Michael Mehaffy
Michael Mehaffy is a development consultant, researcher, planner, designer, author, and president of Structura Naturalis Inc. He will be leading a session at CNU 34 in Northwest Arkansas on “Small Towns Leading the Way on Zoning Code Reforms,” and discussing the QUIMBY methodology along with White Salmon mayor Marla Keethler and others.
Why we need ‘sociable distancing’
The false duality between dense public spaces and isolated private ones misses the complexity of all the diverse—and relatively safe—urban places in between.
Cities are like brains—immense networks of connective tissue
Intriguing lessons for urbanists are coming, surprisingly, from neuroscience. Understanding the underlying structure of cities can help us to formulate better urban policies and practices.
A tale of two futures
Urbanism will play a key role in a choice between an “age of human capital” and an age of depletion and division.