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Tag Archives: economics
Interstate injustice – the human and economic toll
The following raw data tries to put some perspective into the vast extent of destruction that took place in American urban centers during the highway building boom of the late 1940s through the 1980s. Overall, the number of dwellings lost … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, Cars, cities, civics, Civil Rights, civility, commerce, demographics, diversity, downtown, economic development, environment, gentrification, geography, government, health, Highway displacement, history, Housing, human rights, humanity, inclusiveness, infrastructure, injustice, land use, Maps, pictures, planning, politics, pollution, racism, social equity, spatial design, sprawl, Statistics, topography, Trade, traffic, transportation, Travel, urban planning, visual pollution
Tagged displacement, economics, freeways, highways, Interstate Highways, Interstate injustice, racism, redlining
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The science of creating place
For those generations prior to the millennials, one’s place of residence was most often determined by factors such as proximity to family and employment opportunities. For this writer, that meant moving to Dayton, Ohio when I was a fresh, shiny … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, adaptive reuse, Advocacy, architecture, art, bicycling, branding, cities, civics, commerce, Communications, culture, diversity, entertainment, fun, geography
Tagged branding, cities, culture, economics, geography, history, land use, placemaking, topography, vibe
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Rebounding core cities
Below is a list of core cities in the United States that have seen their populations rebound following several decades of decline. In some instances, such as Denver, Des Moines, San Francisco, and Seattle, the core city is now attained … Continue reading
Posted in cities, demographics, economic development, Economy, gentrification, geography, history, Housing, humanity, inclusiveness, infrastructure, land use, new urbanism, North America, placemaking, planning, revitalization, spatial design, Statistics, sustainability, urban planning
Tagged cities, demographics, development, economics, geography, land use, planning, population, redevelopment, statistics, urban land, urban planning
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Midtown Detroit’s boom shifts into high gear!
Back in 2011, panethos.com highlighted the early stages of a boom taking place in Midtown Detroit. While so much of the national media was solely focused on the bad news coming from the Motor City, it completely missed the bright … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, adaptive reuse, Advocacy, architecture, art, bicycling, branding, cities, civics, commerce, culture, density, economic development, economic gardening, entrepreneurship, geography, Health care, historic preservation, history, Housing, infrastructure, land use, landscape architecture, new urbanism, Passenger rail, pictures, placemaking, planning, product design, revitalization, spatial design, sustainability, third places, tourism, transit, transportation, Travel, urban planning, walking, zoning
Tagged adaptive reuse, architecture, art, Carhartt, cities, Detroit, DIA, DMC, economics, Hop Cat, Jolly Pumpkin, land use, Mi-1 Light Rail, Michigan, Midtown, rail, rehab, renovation, revitalization, Shinola, transit, urban planning, Whole Foods
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“Small, Gritty, and Green” just misses the mark
While quite an interesting read, the book Small, Gritty, and Green: The Promise of America’s Smaller Industrial Cities in a Low-Carbon World, by Catherine Tumber raised only a few new ideas to this urban planner. Perhaps that was because it … Continue reading
Posted in adaptive reuse, Alternative energy, art, book reviews, books, branding, cities, civics, climate change, colleges, commerce, culture, diversity, downtown, economic development, economic gardening, Economy, education, energy, entrepreneurship, environment, Food, geography, globalization, government, health, historic preservation, history, Housing, inclusiveness, infrastructure, Labor, land use, literature, marketing, new urbanism, North America, placemaking, planning, politics, pollution, poverty, psychology, recreation, Renewable Energy, revitalization, schools, Science, Small business, spatial design, sprawl, States, Statistics, sustainability, technology, third places, tourism, Trade, transit, transportation, Travel, unemployment, urban planning, weather, writing, zoning
Tagged agriculture, book reviews, books, cities, economics, geography, globalization, industrial cities, land use, Midwest, new economy, Northeast, planning, revitalization, Rustbelt, Small Gritty and Green, sprawl, urban planning
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Michigan needs a Car Czar like a hole in the head
It was recently announced that Michigan’s Governor has appointed a new Car Czar. Really? In a state that is already far too over-dependent on the automobile, we need a Car Czar to tip the scales even further towards one industry? … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, Advocacy, Alternative transportation, bicycling, Bus transportation, Cars, climate change, culture, economic development, economic gardening, Economy, entrepreneurship, environment, government, health, history, planning, product design, Railroads, Renewable Energy, Small business, sustainability, transit, transportation, walking
Tagged autos, aviation, bicycling, buses, car culture, Car Czar, cars, cycling, economics, environment, health, mass transit, Michigan, obesity, planes, rail, walking
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An unreliable power grid is unacceptable!
The continuing repairs to the grid across unlucky parts of Michigan, Ontario, New York and Maine clearly shows the weaknesses in our electrical grid and how susceptible it can be to the whimsy of Mother Nature. One sort of expects a power grid to … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, Alternative energy, commerce, Communications, consumerism, culture, deregulation, economic development, economics, energy, environment, geography, government, health, history, Housing, humanity, infrastructure, land use, nature, North America, planning, politics, Privatization, product design, Renewable Energy, seasons, sustainability, technology, weather
Tagged advocacy, business, commerce, economics, electric, electricity, energy, geography, health, infrastructure, land use, opinion, outages, planning, power, power grid, the grid, Toronot, utilities
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A call to…inaction
I completed Edward Glaeser’s 2011 book entitled, Triumph of the City this past weekend. While this book contains a number of useful and noteworthy snippets about the economic importance of cities, especially in the first two-thirds of the text. Sadly … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, architecture, Asia, book reviews, books, Canada, China, cities, civility, climate change, commerce, consumerism, culture, density, diversity, downtown, economic development, economic gardening, economics, entrepreneurship, environment, Europe, geography, globalization, government, health, historic preservation, history, Housing, humanity, immigration, inclusiveness, India, infrastructure, land use, new urbanism, North America, Oceania, placemaking, planning, politics, pollution, revitalization, skylines, South America, spatial design, sprawl, States, Statistics, sustainability, technology, tourism, Trade, transit, transportation, UK, urban planning, weather, writing, zoning
Tagged book reviews, books, cities, economics, economy, land use, literature, NIMBY, planning, poverty, urban planning, writing, zoning
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“Tweener towns”
“Tweener towns” can be defined as: Those communities that are conveniently located in between two or more large cities and provide easy access to for work, commuting, shopping, and entertainment, but which largely remain outside the immediate urbanized area of … Continue reading
Posted in cities, Communications, economic development, geography, Housing, infrastructure, land use, placemaking, planning, spatial design, sprawl, transportation, urban planning
Tagged cities, commuting, economics, suburbs, transportation
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America’s primary high-tech nodes
Provided below are two lists compiled from 2011 data and published in a December 2012 report by the Bay Area Council Economic Institute. The first lists those cities or portions of metropolitan areas that have the highest percentage of their … Continue reading
Posted in cities, Communications, culture, economic development, economic gardening, Economy, entrepreneurship, geography, Health care, infrastructure, Labor, North America, planning, product design, Science, Small business, States, Statistics, technology, Trade
Tagged cities, economics, economy, employment, entrepreneurship, high-tech, jobs, research, Science, technology, Wichita
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