The City Fix

AUGUST 16, 2022

Infectious disease outbreaks led to public health policies and modern sanitation. History shows that when disasters and crises strike, cities often bounce back stronger and more resilient than before. The great Chicago fire famously gave rise to skyscrapers. The devastation of World War II catalyzed unprecedented.

Sanitation 52

Sanitation Public Health Urban Planning Public Transportation 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 13, 2024

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. Planning at the landscape scale for Sugar House Park: the cultural landscape. Water conservation.

Parks And Recreation 52

Parks And Recreation Sustainability Housing Management 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

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.

Transportation 52

Transportation Parks And Recreation Economic Development Urban Planning 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Homelessness concentrates in cities because there are more people, housing is more expensive, and people migrate to cities because they are more likely to offer social services. Readers have called our attention to the book, Homelessness is a Housing Problem , which I haven't yet tracked down ("S," Seattle Times ).

Education 91

Education Urban Planning Housing Social Services 91

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 1, 2024

The third is preserving housing. But my idea was to do this from the standpoint of equity planning and revitalizing communities, as a way to expand access to educational opportunities as an element of social urbanism and creating stronger networks of social infrastructure and civic assets. There just aren't that many jobs.

Parks And Recreation 52

Parks And Recreation Education Development Economic Development 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Urban design and minority communities. A new study by Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) and Harvard T.H. Traffic safety and the black community (" Racial disparities in traffic fatalities much wider than previously known ," Harvard).

Transportation 52

Transportation Public Transportation Laws Campaign 52