Extreme events ‘presage worse to come’ in a warming climate
From Yale Climate Connections. Increased fatalities, pain, and costs provide a compelling case for taking action on climate change, three […]
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Ocean Health Index
A healthy ocean sustainably delivers a range of benefits to people now and in the future. The Ocean Health Index
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What Next for Sustainable Development? Our Common Future at Thirty by James Meadowcroft.
Sustainable development brings together a series of normative themes related to negotiating environmental limits, to addressing equity, needs and development,
Robert K. Merton and the Social Sphere of Sustainability.
Robert K. Merton is a social scientist in the tradition of the founders of sociology contributing to an understanding of
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Neighborhood Association Business Plans.
INTRODUCTION. A business plan for a neighborhood association may seem unusual or even too much, but consider that an association
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“Biophilic Cities: Integrating Nature into Urban Design and Planning” by Timothy Beatley
FROM AMAZON… “Tim Beatley has long been a leader in advocating for the ‘greening’ of cities. But too often, he
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Small Town Economic Development: Reports on Growth Strategies in Practice by Joaquin Jay Gonzalez III, PhD, Roger L. Kemp, PhD, Jonathan Rosenthal, MPA, AICP
The book begins with nine articles on the state of small towns and cities in the United States, and ends
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Museums, Launching Pads for the Future.
A Reflection of Downtown Values. Museums can be about anything; mostly they are about the values of the host community.
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Urban Forest Master Plan
Excerpts from Published Works… The City of Tallahassee completed an Urban Forest Master Plan in 2018. The plan is a
The Resilient City. How Modern Cities Recover from Disaster by Vale, Lawrence J. and Thomas J. Campanella
The Resilient City was published over ten years ago. It established a term, coined a phrase and set many cities into