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How to increase climate resilience in urban areas

American City & Country

Long-term heat exposure significantly influences urban planning. Furthermore, prolonged exposure to extreme heat exacerbates public health risks , particularly for vulnerable populations, increasing the incidence of heat-related illnesses and mortality. Use downscaled climate data for infrastructure 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. But not much has been addressed since the plan was released in 2010!

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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

Part 2: Implementation Approach and Levers ," (2021) -- " Revisiting St. 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. Louis: what would I recommend for a comprehensive revitalization program?

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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

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Part 2: Implementation Approach and Levers ," 2021 -- " Revisiting St. 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.

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

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Low income fare discounts (" WMATA to consider lower cost/free transit pass for low income riders ," 2020) and incremental pass payment systems, which more transit agencies are starting to implement now too (" 13 Reasons Why Transit Agencies Around the World are Choosing Fare Payments-as-a-Service (FPaaS) Platforms for Fare Collection ," Masabi).