Contents – January 2024
CONTENTS – January 2024 Character towns, small and large, are planned, designed, built, managed and maintained by a variety […]
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Makerspaces as Downtown Assets
Makerspaces have been employed around America as places where people can congregate to learn a trade, perfect a skill and
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The Social Infrastructure Aspiration of the City’s General Plan
Leveraging Physical Assets to Create Community Civility and Sociability. The vision of most small cities and towns in America, however
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The Causes of Climate Change
A simplified animation of the greenhouse effect. Scientists attribute the global warming trend observed since the mid-20th century to the
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Urban tissue and the character of towns
CharacterTowns.org is always looking for definitive ways to describe and define community character and its inherent systems. “Urban Tissue” is
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Small Cities and Towns Can be Global Cities.
The Idea of a Global City.There are two well-established types of organization that operate throughout the world independent of their
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Quintessential Character Town, Greenville SC
GREENVILLE is the county seat of Greenville County in northwest South Carolina. Created in 1786, the county was named either
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So, What’s a Small, Rural Town to Do?
Finding Someone Who Cares is the Place to Start. The Challenge. There are different types of small cities and towns.
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,