American City & Country

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

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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The City Fix

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

City officials tasked with reducing and eliminating greenhouse gas emissions from their communities face a tricky task in estimating building emissions as they work to prevent the most harmful impacts of climate change. The biggest challenge is that there isn’t consensus.

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The City Fix

JUNE 15, 2022

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), composed of hundreds of the world’s leading scientists, puts considerable weight on urban climate action in developing pathways towards sustainable futures. The 6th Assessment Report of the IPCC recognizes that urban areas present. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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The City Fix

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

If you’re a regular reader of TheCityFix, you’re no stranger to the vital role that cities play in shaping the future of our planet. From leading the shift to zero-emission transportation networks to advancing solutions to curb plastic waste at.

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Social Pinpoint

DECEMBER 8, 2024

It highlights the importance of trust-building in community development. By 2025, governments are expecting to continue developing strategies to remove these barriers. For instance, this could include helping people visualise projects that includes urban planning and new playgrounds.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Citi Logik provides their customers, including the West Yorkshire Combined Authority and Wiltshire County Council, with valuable insights to help them make informed decisions about future transportation planning and urban planning development. They analyse over 150 million journeys in the UK every single day using MND.

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The City Fix

JULY 12, 2023

Particularly in developing countries, urbanization is unfolding quickly and often haphazardly. One in three urban residents worldwide lack adequate access to at least. Today’s city leaders face a level of complexity and rapid pace of change that can be overwhelming.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

AUGUST 19, 2023

According to the Washington Business Journal (" Metro seeks development partner for Brookland-CUA Metro station "), WMATA is looking for proposals to redevelop two acres it has on the east side of the Brookland Metro Station. This comes out of Brookland's civic history as a key factor in the fighting off of urban freeways.

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Park Leaders

AUGUST 22, 2023

Dan emphasizes the importance of involving the community in the planning process of redevelopment. By listening to their preferences and needs, developers can create a programming plan that attracts people to the park. This is a valuable conversation for anyone interested in urban planning and community development.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

He said that incremental project development is much more likely than the creation and implementation of big projects based on a formal rational decision making process. From Encyclopedia Brittanica : Incrementalism was first developed in the 1950s by the American political scientist Charles E.

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Center for Community Progress

AUGUST 10, 2023

Vacant lots are often viewed as pieces within larger systems, such as urban planning or community development, or overlooked entirely. Redefining vacant land as a system also highlights the importance of engaging stakeholders in achieving community development goals.

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Open Space Radio: Parks and Recreation Trends

JULY 31, 2018

Kageyama is an author, whose book For the Love of Cities: The Love Affair Between People and Their Places was recognized in 2012 as a Top 10 Book in urban planning, design and development.

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The City Fix

JULY 13, 2023

Join us July 17-18 for Connect Karo 2023 at the India Habitat Centre, New Delhi. Register now and review the agenda. Since 2013, WRI India’s annual flagship event, Connect Karo, has served as a platform for facilitating dialogue between policymakers, experts.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JANUARY 17, 2023

I wrote about it here: -- " Framework of characteristics that support successful community development in association with the development of professional sports facilities " (2021) in the process, updating my evaluative framework for siting and building arenas and stadiums. deal for Larry H. The team as an activation device is key.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

From the article: The District is playing hardball in a dispute with the owner of Nationals Park, effectively threatening to shut down the stadium if Events DC fails to develop the commercial and retail space it promised before the ballpark’s 2008 opening. The Washington Post reports (" D.C.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

AUGUST 2, 2022

More importantly, it will test whether the city really can provide the infrastructure, investment, and urban planning solutions necessary for Center City to realize its full potential. I do believe that basketball and hockey arenas should be located downtown and that they can contribute positively to economic development.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

. -- " Black History Month and the New Jim Crow ," 2020 -- " Two ideas about presentation of African American History in the context of Black History Month ," 2020 -- " African American History Month and Urban Planning ," 2019 National Archives photo of a pretty much empty bus during the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

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Social Pinpoint

DECEMBER 5, 2022

The first installment will focus on effectively planning a public involvement initiative. From urban planning and public transportation development to local government projects, the public should always play a vital role in the decision-making process and have their voices heard.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

AUGUST 4, 2022

I have discussed undergrounding/decking for North Capitol Street, the Southeast-Southwest Freeway, and parts of Connecticut Avenue in the core. -- " DC and "city repair" of the urban grid ," 2020 Freeway undergrounding and removal is a trendy move in urban planning these days (" Can Removing Highways Fix America's Cities? ," New York Times ).

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The City Fix

JUNE 11, 2021

Jaime Lerner passed away on May 27, 2021. A world-renowned Brazilian urbanist, he was three times mayor of Curitiba and two times governor of the southern state of Paraná. Besides his great ideas, he was a very kind person and. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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Center for Community Progress

MAY 24, 2022

“This is a great opportunity for our team of resident leaders to learn from other communities and experts, to bring good ideas home to Syracuse, and to work with neighbors to develop a project that will beautify and engage the community.”. The Syracuse fellows are: Patrona Jones?Rowser

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The City Fix

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

In response to the massive challenges confronting cities around the world, more city planners have begun to experiment with quick, high-impact urban design solutions. From pop-up bike lanes and parklets, to sidewalk extensions, to tactical urbanism safety interventions, many cities. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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The City Fix

APRIL 13, 2022

I recently had the pleasure of re-visiting Curitiba, Brazil, thanks to an invitation from the Smart Cities Expo. I made my first pilgrimage in 2000, when Bogotá was implementing its bus rapid transit system, Transmilenio, and returned twice after that. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

DECEMBER 21, 2022

In short, while it takes a lot of work to restore a vacant historic building, in most instances, the place values (see the book Economics of Uniqueness: Investing in Historic City Cores and Cultural Heritage Assets for Sustainable Development ) are so much greater than if they are ever replaced. Photo: Tom Gralish, Philadelphia Inquirer.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 5, 2024

Interesting take on the Nashville effort, which has lots of diversity and equity elements (" In seeking the Oakland Athletics, Sacramento must be careful ," Sacramento Bee ) which likely mean zero to the other MLB owners Oklahoma City: a few months ago extended a sales tax to pay for renovations to the arena for the Thunders NBA team Philadelphia: (..)

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

AUGUST 9, 2022

" Since I got involved in urban revitalization I argued that DC had five competitive advantages: 1. an urban design dating from the walking and transit city eras of urban development, therefore supporting walkability, transit, and biking 3. historic architecture 2.

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The City Fix

JANUARY 26, 2023

Until just a few years ago, the right riverbank of the Seine in Paris was an urban highway used by over 40,000 vehicles every day. Despite being named a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the road was either heavily gridlocked during rush.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MAY 10, 2023

There's been lots of national coverage about the rise in pickleball participation (" Pickleball is exploding, and it’s getting messy ," Washington Post , " America's fastest-growing sport is a cross of tennis, pingpong and badminton ," NPR), the development of professional pickleball leagues, etc. So I started developing such a tool.

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The City Fix

JULY 11, 2022

To achieve more equitable, resilient, low-carbon societies, cities need big changes to critical infrastructure and systems. But ample research shows they can’t raise the investment needed for those big changes on their own. Municipalities depend on higher levels of government. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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The City Fix

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Incidents of building collapse are worryingly common in large African cities. One study counted 54 building collapse deaths and 122 injuries in Kampala, Uganda, between 2004 and 2008. Another identified 112 cases in Lagos, Nigeria, from 1978 to 2008. Cities in Ghana and Kenya, Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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The City Fix

JULY 6, 2023

Currently, urban areas consume 78% of the world’s energy supply and produce over 60% of global greenhouse gas emissions. There is no question that for the world to successfully slow and mitigate the effects of climate change, cities will need to transform.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 12, 2022

The upheaval in the planning agency’s governance has shocked even longtime political observers in a county accustomed to intense development spats. The Council has lost confidence in the Montgomery County Planning Board and accepted these resignations to reset operations,” said Montgomery council president Gabe Albornoz (D-At Large).

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The City Fix

MARCH 24, 2023

While cities are hubs of innovation and opportunity, the increasing pace of urbanization also exacerbates inequality, stresses infrastructure, and fuels climate change, air pollution and other environmental problems. About two-thirds of the world’s population will live in cities by 2050.

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The City Fix

AUGUST 7, 2020

While announcing a stimulus package of INR 20 lakh crore ($260 billion) in his address to the nation on May 12, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged citizens to make use of the opportunity provided by the COVID-19 pandemic to. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

DECEMBER 30, 2022

The State oegislature makes it exceedingly difficult to create locally designated historic districts with controls over development. A National Register historic district provides protections only against federal undertakings--urban renewal, a freeway, etc.--so Yalecrest is a neighborhood historic district in Salt Lake City.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 29, 2024

which describes a community trying to save a noteworthy tree from being torn down by a developer. I mention from time to time that I collect ephemera related to urban planning and what I am involved in. Their historicity. Also see " In Los Angeles, a Tree With Stories to Tell ," The New York Times.,

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The City Fix

AUGUST 28, 2023

As cities become more congested, traffic fatalities continue to rise and the impacts of climate change escalate, the need for sustainable and safe transportation solutions has reached a critical juncture. The World Health Organization reports an alarming statistic: 186,300 children.

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