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- Tallest of the tall by state, province, territory or country in North America
- Tuesday Tunes: Surname band names of the rock era
- Ten planning lessons from astronomical research sites
- Tuesday Tunes: Out-of-this-world rock band names
- Riding the rails of interstellar discovery at the Very Large Array
- Majestic “mesa” cities and towns around the globe
- Canada’s next supergroup – A Short Walk to Pluto
- Two migration tales of strength, hardship, and tenacity
- An out-of-this-world visit to the Very Large Array (VLA)
- Albuquerque is a national leader in water conservation
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Tag Archives: Portland
Ranking America’s urban forests
American Forests recently announced its ten best cities for urban forests for 2013. The top ten, out of the 50 largest cities in the nation are listed in alphabetical order below (weblinks to each winner’s results are provided): Austin Charlotte … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, cities, civics, climate change, energy, environment, geography, health, historic preservation, infrastructure, land use, landscape architecture, nature, new urbanism, North America, placemaking, planning, pollution, recreation, spatial design, sprawl, Statistics, sustainability, tourism, Travel, urban planning, visual pollution, Wildlife
Tagged Austin, charlotte, cities, Denver, environment, green infrastructure, green space, land use, landscapes, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, nature, New York City, parks, Portland, Sacramento, Seattle, trees, urban forests, urban planning, Washington, wildlife
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Riverine airports – potential promises and pitfalls
In this post, I am referring to those rivers that have commercial airport runways running through, across, adjacent or within them. In a surprising number of locations in the United States and Canada, cities have utilized the riverine floodplain for siting … Continue reading
Posted in aerospace, air travel, airport planning, airports, architecture, Canada, cities, commerce, Communications, deregulation, economic development, economic gardening, environment, geography, history, infrastructure, land use, logistics, nature, North America, placemaking, planning, product design, spatial design, States, Statistics, sustainability, technology, tourism, Trade, transportation, Travel, urban planning, Wildlife, zoning
Tagged air travel, airport planning, airports, aviation, Cincinnati, delta, emergency esponse, environment, Harrisburg, Iowa City, islands, Kansas City, Knoxville, La Crosse, la Guardia, land use planning, Little Rock, Lunken, nature, New York City, Omaha, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Portland, riparian, riverfront, riverine, rivers, Sioux City, St. Joseph, St. paul, transportation, urban planning, Vancouver, Washington, waterfront
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