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• A declaration of love for the city as it is

  
  Architecture Lab — Authority: 427
  Sooner or later many urban neighbourhoods have to contend with a lengthy period of decline, demolition and new construction. This interval period offers opportunities for alternative uses and new initiatives. Many of them disappear again, however, as soon as renewal is complete. A half-finished block of houses in the ...
  6 hours ago

• New Downtown Tulsa Eatery

  
  Bounded Rationality — Authority: 425
  Im always happy when I see some new things going in downtown. Zorbas Greek Grill is at the Southeast corner of 6th street and Boston Ave. My son and I were adventuring downtown yesterday, walking around noting all there is to see down there. I would take him to some of my secret places I found when I was a child. ...
  20 hours ago

• How come no tunnel linking

  
  SkyscraperCity — Authority: 178
  Belfast to the rest of the UK?
  21 hours ago

• GAZİANTEP - Light Rail System - u/c

  
  SkyscraperCity — Authority: 178
  *10km *13 stations Red line is the route
  22 hours ago

• The Road Ahead: Learning from Toronto

  
  Stephen Rees's blog — Authority: 416
  Elyse Parker, Director Public Realm Section, Transportation Services, City of Toronto November 26, 2009 at UBC Robson Square. Last of the SFU City Program “Changing Gears” series The idea of creating better streets is tied into both dealing with climate change and creating a more livable city. Toronto is ...
  1 day ago

• ASU Students Design Temp Use Project for Vacant Land in Downtown Phoenix

  
  Downtown Phoenix Journal — Authority: 500
  from ASU: Low-cost ideas, including the construction of planter boxes, to transform vacant lots in downtown Phoenix for temporary use until their development, will be presented at 11 a.m. Dec. 8 on the Arizona State University Downtown Phoenix campus. The multimedia presentation of research models was developed ...
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• Edinburgh College of Art launches its ‘Vision’ of academic research

  
  World Landscape Architect — Authority: 141
  Edinburgh College of Art is delighted to launch Vision , a major new publication about its current and future research projects in the creative disciplines. A lavishly illustrated book, Vision includes focus features on the College’s current research groups as well as profiles of over 100 staff and their ...
  2 days ago

• National Express lose East Anglia Franchise

  
  SkyscraperCity — Authority: 178
  Lord Ardonis has confirmed that Nat Ex will be stripped of their East Anglia franchise from March 2011. SO in the space of the year C2C, ICEC and East Anglia will all come up......busy times!!! http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukne...ars-early.html
  3 days ago

• Gloucester & Cheltenham Tram

  
  SkyscraperCity — Authority: 178
  Tram to link Gloucester and Cheltenham? Wednesday, November 25, 2009 A hydrogen-powered tram could link Gloucester Quays and Cheltenham under Government plans. The revolutionary system could even be extended out to Stratford-upon-Avon, Transport Minister Lord Adonis said yesterday. Cheltenham MP Martin Horwood met ...
  3 days ago

• Polnoon: Scotland’s first eco-village

  
  World Landscape Architect — Authority: 141
  Herald Scotland reports Scotland’s first eco-friendly village is set to be built on the outskirts of Glasgow.The pioneering development would see a low-carbon village called Polnoon created near Eaglesham , in East Renfrewshire.The Scottish Government has worked with developers on the design of the community, ...
  3 days ago

• Quebec to Cut Green House Gases by 20 Per Cent Compared to 1990, But the Problems Isnt Solved

  
  Recreating Eden — Authority: 128
  Montreal has a smog alert today as it has several times in the last two weeks, which is a little ironic, considering that yesterday Quebec Premier Jean Charest pledged to cut the emissions by 20 per cent compared to 1990 by 2020. On a per capita basis, the provinces emissions would drop to eight tonnes, ...
  4 days ago

• Buy tenants’ rights flash cards!

  
  Candy Chang — Authority: 93
  The tenant flash cards can now be purchased online for $10! The boxed set makes a handsome and righteous gift for anyone living in New York state, and all profits go to the good work of non-profit Tenants & Neighbors. It was great fun creating them and now you can enjoy good times learning the law on security ...
  4 days ago

• Bangalore students to cycle to school

  
  World Landscape Architect — Authority: 141
  Times of India reports A group of girls near the busy Old Airport Road in India’s tech hub Bangalore bicycle to school every day as a lifestyle statement – green transport is cool. Karnataka’s Transport Department is trying to spread this lifestyle statement to reduce congestion in this jammed city. ...
  5 days ago

• Suburbs stop growing due to housing bust

  
  World Landscape Architect — Authority: 124
  USAToday reports The recession and housing collapse have halted four decades of double-digit growth for nearly half of the nation’s biggest rapidly expanding suburbs. Twenty-four of the 53 cities of 100,000 or more that grew by at least 10% every decade since 1970 lost population in the last two years. ...
  5 days ago

• Amazing Malmö Puts Us All To Shame

  
  TreeHugger — Authority: 703
  All over North America, people complain about deteriorating cities, dysfunctional governments, decline of industrial base and loss of jobs. That pretty much describes Malmö twenty-five years ago, when the shipping industry collapsed and there was 25% unemployment.In North America, we just let cities fend for ...
  5 days ago

• From an outer suburban life by Linda Carroli

  
  Proboscis | Diffusion — Authority: 100
  Download eBook A4 | US Letter PDF 500Kb StoryCube A4 only PDF 630Kb About : Several years ago, Linda Carroli relocated to the outer northern suburbs of Brisbane, Australia. During this time, as a result of this experience, she was moved to commence postgraduate studies in urban planning and design. ...
  6 days ago

• Are Cities Green, Or Are We Just Pigs in a Factory Farm?

  
  TreeHugger — Authority: 703
  Every year the Trudeau Foundation holds a conference around an idea; this year the theme was about cities, about rethinking the urban commons. While issues of governance, homelessness and immigration were discussed, much attention was paid to the greening of cities. The speakers and guests were a mix of politicians, ...
  6 days ago

• PAYG Oyster valid across all London from 2/1

  
  SkyscraperCity — Authority: 178
  One ticket for trains, Tube and buses in Oyster card rail revolution The Oyster card revolution in travel across Greater London will start on 2 January, it was announced today. After years of negotiations and a £40 million investment, commuters will be able to touch in and touch out at Network Rail stations as ...
  6 days ago

• Ecological Agriculture: can it feed the world?

  
  World Landscape Architect — Authority: 141
  The latest edition of the Monthly Review (November 2009, Volume 61, Number 6) includes a paper from Jules Pretty is professor of environment and society at the University of Essex, UK . titled Can Ecological Agriculture Feed Nine Billion People? Below is an extract from the paper Something is wrong with our ...
  6 days ago

• Hong Kong Building regulations under review

  
  World Landscape Architect — Authority: 141
  news.com.hk reports The Council for Sustainable Development will recommend ways to deal with the problem of ‘inflated’ buildings in the first half of next year, Secretary for Development Carrie Lam says, adding the Government will review parking space proportions in buildings. As Hong Kong has a ...
  6 days ago

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