Philip Langdon
Philip Langdon writes on design and community from New Haven, Connecticut. His most recent book is Within Walking Distance: Creating Livable Communities for All.
When is density good, and when is it harmful to cities?
Providing density that supports a high quality of life requires a love for cities, putting ‘urbanism’ front and center, according to noted urban designers.
Portland pursues the ‘20-minute neighborhood’
The Office of Sustainable Development in Portland, Oregon, has decided that one of the best ways to cut down on greenhouse-gas emissions is by fostering what it calls the “20-minute neighborhood.”
How urbanism, density, and spatial enclosure are related
Dhiru Thadani and Matt Bell, along with the CNU-DC Chapter board, orchestrated the recent Council on “Density Without Urbanism/Urbanism Without Density.” They see the event as the beginning of a series of CNU discussions on density and urbanism. “We...