The City’s Form and Function – 2016
The City’s Form and Function – 2016: A Model for Small Cities and Towns discusses a sustainable model for small […]
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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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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
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Wicked Problems
Wicked problems is a term of art from the high tech world. Wicked problems are ones where the nature of
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Leverage and the Idea of Multiple Benefits: The Tangible Benefit of Collaborative Thinking and Doing
A thought that underlies all city strategies, plans and actions is to leverage available resources to create multiple benefits for
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Urban Land Use Planning
Urban Land Use Planning [1995].
Urban Land Use Planning, the book, has evolved and grown as a body of thought for over a half century. The Fourth Edition of Urban Land Use Planning presents the classic approaches to planning theory, city planning and practice. The Fourth Edition is chock full of tables and charts and checklists that provide the framework for comprehensive planning and planning for neighborhoods, downtowns, schools and parks. The fifth edition continues to improve the thought-process.
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Performance Management; The System for Learning and Innovation Organizations
Performance Management measures activities of the town government with the intent of improving performance; the best systems are not punitive,