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20th anniversary of the blog| Urban revitalization systems thinking's greatest hits: Part two -- not transportation

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Rational planning is pretty static at least to me, with constrained scopes and less willingness to change approaches and recommendations as new information is uncovered. Once too, I misheard a presentation at a conference, and I thought the presenter said she applies "graphic design" approaches to urban planning.

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Gaps in Parks Master Planning: Part Three | Planning for Climate Change

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

And the reality is that the day to day operations requirements and the increased demand from the public for both more parks and more activities and facilities makes dealing with long term issues, like climate change, difficult. Trees as Nature-Based “Shade Sails” ," American Journal of Public Health ).

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Revisiting the 11th Street Bridge Park project as an opportunity rather than a folly: a new revitalization agenda for East of the River, DC

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These five elements—artists, place, space, organizations, and businesses—are the components of cultural clusters or cultural quarters. -- " Reprinting with a slight update, "Arts, culture districts and revitalization" from 2009 ," 2019 -- " Cultural Quarters as Mechanisms for Urban Regeneration. s Black arts scene ," Post ).

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African American History Month and Transportation: February 4th | Transit Equity Day

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A new study by Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health has found that Black and Hispanic Americans are disproportionately affected by traffic-related deathsand that these disparities in fatalities are larger than previous estimates show.