Tag Archives: land use

Geography of Target’s Smaller/Flexible Urban Store Format

Posted on November 26, 2018 by problogic

While visiting Chicago earlier this month, one could hardly miss seeing the influx of major retailers into urban areas. Particularly noticeable was Target with its trending urban and collegiate smaller/flexible format stores popping up over much of the city and … Continue reading →

Posted in Active transportation, adaptive reuse, architecture, bicycling, Biking, business, cities, commerce, downtown, economic development, gentrification, geography, historic preservation, infrastructure, land use, logistics, Maps, new urbanism, Passenger rail, placemaking, planning, rail, revitalization, shopping, spatial design, Statistics, Trade, transit, transportation, urban planning, walking, zoning | Tagged cities, flexible store format, geography, land use, planning, redevelopment, Target, transit oriented development, urban economics, urban planning | Leave a comment

A Sad Place Where Mass Incarceration Thrives

Posted on June 14, 2018 by problogic

While there are many famous prisons and penitentiaries in the United States including Leavenworth in Kansas, Sing-Sing in New York State, Alcatraz in California, and Huntsville in Texas, there is one county that contains so many prisons, it can rightfully … Continue reading →

Posted in cities, civics, Civil Rights, Economy, geography, government, history, Housing, humanity, infrastructure, land use, pictures, planning, politics, spatial design, States, Statistics | Tagged corrections, corrections facilities, land use, mass incarceration, prisons | Leave a comment

Let’s stop dissing deserts!

Posted on March 14, 2018 by problogic

In response to a recent post about “transit deserts” on The Market Urbanism Report’s Facebook page, I made the following comment: “I think we need to rethink using the term ‘desert’ to describe an area lacking something. Deserts can be … Continue reading →

Posted in Advocacy, Animal rights, Animals, climate change, deserts, diversity, ecosystems, environment, geography, history, land use, nature, planning, Science, sustainability, topography, tourism, Travel, weather, Wildlife | Tagged Atacama Desert, deserts, ecosystems, flora and fauna, land use, Sahara Desert, Sonoran Desert, The Market Urbanism's Report, vacuums, wildlife | Leave a comment

“The D” in our destiny is Detroit

Posted on March 11, 2017 by problogic

In graduate school nearly 30 years ago, one of the courses I took at Virginia Tech was Urban Economic Geography. In this class, the primary textbook was entitled, Detroit: Race and Uneven Development. Even though I was born and raised … Continue reading →

Posted in Advocacy, architecture, branding, cities, civics, culture, diversity, downtown, economic development, entrepreneurship, geography, government, historic preservation, history, humanity, inclusiveness, infrastructure, land use, pictures, placemaking, planning, revitalization, spatial design, urban planning | Tagged Alger Theater, cities, community gardens, Detroit, history, land use, planning, The D | 2 Comments

Canaries in the climate change coal mine

Posted on January 19, 2017 by problogic

I challenge any partisan climate change denier to travel to Alaska and tell the residents of the 31 communities shown on the map depicted above that climate change isn’t real. It’s easy to sit behind a microphone and blow steam … Continue reading →

Posted in Advocacy, cities, civics, civility, climate change, Climate Change, culture, diversity, economics, environment, geography, health, humanity, land use, Maps, nature, planning, poverty, rivers/watersheds, Science, spatial design, Statistics, sustainability, topography, urban planning, weather | Tagged Alaska, climate change, diversity, environment, geography, global warming, land use, relocation | 4 Comments

Suburban USA “cities” that occupy more land area than the core city

Posted on November 17, 2016 by problogic

The following list identifies those suburban cities in the USA that occupy more land area than the core city in the same metropolitan area. Any additions or corrections are most welcome. Please note that “towns” as found in the Northeast … Continue reading →

Posted in cities, density, geography, history, infrastructure, land use, planning, spatial design, sprawl, Statistics, transportation, urban planning | Tagged geography, land use, spatial design, sprawl | Leave a comment

Bay City, Michigan – in the sweet spot of new urbanism

Posted on October 17, 2016 by problogic

From what this urban planner can tell, downtown Bay City, Michigan is, or is on the verge of becoming one of the hottest redevelopment markets in the state. The list of on-going and already accomplished projects is impressive for a … Continue reading →

Posted in adaptive reuse, architecture, cities, downtown, economic development, economic gardening, entertainment, fun, gentrification, geography, historic preservation, history, Housing, land use, new urbanism, pictures, placemaking, planning, product design, revitalization, skylines, spatial design, sustainability, third places, tourism, Travel, urban planning, zoning | Tagged adaptive reuse, Bay City, cities, downtown, entertainment, festivals, land use, Michigan, planning, redevelopment | Leave a comment

Goma-Gisenyi and other volcanic cities

Posted on October 4, 2016 by problogic

A more generalized variation of this post was originally published back in June on Progressive Blogic. Here is an updated and expanded version which delves into the geological threats facing the Goma-Gisenyi urban area. One of the features about Edinburgh, Scotland … Continue reading →

Posted in architecture, cities, environment, history, land use, nature, planning, spatial design, tourism | Tagged Africa, cities, earthquakes, environment, land use, natural disasters, nature, urban planning, volcanoes | 5 Comments

Largest single-structure airport parking garages in the USA/Canada

Posted on September 15, 2016 by problogic

The following list identifies the largest single-structure parking garages/decks at airports in the United States and Canada. The rankings are based on the number of parking spaces and include public parking and/or rental car parking spaces. Most of the airports … Continue reading →

Posted in aerospace, air travel, airport planning, airports, architecture, aviation, Canada, Cars, cities, geography, infrastructure, land use, North America, planning, spatial design, Statistics, tourism, traffic, transportation, Travel | Tagged airports, aviation, land use, parking, parking decks, parking design, parking garages | Leave a comment

Best new planning term in years: “spreadlining”

Posted on April 16, 2016 by problogic

Friday, @schmangee of streetsblog.org and rustwire.com pointed out an interesting issue on her Twitter feed. It noted: “We need issue branding as good as the term gentrification for the more common & devastating combination of sprawl, segregation & bad … Continue reading →

Posted in Advocacy, branding, Cities, Communications, demographics, density, diversity, environment, geography, Uncategorized | Tagged geography, land use, language, linguistics, planning, spatial design, sprawl | 2 Comments