Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 13, 2024

Parks with extraordinary environmental features face big losses in the face of sustained heat. 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.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 12, 2022

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). “We Later I gave a presentation to the Citizens Federation and I think it helped up the County's game on bicycle planning, even if not perfect.

Parks And Recreation 52

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 19, 2023

It’s good business' " One of the many regrets I have is not getting a PhD in planning. My intended thesis was around urban planning and civic participation and engagement, because local land use issues are the issue most likely to get people involved in local civic affairs, other than having children and being involved in education issues.

Parks And Recreation 52

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The City Fix

DECEMBER 3, 2024

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) recently launched Mumbai’s first-ever climate budget, making it the first city in India and the fourth in the world (after Oslo, New York and London) to launch a climate budget. While Mumbai works to expand and institutionalize their.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

It took 13 years to make it operational after planning first started--by contrast it took Seattle four years, and they've since expanded. Nope, in 2015, plans to move forward were scuttled, seemingly forever (" Virginia Beach was right to reject light rail extension ," Norfolk Virginian-Pilot ). Or the Norfolk light rail.

Public Administration 52

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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

Then again, it depends on whether or not motor vehicle operators are conscious of pedestrians and bicyclists. There are more traffic deaths outside of cities than within cities, because traffic tends to move more slowly within cities. Coming to Utah, it's a poster child for sprawl, and the mobility paradigm is centered on the car.

Education 91

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