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Tag Archives: colleges
Collegiate carport solar energy production in the USA
Below are more than 75 colleges and universities in the United States that have installed solar carports on campus, along with information available on them via the internet. Data includes the school, location, megawatts, year completed, and number of spaces/acreage … Continue reading
Posted in adaptive reuse, colleges, economic development, energy, Environment, geography, history, infrastructure, land use, Nature, pictures, planning, product design, Renewable Energy, Science, solar, Statistics, technology, Transportation, Uncategorized, urban planning
Tagged colleges, energy, environment, parking, power, solar, solar carports, technology, universities
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Is there a student housing bubble and is it about to burst?
For many collegiate cities and towns across the United States, the steady influx of international students (and often with their families), from primarily China/Asia, have lifted the local real estate markets out of the post-2008 doldrums. The concern now becomes … Continue reading
Posted in Asia, China, cities, colleges, culture, demographics, diversity, economic development, education, geography, globalization, Housing, humanity, immigration, land use, marketing, new urbanism, placemaking, planning, Statistics, urban planning, zoning
Tagged Asia, China, cities, colleges, education, housing, housing bubble, land use, planning, real estate, residential, student housing, students, universities, zoning
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Ten planning lessons from the home of the Big House
Below is my list of ten planning lessons from many years of visiting Ann Arbor and having lived just outside this great city for five years back in the mid-1990s. Enjoy! Town and gown can successfully co-exist. College towns/cities are … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, adaptive reuse, architecture, art, branding, Cars, cities, civics, colleges, commerce, culture, diversity, downtown, economic development, economic gardening, education, entertainment, entrepreneurship, environment, geography, government, historic preservation, Housing, infrastructure, land use, North America, placemaking, planning, politics, spatial design, sports, sprawl, sustainability, third places, tourism, transit, transportation, Travel, urban planning, zoning
Tagged ann Arbor, art, cities, colleges, cuisine, downtown, education, geography, land use, Michigan, planning, sprawl, the Big House, U of M, urban planning
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Roadside Americana: Quaint small college towns
For this list, I chose to keep the town’s size at approximately 15,000 residents or less. Otherwise, it’s increasingly difficult to affix the term “quaint” to a place larger than that population. Berea is the largest community with more than … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art, cities, civics, colleges, culture, downtown, economic development, economic gardening, education, entertainment, fun, geography, historic preservation, history, land use, pictures, placemaking, planning, recreation, schools, spatial design, sustainability, third places, tourism, Travel, urban planning, walking, zoning
Tagged Americana, cities, College towns, colleges, education, land use, planning, roadside, schools, tourism, travel
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Geography of advanced degrees in the USA (2013)
This fascinating chart from newgeography.com depicts those large metropolitan areas in the United States with the highest percentage of advanced degrees (masters or Ph.D) in 2013. Of particular interest in the growth in many Northern and Western cities and the corresponding … Continue reading
Posted in aerospace, Alternative energy, Alternative transportation, architecture, aviation, cities, colleges, economic development, economic gardening, economics, Economy, education, entrepreneurship, environment, geography, Health care, infrastructure, North America, planning, Renewable Energy, Statistics, technology, urban planning
Tagged advanced degrees, cities, colleges, economic development, education, geography, jobs, statistics, United States, universities
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A vision of velo purgatory
I recently stopped by the Michigan State University (MSU) Surplus Store and had to take a couple of photos (above and below) of the many forlorn bicycles that are caught in what appears to be best described as “quasi-velo purgatory” – somewhere … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, adaptive reuse, Advocacy, bicycling, Biking, civics, colleges, commerce, culture, economics, education, entrepreneurship, environment, historic preservation, history, humanity, pictures, product design, recreation, recycling, schools, sustainability, Trade, transportation, Travel
Tagged biccyles, bikes, colleges, cycling, education, environment, MSU, MSU surplus, recycling, schools, sustainability, universities, velos
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Leading “Tree Campus USA” states
In honour of Arbor Day 2014 (tomorrow, Friday, April 25th), I thought it would be interesting to highlight the Tree Campus USA program conducted by the Arbor Day Foundation. Started in 2008 and similar to Tree City USA, this program recognizes those … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, charities, cities, civics, climate change, colleges, culture, education, environment, fun, geography, government, health, historic preservation, infrastructure, land use, landscape architecture, nature, North America, peace, pictures, placemaking, planning, recreation, schools, spatial design, Statistics, sustainability, tourism, Travel, urban planning
Tagged Arbor Day, Arbor Day Foundation, charities, cities, colleges, ecology, education, environment, forestry, land use, landscape architecture, natures, peace, planning, schools, trees, universities
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Duplicative college town/city names
Below is my list of duplicative (or repetitive) college city and town names. I was actually surprised how many there are, but the list is likely incomplete. If you know of any additions, please feel free to pass them along. … Continue reading
Do our college communities pass the walkability test?
In a nutshell, the answer is largely a resounding NO. Below is a list of American college communities with their walkability score for 2014 as compiled by walkscore.com. The overall rating was used for each community as students tend to live, shop, … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, Advocacy, architecture, bicycling, bike sharing, Biking, Bus transportation, Cars, cities, civics, civility, colleges, commerce, culture, downtown, education, fitness, fun, geography, health, Housing, humanity, infrastructure, land use, logistics, new urbanism, North America, placemaking, planning, product design, recreation, schools, spatial design, sprawl, States, Statistics, sustainability, third places, trails, transit, transportation, urban planning, walking, zoning
Tagged cities, colleges, education, exercise, fitness, geography, health, land use, planning, recreation, schools, spatial design, sustainability, universities, walkability
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Where the Buffaloes roam
Here are some images of the University of Colorado (or CU in local jargon) taken over the past couple of days. I have long thought that Virginia Tech, Wake Forest, Washington & Lee, and Stanford were the handsomest college campuses, … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, architecture, art, civics, colleges, Communications, education, fitness, geography, historic preservation, history, infrastructure, land use, North America, placemaking, planning, schools, skylines, spatial design, States, tourism, Travel
Tagged Boulder, buffaloes, colleges, Colorado, CU, education, higher education, schools, universities, University of Colorado
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