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How Higher Quality Data Can Help Improve Urban Planning and Reduce Inequities

The City Fix

Local-level, high-quality data can provide powerful insights for urban planning and lead to better policies on mobility, climate adaptation, gender equity and more. But only if the inputs are good and there’s enough capacity to analyze it effectively. New technologies.

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How Will COVID-19 Affect Urban Planning?

The City Fix

How we plan our cities has always. The impacts of the global COVID-19 pandemic are still being understood, but it does seem clear that this crisis will make a mark on cities, physically and socially, that will echo for generations. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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Urban planning when things are going well: DC, 2014 (The Office of Planning under Harriet Tregoning)

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Note that I like Harriet Tregoning a lot, and I love to talk about planning with her, but at the same time I try to be objective and analytical. Planning as boundary spanning and serving multiple masters. The result is policy and planning principles that will inform development, creating design that fits the character of the community.

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February is African-American History Month: Urban planning history -- the attempt to make Roxbury a separate city from Boston

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

They wanted to control development. The proponents asks focused on giving Black people decision-making power. They wanted hard-earned taxpayer dollars to funnel back into these neighborhoods, and not other parts of Boston with more historic investment.

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How to increase climate resilience in urban areas

American City & Country

Long-term heat exposure significantly influences urban planning. Older urban development practices frequently involved the use of dark, impermeable surfaces like asphalt roads and tar roofs, which absorbed heat, contributing to the urban heat island effect. For example, metro systems in the D.C.

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Urban Planning: A Not-So Boring Perspective

Policy Chats

In this episode, the Host of the Urban Planning is Not Boring Podcast, Natalie Ikhrata talks with students from the UC Riverside School of Public Policy about Urban Planning and its challenges. She is a transportation planner and co-host of her podcast, Urban Planning is Not Boring.

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Urban Planning: A Not-So Boring Perspective

Policy Chats

In this episode, the Host of the Urban Planning is Not Boring Podcast, Natalie Ikhrata talks with students from the UC Riverside School of Public Policy about Urban Planning and its challenges. She is a transportation planner and co-host of her podcast, Urban Planning is Not Boring. Music by: C Codaine.