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• in Business
  Aerotropolis: The Way We Will Live Next
  Kasarda's Law Says Technology Is Changing The World, But Not How You Think
  by ScentTrail / on Aug 20, 2011
• in Green
  $53 Billion - Too Much or Not Enough? The Debate over High Speed Rail
  The debate over $53 Billion that would deliver High Speed Rail to 80% of the population divides down political and ideological lines.
  by jreinh01 / on Feb 8, 2011

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “urban planning”

 

• Book Review: ‘Detroit City is the Place to Be’ by Mark Binelli

  
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  Detroit City is the Place to Be: The Afterlife of an American Metropolis  by Mark Binelli is a good read.  What I appreciate most about the book is that it is a random-ish collection of “stuff” about Detroit and the surrounding areas (past and present) that is not a woe-is-me/ruin porn take on the city nor is ...
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• The Bike-Sharing Takeover

  
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  Bike sharing has become a staple for urban commuting in city’s all over the world.  Since its reintroduction into urban culture in the 1990s, it has taken on many forms.  Today it is being optimized to serve dense cities to help alleviate traffic congestion, provide people with more transportation options, and ...
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• Design Students Create a Tool to Map Slums

  
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  Meagan Durlak and James Frankis, both students studying Transdisciplinary Design at Parsons New School for Design , have developed a mobile mapping tool to unveil the true dynamics of informal slum communities, as revealed by Metropolis Magazine . The system, called Mark , is being tested in the Heliopolis favela ...
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• Weekly Review of Transit, Place and Culture in Anime 41

  
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  Welcome to this week’s review of notable instances of transit, place and culture as rendered in anime currently broadcast in Japan and simulcast internationally via the web. For a detailed outline of the approach, please refer to the explanation in the inaugural issue . Links to streaming sources are included when ...
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• VIDEO: Inhabitat Interviews the Designers of the LowLine Underground Park

  
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  By now, you’ve probably heard of the High Line, but did you know that there is also an underground park called the LowLine proposed for downtown Manhattan? It may have seemed like a pipe dream at first but with many residents backing the project and New Yorkers in awe of what a subterranean park could mean for ...
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• Lecture: 21st Century Urban Renewal in Melbourne – May 13

  
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  21st Century Urban Renewal in Melbourne: The Possibilities & Limits of Planning May 13 / 7 pm Place : Room 1800, Harbour Centre, 515 West Hastings St. Cost: Free, register online This presentation employs the lens of critical geography to assess planning practice and development economics in two ...
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• “Building the Victorian City: Splendour and Squalour,” a lecture by Professor Simon Thurley [56:09]

  
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  I like architecture and urban planning, so you can see why I am intrigued by this lecture delivered from Gresham College (who has been all about talks open to the public since 1597 [!]) by Proffesor Thurley . This is totally one of those things you can put on and then walk away from, since there are only a few ...
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• Biking in the Motor City: How Detroit, Michigan is Returning to Its Roots

  
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  Maybe one of the biggest surprises you’ll find in Detroit is the presence of a great bike culture. This is surprising for two main reasons: Detroit is the Motor City: a major part of your associations with Detroit deal with the auto industry here, and the impacts of the industry’s elite on transportation and ...
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• Digging Deeper: The Ultimate Queen City Underground Tour

  
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  American Legacy Tours – located at 1218 Vine Street in Cincinnati’s historic Over the Rhine (OTR) – has continued to gain popularity, media attention and distinction since their opening in 2008. The company, founded by a small group of friends, offers a diverse range of engaging walking tours through ...
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• Thanks To Suburbia, The Car Can Never Be The Next Cigarette

  
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  I have two interests that are often in conflict with one another. One is my love of the automobile. The second is urban planning. Recently, I was reading a response piece to the notion that the car will become the next cigarette, or a similar “socially unacceptable vice”. Derek Kreindler wrote the following in ...
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• Jane’s Dance - Learning sidewalk "ballet" in the South Loop

  
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  As Chicago holds its first-ever "Janes Walk," the South Loop opens itself up. Read more →
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• Washington, DC: Who are the Developers Competing to Repurpose Walter Reed?

  
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  Located in northern Washington , DC, to the east of Rock Creek Park and south of Silver Spring, Maryland, Walter Reed Army Medical Center (WRAMC), once redeveloped, will fuse new commercial establishments and residences into a community of established residential neighborhoods . The Department ...
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• Shanghai’s Jiashan Market: A Model for Community Based Development?

  
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  In a city of over 20 million people , with about 3500 people living in each square kilometre, finding a space that provides an intimate sense of community may seem next to impossible. Within this urban maze, however, exists a number of places seeking to foster a greater sense of community and neighbourhood. ...
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• Back to Reality: The Deflation of Melbourne, Australia’s Housing Bubble

  
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  An Australian’s house provides major evidence to his claim of living a lifestyle that resembles the majority of the country. A quarter acre block with a backyard spacious enough for a BBQ and patio is synonymous with many Australians’ lifestyle. However, this lifestyle has become harder to attain for the current ...
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• Diploma project - UTOPIA Pavilion - Herastrau

  
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  Incep un nou thread si sper sa fiti atrasi de subiect. Este vorba despre proiectul final de absolvire - diploma. Pavilionul Utopia - locatie: actualul pavilion H din Herastrau. este o zona cu o indelungata traditie pentru expozitii cuvantul cheie: inovatia cu ce vreau sa va atrag in noul pavilion reamenajat : ...
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• Cities Are the Future of Human Evolution

  
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  Humans began to live in urban settlements about 7 thousand years ago. As humans continued to evolve over the millennia, so too did our cities. Now, our cities are about to change again — and theyre going to look more like ancient Machu Picchu than the gleaming towers of glass and steel we have today. Read more... ...
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• Madla-Revheim Masterplan Proposal / MVRDV + Space Group

  
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  MVRDV and Space Group are one of three teams who have been asked to submit a masterplan proposal for the Norwegian town of Madla-Revheim, the main development area outside of Stavanger . The aim of this commission is to develop a model of sustainable growth that treats development principles, transportation ...
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• Sunset Magazine to Develop First-Ever Sustainable Idea Town in Seabrook, Washington

  
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  Read the rest of Sunset Magazine to Develop First-Ever Sustainable Idea Town in Seabrook, Washington Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "sustainable architecture" , 2013 sunset idea house , bc and j architects , bc&j architects , eco design , eco town , green architecture , ...
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• Please take the LA Bike Friendliness Survey

  
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  More than a year ago, Bikeside conducted a survey on bike friendliness in Los Angeles.  We know those results, but a lot has changed, we’d like to know what you think of Los Angeles today.  Pleas take this 5 minute survey, and share it with friends and family, to help us get a clear picture of biking in Los ...
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• The Importance of New Urbanism in Orlando, Florida

  
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  Florida is a state of dichotomies. Even after a decade of explosive population growth, much of the Sunshine State remains very rural. Coastal cities like Miami are home to the international super-rich, while just blocks away you can find families struggling to make ends meet. And, maybe most surprisingly, Florida – ...
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