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Tag Archives: landscape
Green ribbons of bliss – creating cross-metropolitan scenic hiking trails
As an avid hiker, I love spending time in the great outdoors communing with nature. The sounds of a babbling brook, bird songs, windblown tree canopies, or crunching leaves underfoot are among the most enjoyable on Earth. That being said, … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, Advocacy, Animals, branding, cities, civics, civility, climate change, commerce, Communications, economic development, entertainment, environment, fitness, fun, geography, government, health, hiking, history, humanity, infrastructure, land use, landscape architecture, marketing, nature, North America, peace, placemaking, planning, product design, recreation, revitalization, spatial design, sports, sustainability, third places, tourism, trails, transportation, Travel, urban planning, walking, Wildlife
Tagged cities, design, environment, fitness, health, hiking, hiking trails, land use, landscape, Marquette, metro areas, nature, planning, recreation, trails, urban areas, urban planning, walking, wildlife
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2013 “Tree City, USA” state rankings
Given that April is both the month of Earth Day (22nd) and Arbor Day (general the last Friday in April or the 26th in 2013), it seemed fitting to conclude the month with a blog post about those states with … Continue reading
Posted in charities, cities, civics, climate change, culture, economic development, economic gardening, energy, environment, geography, health, history, humanity, infrastructure, land use, landscape architecture, nature, North America, peace, placemaking, planning, pollution, Renewable Energy, revitalization, skylines, spatial design, States, Statistics, sustainability, third places, tourism, Travel, urban planning, visual pollution
Tagged Arbor ay, Arbor ay Foundation, cities, climate change, environment, landscape, landscape architecture, nature, states, statistics, Tree City USA, trees
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Don’t face your butt to the street
One frustrating nuance of land use planning is when a business wishes to situate their new structure in a manner that detracts from the adjacent street’s aesthetics by facing the primary entrance away from the street. This most often tends to occur … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, adaptive reuse, architecture, art, cities, civics, consumerism, culture, density, economic development, environment, geography, historic preservation, infrastructure, land use, new urbanism, placemaking, planning, revitalization, spatial design, sustainability, urban planning, walking, zoning
Tagged aesthetics, architecture, building design, form based codes, land use planning urban planning, landscape, special use permits, streetscape, zoning
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