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Fayetteville 2030: Food City Scenario
New Ideas for a “Food Insecure” CommunityDespite being one of America’s leading food-producing states, parts of Arkansas suffer from abnormally high hunger rates, with nearly 25% of children deemed “food insecure” compared to the national average of 14.5%. Refusing to accept such a dismal statistic, the University of Arkansas Community...Read more -
Curridabat Master Plan
A Costa Rican City Adopts New UrbanismDeveloping countries are experiencing urbanization at a much faster rate than cities in North America, and funds for planning efforts are generally scarce. On the outskirts of the Costa Rican capital San José, however, in a town called Curridabat, Mayor Édgar Mora Altamirano and the local...Read more -
Cincinnati Citywide Form-based Code
A Landmark in Form-Based CodingCodes don’t happen in a void. Cincinnati Vice Mayor Roxanne Qualls and Planning Director Charles Graves put their weight behind the creation of a form-based code to inspire the revitalization of their urban neighborhoods. A Community Challenge Planning Grant from The Department of Housing and Urban...Read more -
Luhe City Center
A Model for More Sustainable Growth in ChinaNo place on Earth is urbanizing more rapidly than China. In Luhe, one of the country’s new urban expansion areas, Nanjing Urban Planning Bureau proposed to expand the city by developing a 60-mile corridor for 4.5 million people. The plan would have consumed vital land along Luhe’s stretch of the...Read more