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Designing for Play: Children in the Public Realm
Submitted by globalsiteplans on Wed, 10/17/2012 - 8:39amThe following post comes courtesy of Global Site Plans' The Grid. CNU and Global Site Plans recently teamed up to syndicate Grid content, as its contingent of writers present a view on the opportunities and issues of urbanization all across the world. CNU will carry select posts from the Gr... read more »
Master Planning for a LEED Certified Neighbourhood in Kelowna, Canada
Submitted by globalsiteplans on Wed, 10/17/2012 - 8:08amThe following post comes courtesy of Global Site Plans' The Grid. CNU and Global Site Plans recently teamed up to syndicate Grid content, as its contingent of writers present a view on the opportunities and issues of urbanization all across the world. CNU will carry select posts from th... read more »
Kelowna’s Rails With Trails Active Transportation Project Stopped in its Tracks
Submitted by globalsiteplans on Sat, 10/13/2012 - 9:46amThe following post comes courtesy of Global Site Plans' The Grid. CNU and Global Site Plans recently teamed up to syndicate Grid content, as its contingent of writers present a view on the opportunities and issues of urbanization all across the world. CNU will carry select posts from the Grid d... read more »
New Rainwater-in-Context Photos
Submitted by Bryant Au on Tue, 06/05/2012 - 3:45pm
We just received some great photos from CNU Member Alan Cunningham detailing a project with our Rainwater-in-Context Initiative. Alan visited bumpouts near the Water Works Museum in Boston, designed to capture rainwater runoff and return it to the natural environment. You can find the picture... read more »
against "sustainability" (the word, not the policy)
Submitted by MLewyn on Wed, 05/16/2012 - 1:45pm(cross-posted with my personal blog)
Literally (i.e. in normal, non-jargon English) “sustainable” means that it is capable of being sustained over time, whether it is good or bad.
But in environmentalist jargon, “sustainable” means “environmentally friendly” or “non-polluting.” ... read more »
Amory Lovins gets all optimistic
Submitted by JNorquist on Wed, 03/07/2012 - 4:45pmOne would expect that scientist Amory Lovins would be pretty discouraged considering the stall of the Kyoto Accords and the failure of Congress to address climate change. Depressed he's not. In the March-April edition of Foreign Affairs, Lovins happily points to data that must have the oil rich Koch... read more »
A Green River is a Green River
Submitted by Ben Schulman on Fri, 11/04/2011 - 11:05amChicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is marching forward with designs to revitalize the Chicago River for recreational use. As he does, the mayor can look towards other cities worldwide who have undertaken their own river reclamation projects and apply their lessons here. The main question Emanuel needs to be... read more »
Garden Cities: Theory & Practice of Agrarian Urbanism - Book Review
Submitted by josh.oconner on Mon, 10/10/2011 - 10:30amOne of the more familiar tenets of the New Urbanist development paradigm is the use of compact development patterns which utilize high densities as a means to contain suburban development in order to preserve the pastoral and idyllic conditions often destroyed by sprawl. Within this scheme, New Urba... read more »
Sustainable and Resilient Communities - Book Review
Submitted by josh.oconner on Mon, 09/12/2011 - 2:22pmSustainable and Resilient Communities: A Comprehensive Action Plan for Towns, Cities, and Regions (Wiley Series in Sustainable Design)
by Stephen Coyle
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"If we built cities differently, would people drive less?"
Submitted by Ben Schulman on Fri, 09/02/2011 - 11:16amUC-Irvine Professor of Planning, Policy and Design Marlon Boarnet asks the question: "If we built cities differently, would people drive less?
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