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- When a suburb becomes larger than the core city
- “Planning should be aspirational”
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- Can you guess the city? (#9 for 2015)
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Category Archives: urban planning
Ten planning lessons made in Detroit
Here are my ten planning lessons from Detroit. It’s a great city that I have seen change dramatically, both for the positive and the negative, over the past 22 years as a resident of Michigan. Beneath this downtrodden city was a sleeping giant … Continue reading
Posted in adaptive reuse, Advocacy, architecture, branding, Canada, cities, civics, civility, Communications, culture, diversity, geography, humanity, inclusiveness, infrastructure, land use, North America, placemaking, planning, revitalization, social equity, spatial design, sprawl, sustainability, urban planning
Tagged architecture, cities, Detroit, humanity, inclusiveness, land use, Michigan, planning, revitalization, social equity, spatial design, sprawl
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When a suburb becomes larger than the core city
Below are examples from the United States of suburbs which have outgrown and overtaken the core city of the metropolitan area in population. As is evident from the list, many of these are planned retirement centers in Florida and … Continue reading
Posted in cities, economic development, geography, land use, marketing, North America, placemaking, planning, politics, Statistics, tourism, urban planning, zoning
Tagged Arizona, census, cities, core cities, demographics, Florida, land use, marketing, MSA, planning, politics, population, suburbs, Virginia
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“Planning should be aspirational”
“Planning should be aspirational.” Those four words sum up in a nutshell what the planning profession should be all about. They were stated by a friend of mine recently at a meeting and no truer statement was ever said about … Continue reading
Posted in cities, planning, diversity, culture, land use, education, human rights, zoning, urban planning, civics, inclusiveness, civility, Communications, government, humanity, Advocacy, social equity
Tagged AICP, civics, ethics, goals, humanity, land use, planning, principles, social equity, social justice, urban planning
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Most congested megacity index for 2014
Below are the results from the most congested megacity index which are based on an interesting and fairly simple measure of street congestion – the average number of stops and starts per vehicle during a given year. Please note that … Continue reading
Posted in cities, planning, transit, transportation, land use, bicycling, environment, health, spatial design, sprawl, walking, Europe, urban planning, Asia, geography, South America, UK, sustainability, infrastructure, China, pollution, India, North America, Statistics, Active transportation, Cars, civility, humanity, Passenger rail, Alternative transportation, commerce, logistics, traffic
Tagged cities, planning, transportation, cars, Beijing, Istanbul, geography, Paris, travel, traffic, spatial design, London, Sao Paulo, Mexico City, Shanghai, Jakarta, Bangkok, New York City, Los Angeles, Moscow, congestion, Buenaos aires, Rio, newgeography
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When land use planning turns EVIL
As professional planners, we like to think of land use planning as a fairly benign occupation that may stir controversy and discourse every now and then. I doubt many of us would consider the profession as being evil. But, as … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Asia, book reviews, books, China, cities, civility, Europe, geography, government, history, human rights, humanity, infrastructure, Labor, land use, Maps, military, North America, Oceania, peace, planning, South America, transportation, UK, urban planning, writing
Tagged apartheid, books, China, Dalai Lama, history, human rights, humanity, In Exile from the Land of Snows, infrastructure, land use, land use planning, peace, planning, Tibet, urban planning
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Best “Planning” magazine cover ever
No explanation is necessary why this is the best cover ever – the latest cover of Planning magazine speaks for itself. The only surprise is why it took this long for craft beers to make the cover? Somebody please call Dr. … Continue reading
Posted in land use, planning, urban planning, zoning
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Eerie winter images of an abandoned mall
Check out this weblink to wintry post-apocalyptic images of an abandoned shopping mall (Rolling Acres Mall) near Akron, Ohio. The photos were taken by photographer Johnny Joo. The mall opened in 1975 and the last stores closed in 2013. It … Continue reading
Posted in adaptive reuse, architecture, art, cities, civics, consumerism, economic development, economic gardening, film, geography, history, infrastructure, land use, movies, pictures, planning, spatial design, urban planning, visual pollution, zoning
Tagged adaptive reuse, Akron, civics, conditions, Dr. Zhivago, film, history, land use, movies, permits, photos, planning, redevelopment, retail, Rolling Acres Malls, shopping malls, urban planning, zoning
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