable commodity,