Tag: Urban Planning - Page 11
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Kansas City Sues Feds For Moving EPA Headquarters to the Burbs
We previously reported how the EPA Says "Do What I Say, Not What I Do" And Moves To The Burbs outside of Kansas City, a move that Kaid Benfield ranted was " horrible in
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Join Author James Russell for a Discussion of Urban Planning and Climate Change
This month, BookHugger presents The Agile City by James S. Russell. Readers can order a discounted copy today and watch a recording of the live discussion above.
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More On The "Criminalization of Walking" and Death By Design
Treehugger covered the story of the Mom convicted of Vehicular Homicide After Kid Killed By Hit-and-Run While Crossing Street and about how the neighbourhood had a walkscore of 20. Over at
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The Agile City: Building Well-Being and Wealth in an Era of Climate Change (Book Review)
There has been a profound change in the green movement over the last five years, the realization that solar panels on the roof and bamboo sheets on the bed are not enough; that where you live matters far more.
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Walkscore Rates the Most Walkable Cities In America. Is It A Useful Metric?
Yesterday I wrote about a mom who was convicted of vehicular homicide after her son was killed by a drunk hit-and-run, because she crossed the street from a bus stop without walking almost half a mile to the traffic light. Today Walkscore has released
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Mom Charged With Vehicular Homicide For Crossing Street After Kid Killed By Hit-and-Run
I have been trying to write something punchier than David Goldberg at Transportation for America did but I cannot, this event is "so utterly outrageous, so emblematic of the failure of our current transportation
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Cities May Soak Up 10x More Carbon Emissions Than Accounted For
Except in the most concrete of the concrete jungles of cities, our urban centers probably absorb far more carbon emissions than current calculations assume. That's the word from a new study examining the carbon
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Big Builders to Lead Turkish Environmental Ministries
Are the foxes watching the hen house in Turkey? That seems to be the feeling among many environmentalists and urban planners, who greeted with skepticism the announcement Wednesday of the new Turkish government cabinet following elections in mid-June.
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What Does "The Pursuit of Happiness" Mean For American Communities?
The writers of the Declaration of Independence had a way with words; the promise of Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness has a ring to it in a way that Canada's Peace, Order and Good Government doesn't. Over at the NRDC Switchboard, Kaid
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Crowdsourced Ideas Show New Yorkers Are Thinking Sustainably
In the last few years, New York City has banned smoking just about everywhere, lit the Statue of Liberty with wind power, and put forward a plan to renovate its waterfront, and much of it is
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The Future of Megacities: How Dense is Dense Enough?
Lloyd has looked at the correlation between urban density and driving habits before, but has also concluded that medium density cities are often more sustainable than the uber-dense. This debate seems to be heating up again, with George Monbiot arguing
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Failed Paris Olympic Bid Site Now a Booming Success as Eco-Friendly Urban Park
Arriving from the urban jungle of Istanbul, the many neighborhood parks of Paris are literally a breath of fresh air, with their stately trees, colorful blossoms,
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Copenhagen Ranked As World's Most Climate-Resilient City - US Cities Come In 7th & 8th
A couple weeks ago we learned about the most climate resilient cities in the US. Now, Triple Pundit has some global rankings have been released for those cities best working towards using low-carbon energy and avert the
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Samaritaine Store In Paris FINALLY Being Restored By SANAA
Urban renewal and restoration is tough, even in vibrant, successful cities (or perhaps, particularly in vibrant cities). The Samaritaine Store in Paris has been boarded up for years, while people waited to learn what would happen
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Suburbs Are Graying Faster Than Cities As Boomers Stay Put And Kids Move Downtown
People think of the suburbs as a place full of kids, soccer games and minivans, but this is changing fast. People like to stay in the places they know, and as the kids move away the parents are staying. The density of people per acre is dropping fast,
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Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier, and Happier (Book Review)
I have written a number of posts where I complain about Edward Glaeser. Being a heritage activist, I have objected to his attitudes about preservation. Being a Torontonian, I have resented his criticism of our sainted Jane Jacobs. Being a supporter of
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China To Build An Exact Replica of Picturesque Austrian Village
Hallstatt, in Austria, is home to the world's oldest known salt mine, a UNESCO World Heritage site, and hosts up to 800,000 visitors annually. But soon tourists coming from China won't have to go
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A Tale of Two New Cities for Cairo and Istanbul
Rapid urban expansion has turned the historic cities of Cairo and Istanbul into overcrowded, polluted, traffic-clogged mega-metropolises. To this problem, similar and unlikely sounding solutions have been proposed: Build two new Cairos and Istanbuls.
