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- 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
- The buzz about America’s “bee-friendly” cities
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Tag Archives: social equity
Equity is an economic growth engine!
Findings from the National Equity Atlas for ten (10) geographically dispersed mid-sized metropolitan regions are provided below. Check out the last column as it depicts how much more robust each of these regions would have been if there had been … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, ageism, business, cities, diversity, economic development, economic gardening, economics, Economy, fair trade, feminism, geography, government, history, humanity, inclusiveness, Labor, planning, poverty, social equity, Statistics, Women
Tagged cities, diversity, employment, gender equity, geography, income, National Equity Atlas, persons of color, planning, social equity, statistics, wage equity, wages, women
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The DUMB reality of opting-out
In an ironic twist of fate, Southeast Michigan’s regional bus system is nicknamed SMART (Southeast Michigan Regional Transit). Given the ability of communities in the region to opt-out of participation, the name certainly is an oxymoron to the DUMB (Detroit Unworkable Metro Bus) … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, Advocacy, Alternative transportation, bicycling, Bus transportation, Cars, cities, civics, civility, commerce, Communications, economic development, geography, government, health, history, human rights, humanity, inclusiveness, infrastructure, Labor, land use, logistics, Maps, placemaking, planning, pollution, poverty, social equity, spatial design, sprawl, Statistics, sustainability, traffic, transit, transportation, Travel, urban planning, walking, writing
Tagged buses, cities, connectivity, Detroit, economy, fairness, land use, planning, poverty, SMART, social equity, social justice, traffic, transit, transportation
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Unofficial guide to “hipsterhoods” of the Rust Belt (UPDATED)
UPDATED on 10/13/15 to include Rust Belt cities of all sizes. The term “hipster” stirs up a myriad of images and connotations including but not limited to hippie. modern yuppie, bohemian, urban bohemian, counter-culture, geek, etc. Here is a condensed … Continue reading
Posted in adaptive reuse, architecture, art, beer, branding, brewpubs, cities, civility, coffee shops/cafes, culture, economic development, economic gardening, economics, entrepreneurship, historic preservation, history, humanity, inclusiveness, land use, placemaking, planning, revitalization, Small business, social equity, Social media, spatial design, technology, third places, urban planning, zoning
Tagged bohemian, cities, culture, economy, hipsters, land use, neighborhoods, planning, redevelopment, revitalization, Rust Belt, social equity, urban planning, zoning
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Ten planning lessons made in Detroit
Here are my ten planning lessons from Detroit. It’s a great city that I have seen change dramatically, both for the positive and the negative, over the past 22 years as a resident of Michigan. Beneath this downtrodden city was a sleeping giant … Continue reading
Posted in adaptive reuse, Advocacy, architecture, branding, Canada, cities, civics, civility, Communications, culture, diversity, geography, humanity, inclusiveness, infrastructure, land use, North America, placemaking, planning, revitalization, social equity, spatial design, sprawl, sustainability, urban planning
Tagged architecture, cities, Detroit, humanity, inclusiveness, land use, Michigan, planning, revitalization, social equity, spatial design, sprawl
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“Planning should be aspirational”
“Planning should be aspirational.” Those four words sum up in a nutshell what the planning profession should be all about. They were stated by a friend of mine recently at a meeting and no truer statement was ever said about … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, cities, civics, civility, Communications, culture, diversity, education, government, human rights, humanity, inclusiveness, land use, planning, social equity, urban planning, zoning
Tagged AICP, civics, ethics, goals, humanity, land use, planning, principles, social equity, social justice, urban planning
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The sins of suburban stadium sprawl
The following blogpost seemed timely and appropriate with the Super Bowl coming up this weekend in Glendale, Arizona, a large suburb of Phoenix. More on Glendale at the conclusion of this post. Quite often among the planning world there are debates on … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, Alternative transportation, bicycling, Biking, Bus transportation, Cars, cities, density, downtown, economic development, entertainment, environment, geography, government, humanity, inclusiveness, infrastructure, land use, Maps, Passenger rail, placemaking, planning, social equity, spatial design, sports, sprawl, sustainability, third places, tourism, transit, transportation, Travel, urban planning, walking, zoning
Tagged baseball, equity, football, geography, government, infrastructure, land use, planning, soccer, social equity, sprawl, stadiums, transportation
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The uneven geographic distribution of Google fiber
One only need to briefly glance at the map of existing and proposed Google fiber cities (above) to realize it is being deployed in manner that rewards certain regions and potentially harms others. No cities are represented from the New … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, cities, civics, commerce, Communications, consumerism, deregulation, economic development, economic gardening, Economy, entrepreneurship, geography, humanity, inclusiveness, infrastructure, internet, Maps, North America, planning, product design, Social media, spatial design, technology, Trade
Tagged demographics, economic justice, fiber, geography, Google, internet, planning, social equity, social justice
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Do bike lanes cause gentrification?
While listening to a Tuesdays at APA podcast entitled “Just Green Enough: Contesting Environmental Gentrification” on New Years Eve, I was dismayed to hear the presenter say that bike lanes are now seen by many lower-income Americans as the ultimate symbol … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, adaptive reuse, Advocacy, architecture, bicycling, bike sharing, Biking, charities, cities, civics, civility, commerce, Communications, culture, downtown, economic development, environment, fitness, geography, health, history, homelessness, Housing, humanity, inclusiveness, infrastructure, land use, Maps, new urbanism, placemaking, planning, poverty, product design, spatial design, sustainability, third places, tourism, transportation, Travel, urban planning, walking, zoning
Tagged bicycling, bike commuting, bike lanes, biking, class, cycling, demographics, displacement, gentrification, infrastructure, land use, planning, poverty, social equity, social justice, urban planning
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Fusing live art, social equity, and planning
I had the pleasure to attend the Michigan Association of Planning’s (MAP) Spring Institute today (May 23rd). My hat’s off to MAP and its entire staff/directors/committees on a terrific series of programs on social equity. One of the most unusual … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, Advocacy, art, books, Bus transportation, Cars, cities, civics, climate change, culture, density, downtown, economic development, environment, geography, government, history, Housing, humanity, inclusiveness, infrastructure, land use, new urbanism, pictures, placemaking, planning, politics, revitalization, spatial design, sustainability, technology, transportation, urban planning, walking, writing, zoning
Tagged art, cities, demographics, drawing, environment, geography, graphic arts, land use, live art, pictures, planning, social equity, sustainability, urban planning
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