Contents – February 2021
CONTENTS February Issue #157 PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT IDEAS FOR SMALL CITIES AND TOWNS… Social Network Theory and City Planning. […]
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Vision-Driven Strategy
The Idea of Vision-Driven Strategy. A strategy is the general idea one has about how to implement a vision. Essentially,
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“A Better Planet: Forty Big Ideas for a Sustainable Future” by Daniel C. Esty
FROM AMAZON: Sustainability has emerged as a global priority over the past several years. The 2015 Paris Agreement on climate
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Missing Middle Housing by Daniel G. Parolek
Thinking Big and Building Small to Respond to Today’s Housing Crisis “Today, there is a tremendous mismatch between the available
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Thinking About Thinking.
THE NEW DECADE. As the “teens” become the “twenties”, a pause is permitted to contemplate to past and the future.
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Wicked Problems
THINKING ABOUT PROBLEMS. City planners and builders, as well as many other professions, deal with problems, sometimes called opportunities, all
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Lean Thinking 4.0: Enhance the Wisdom of People with the Power of Lean by Robert Brown
ONE SMALL STEP FOR LEAN THINKING; A GIANT LEAP FOR ALL ORGANIZATIONS. Lean Thinking 4.0 is the latest evolution of
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“Transportation for Livable Cities” by Vukan R. Vuchic
Though this book is somewhat dated, now being 20 years since production, the thoughts are clear, well organized, fundamentally sound
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“Next Generation Infrastructure: Principles for Post-Industrial Public Works 2nd Edition” by Hillary Brown
Despite being five years old, the ideas and insights offered in Next Generation Infrastructure are useful when deciding how to