The Maitland Ballfield Complex
The Maitland Ballfield Complex in the City of Maitland married two ideas in 1990: a park and a fire station. […]
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From the Climate Change Series: What’s Causing Sea Level To Rise?
Global warming is causing global mean sea level to rise in two ways. First, glaciers and ice sheets worldwide are
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“What I Found in a Thousand Towns” by Dar Williams
The title tells the method, the book tells the whys and wherefores. “Positive proximity” is a big concept…”a state of
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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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From Bloomberg CityLab…A case for turning empty malls into housing.
A case for turning empty malls into housing. Second life: In the Lynnwood suburb of Seattle, developers are turning a
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The Great Ice Meltdown and Rising Seas: Lessons for Tomorrow
The Great Ice Meltdown and Rising Seas: Lessons for Tomorrow, As accumulating atmospheric greenhouse gases lead to further climate warming,
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TOWN SQUARE City of Boynton Beach FL
Town Square is a 16-acre site in downtown Boynton Beach. The project includes the renovation of the historic Boynton Beach
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Pedestrian Crossings; be all in.
Pedestrian safety is rising in the conscience of everyone. More people are walking in and biking in urban areas and
Benoit Mandelbrot: Fractals and the art of roughness.
Fractals, like the Powers of Ten, is a concept seemingly unrelated to urban design and city planning. However, understanding natural
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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,