Regenerating Older Suburbs by Richard Peiser
OVERVIEW FROM ULI… “How can aging inner-ring suburbs remain vital and attract the strategies and solutions employed by 10 inner-ring […]
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Design Neighborhoods as if they were Parks.
THE IDEA OF NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS AND URBAN OPEN SYSTEMS. Character neighborhoods have extensive areas and lands devoted to parks and
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CISCO Establishes “City Infrastructure Financing Acceleration Program”
FINANCING FOR SMART CITIES AND URBAN SERVICES Cisco Systems, Inc. has established the City Infrastructure Financing Acceleration Program (CIFAP) that
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Sustainable Urbanism…Social
CharacterTowns.org is devoted to the ideas and ideals of sustainable urbanism and especially the social sphere of the system. Robert
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Urban Land Use Planning by Edward J. Kaiser, David J. Godschalk and F. Stuart Chapin Jr
Urban Land Use Planning, the book, has evolved and grown as a body of thought for over a half century.
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Rescuing Derelict Roads, Rails and Rivers for Public Use.
THE PROSPECT. Valuable lands and waters are being discarded because their first use has become obsolete and most communities and
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Economic Prosperity: Private Economic Development and Public Financial Planning.
The City’s Economic and Financial System. Sustainable urbanism requires that there be money in the economic sphere to productively collaborate
Triumph of the City by Edward Glaeser
How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier and Happier Mr. Glaeser is an unabashed advocate of the
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The Architectural Pattern Book: A Tool for Building Great Neighborhoods by Urban Design Associates
This manual documents the revival of the traditional architectural pattern book as a means of implementing urban design. Books available
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The Benefits of Trees
Excerpts from Published Work… Public Health and Social Benefits: Clean air: Trees produce oxygen, intercept airborne particulates, and reduce smog,