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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“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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“Streetfight, Handbook for an Urban Revolution” by Janette Sadik-Khan and Seth Solomonow
SUMMARY The author’s experience working for Mayor Bloomberg in New York City is inspirational. The transition for a car-dominant transportation
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Organizing Neighborhoods
ORGANIZING NEIGHBORHOODS. The very first step to organizing a collection of homes, parks and streets that has the potential to
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Neighborhood Infrastructure.
PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE. The neighborhood’s physical infrastructure is the most visible and obvious. Whether in established or new neighborhoods, the standard
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Aligning “Communities of Place” with “Communities of Interest”
NEIGHBORHOODS USED TO BE OUR COMMUNITY OF PLACE AND INTEREST. The neighborhood, whether in the suburbs or the city, was
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Neighborhood Planning
The core asset of every small city and town is its neighborhoods. As the city pursues its vision of being
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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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Does 5G pose health risks?
The 5G mobile network has been switched on in some UK cities and has led to questions about whether the
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Porto Revival
Monocle films visits Porto, Portugal to discover how one city leader is determined to stop gentrification destroying his city.” Vision