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Incrementalism as a concept of iterative improvement in government project development no longer a legitimate public administration theory

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Incrementalism has been fruitfully applied to explain domestic policy making, foreign policy making, and public budgeting. So examples when what I call "Transformational Projects Action Planning" actually happen, such as in Bilbao (" Why can't the "Bilbao Effect" be reproduced?

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

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to fix bad practices, make them democratic instead of just eliminating them ," (2012) (also discusses participatory budgeting) Note that the network concept applies to parks and libraries friends groups, and school PTAs as well. She did, for facade improvements in small towns, but didn't extend the concept to planning more generally.

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The unintended consequences of converting office buildings to housing: the need for public safety; schools; amenities

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

To riff off this, there are five other elements at a minimum that matter a lot, that cities aren't budgeting or planning for, if their central business districts become meccas for housing: public safety. You could do a tradeoff in space (like Tribeca in the 1970s); I'd think about downtown if you can get me around 3000 SF in space.

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Women's History Month and urban planning

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

In any case, such divisions are often artificial, with women in developing-world cities undertaking economic activity that has too often been ignored. -- " Female-Friendly Cities: Rethinking the Patriarchy of Urban Planning ," Ms. Gender budgeting. For the most part, links have not been checked. Women as planners and architects.