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Category Archives: Wildlife
No desalination required – saving the Great Salt Lake
“Given the potential environmental, health, social, and political consequences of doing nothing or not doing enough, it seems to this retired planner that the truck and train tanker option in conjunction with strong water conservation measures should be employed at least as a stopgap measure until long-term solutions can be established.” Continue reading
Posted in Animals, cities, climate, climate change, deserts, ecosystems, education, environment, geography, Geology, health, history, humanity, infrastructure, lakes, land use, Maps, natural history, nature, pictures, planning, politics, pollution, rail, Railroads, recreation, rivers/watersheds, Science, shipping, spatial design, sprawl, States, Statistics, sustainability, technology, topography, tourism, Trade, transportation, Travel, urban planning, water, weather, Wildlife
Tagged cities, drought, environment, geography, Great Salt Lake, history, land use, pipelines, planning, Salt Lake City, salt water, tankers, transportation, Utah, water
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15.3 million footsteps from Istanbul to Xian!
Over the course of four years (1999-2002), author and retired journalist Bernard Ollivier trekked the ancient Silk Road on foot from Istanbul, Turkey to Xian, China. He accomplished this monumental 7,500 mile (12,000 km) feat by overcoming aches, pains, illnesses, … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, Advocacy, archaeology, architecture, art, Asia, book reviews, books, China, cities, civics, civility, commerce, Communications, Cuisine, culture, diversity, education, entertainment, environment, family, fun, geography, health, highways, hiking, historic preservation, history, Housing, human rights, humanity, inclusiveness, infrastructure, injustice, land use, Language, literature, Maps, military, natural history, nature, opinion, pictures, place names, placemaking, politics, pollution, reading, recreation, Religion, Statistics, topography, tourism, Trade, traffic, trails, transportation, Travel, walking, weather, Wildlife, Women, writing
Tagged Asia, Bernard Ollivier, book reviews, books, cultures, hiking, travel, walking, writing
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Scaling Santa Fe’s Sun Mountain Trail
We spent our late Wednesday afternoon scaling one of the most scenic urban hiking trails one can imagine. The Sun Mountain Trail in Santa Fe, New Mexico is a visual and technical delight. Rising some 813 feel above the roadside … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, cities, deserts, entertainment, environment, fun, geography, Geology, health, hiking, infrastructure, land use, Maps, nature, placemaking, planning, recreation, Statistics, topography, tourism, trails, Travel, urban planning, walking, Wildlife
Tagged climbing, fun, hiking, hiking trails, New Mexico, park planning, parks, recereation, Santa Fe, Sun Mountain, trails, walking
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Albuquerque’s two distinctive ranchito suburbs
All of us are familiar with the enormous ranches and farming operations that are most often found flung across the Midwestern and Western United States. We are also familiar with the smaller scale ranchettes and farmettes that tend to dot … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, adaptive reuse, Advocacy, agriculture, Animals, archaeology, architecture, art, cities, civics, culture, density, diversity, economic development, economic gardening, environment, Food, food systems, geography, government, health, historic preservation, history, land use, Maps, Native Americans, nature, placemaking, planning, recreation, rivers/watersheds, spatial design, sprawl, Statistics, sustainability, third places, topography, tourism, Trade, trails, Travel, urban planning, walking, Wildlife, zoning
Tagged agriculture, Albuquerque, Corrales, corrals, farmettes, Farmland Preservation, farms, Los Ranchos, Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, New Mexico, orchards, ranchettes, ranchitos, Rio Rancho, stables, villages, vineyards
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Favorite scenic byways and roadways traveled
Below, listed in alphabetical order, are my favorite scenic byways and highways that I’ve traveled from across the United States. Those shown in bold would be at the top of my list. No freeways, toll roads, or interstate highways allowed … Continue reading
Posted in archaeology, architecture, art, Biking, Cars, culture, deserts, ecosystems, entertainment, environment, Food, fun, geography, Geology, Great Lakes, highways, hiking, historic preservation, history, infrastructure, land use, nature, peace, pictures, placemaking, planning, rivers/watersheds, scenic byways, spatial design, sustainability, topography, tourism, trails, transportation, Travel, walking, Wildlife
Tagged environment, history, nature, roads, scenic byways, tourism, travel
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Ten planning lessons from “Unsinkable” Leadville, CO
The historic hometown of the Unsinkable Molly Brown is a scenic gem set high in the Colorado Rockies. Leadville happens to be the highest elevation city in the United States at officially 10,152 feet above sea level. This historic mining … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, adaptive reuse, Alternative transportation, archaeology, architecture, art, bicycling, bike sharing, Biking, branding, cities, civics, commerce, culture, downtown, economic development, entertainment, environment, fitness, fun, geography, Geology, health, highways, hiking, historic preservation, history, Housing, humanity, industry, infrastructure, land use, Maps, Mining, nature, pictures, place names, placemaking, pollution, recreation, revitalization, spatial design, Statistics, third places, topography, tourism, traffic, trails, Travel, urban design, urban planning, walking, weather, Wildlife, zoning
Tagged archaeology, Colorado, history, Leadville, Mineral Belt Trail, mining, trails, Unsinkable Molly Brown
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El Paso’s impressive Loop 375 bypass could be extraordinary
It’s not often that one comments about a specific freeway, but the Texas Loop 375 bypass of El Paso is not your typical highway. The freeway connects the central city with Interstate 10 southeast of town, then to US 62 … Continue reading
Posted in Cars, cities, commerce, economic development, geography, Highway displacement, highways, hiking, history, infrastructure, land use, logistics, pictures, planning, spatial design, sprawl, topography, tourism, Trade, traffic, trails, transportation, Transportation, Travel, urban planning, walking, Wildlife
Tagged bypass, cities, El Paso, expressways, Franklin Mountains, freeways, highways, Loop 375, Texas, Transmountain Freeway, wildlife crossings
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Urbanized coastal lagoons in the age of climate change
A coastal lagoon is defined and described as: “A body of water separated from larger bodies of water by a natural barrier. Coastal lagoons form along gently sloping coasts. They are generally shallower than atoll lagoons and tend to be … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, agriculture, cities, climate change, culture, economic development, ecosystems, energy, environment, Europe, geography, Geology, historic preservation, history, industry, infrastructure, land use, Latin America, Maps, Mexico, nature, North America, pictures, planning, politics, pollution, rivers/watersheds, Russia, shipping, South America, spatial design, sprawl, Statistics, sustainability, topography, tourism, Trade, traffic, transportation, Travel, urban planning, Wildlife
Tagged cities, climate change, coastal lagoons, eutrophication, global warming, lagoons, sea rise, urbanization
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Amazing offshore urban expressways – pluses & minuses
A trend in arterial roadway building, especially in highly urbanized areas and locations of rough terrain, has been to construct expressways offshore, which largely parallel the coastline. There are several reasons for choosing these locations for highway construction, which include: … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, bridges, Cars, cities, commerce, economic development, environment, geography, Highway displacement, highways, infrastructure, Maps, nature, pictures, planning, product design, spatial design, sprawl, Statistics, topography, tourism, traffic, transportation, Travel, urban planning, Wildlife
Tagged bridges, cities, coastlines, commerce, congestion, expressways, highways, motorways, traffic, transportation, travel, urban
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Working list of wildlife overpasses, ecoducts, and grünbrücken
The following working list identifies wildlife overpasses, bridges, and ecoducts built across roadways, railways, canals, and highways around the globe. Other synonyms used to describe these structures include, but are not limited to: Animal bridges Eco-bridges Ecoducts Eco-links (in Singapore) … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Animal rights, Animals, architecture, art, Asia, bridges, Canada, Cars, China, civics, climate change, ecosystems, environment, Europe, geography, Highway displacement, highways, history, infrastructure, land use, nature, North America, Oceania, pictures, planning, product design, rail, Railroads, South America, spatial design, sprawl, sustainability, topography, tourism, trails, transportation, Travel, UK, urban planning, Wildlife
Tagged animal bridges, animals, bridges, eco-bridges, eco-links, ecoducts, ecopont, ecosystems, fauna bridges, Grünbrücke, green bridges, land bridges, nature, nature bridges, overcrossings, rope bridges, wildlife, wildlife overpasses
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