Reading about Small Modular (Nuclear) Reactors – SMR’s
An Essential Component of a Comprehensive Energy Program. CT.org believes nuclear energy is one of the sustainable sources of energy […]
CITY PLANNING ARTICLES, CLIMATE CHANGE ARTICLES
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CITY PLANNING ARTICLES
Model Based Design, BIM as City Planning Technological Tools.
The March of Technology. Project designers have access to tools with capabilities that far exceed those available in the post-World
BOOKS
Cycling for Sustainable Cities
Edited by Ralph Buehler and John Pucher, The MIT Press, 2021. “Cycling is the most sustainable means of urban travel,
BOOKS
“Superforecasting” by Philip E. Tetlock and Dan Gardner
The Art and Science of Prediction The theory, simply put, is that an organized collection of well-informed people can predict
Paul Davidoff, 1930-1984.
Professor Davidoff was an advocacy planner pursuing zoning and approaches that favored people of all classes and incomes. A practitioner
BOOKS
Retrofitting Suburbia: Urban Design Solutions for Redesigning Suburbs
“Updated with a new Introduction by the authors and a foreword by Richard Florida, this book is a comprehensive guide
CITY PLANNING ARTICLES
Five Principles of Urban Economics.
Things we know and things we don’t know from Mario Polese, City Journal. CharacterTowns.org came upon this great discussion of
BOOKS
Confessions of a Recovering Engineer: Transportation for a Strong Town
by Charles L. Marohn Jr. From the Back Cover, from Amazon… “The costs of the North American transportation system are too
CITY PLANNING ARTICLES
Reverse Engineering a Strategy.
The Role of Strategy. Remember that strategy is the pivot point between vision and action. Therefore, it is important to
Special Features, VIDEOS
An interview with Thomas Friedman, “Why cities matter in an age of acceleration”.
“If you want to be an optimist, stand on your head. The world looks a lot better from the bottom