How Urban Planning Can Improve Public Health | Miller-McCune Online
Posted in Development by plannerd 134 days ago (http://www.miller-mccune.com)
A growing movement looks to change development patterns — as a matter of public health.
Roger K. Lewis - Smart growth incorporates lessons from planning mistakes
Posted in Development by uberplanner 136 days ago (http://www.washingtonpost.com)
Suppose you are a homeowner living in a subdivision in suburban Maryland or Virginia. Along an arterial road not far from you are acres of favorably located but underdeveloped or unwisely developed land with potentially high real estate value. Aging, low-rise commercial structures with little architectural coherence or aesthetic quality are scattered throughout the area, along with extensive surface parking. Landscaping is minimal or neglected. Haphazardly deployed signage, lighting and utility
The Associated Press: Motor City may provide model for urban agriculture
Posted in Development by uberplanner 136 days ago (http://www.google.com)
The city, which revolutionized manufacturing with its auto assembly lines, could once again be a model for the world as residents transform vacant, often-blighted land into a source of fresh food. No city seems to have as much potential for urban farming as Detroit, where land is cheap, empty lots are plentiful, and residents are desperate for jobs.
Switchboard, from NRDC :: Kaid Benfield's Blog :: The environmental paradox of smart growth
Posted in Development by PlanTech 142 days ago (http://switchboard.nrdc.org)
I believe the environmental paradox of smart growth (that compact development can increase as well as reduce impacts) requires that we be thoughtful about our approaches to increased urbanism and make sure that it brings genuine benefits to communities. The fears that surround new development, especially dense development, are understandable and, in some cases, well founded. Heaven knows we have given folks enough crappy projects over the last fifty years to stoke those fears for a long, long
Affordable housing goes downtown - SignOnSanDiego.com
Posted in Development by uberplanner 146 days ago (http://www.signonsandiego.com)
“We’ve leased up a lot of units in our experience, and there’s more excitement for this building than we’ve seen in the past,” Solari said. “The applicants are eager to get in and start their lives there.”
Salient characteristics of a desirable city | Charlottesville Daily Progress
Posted in Development by twitterplanner 148 days ago (http://www2.dailyprogress.com)
What about the salient characteristics of a desirable city?
Don't 'fix' Detroit, reinvent it | detnews.com | The Detroit News
Posted in Development by uberplanner 156 days ago (http://www.detnews.com)
Historically, people have always wanted to 'fix' Detroit. Fixing presupposes that the way something already works is fine, but that it is only temporarily inoperable. It assumes that how a thing normally works is OK. But Detroit doesn't need 'fixing,' it needs 'innovative reinvention.'
PM - Urban planners say house and backyard dream should fade 29/03/2010
Posted in Development by irishd3482 163 days ago (http://www.abc.net.au)
Some planning experts say the real problem is Australia's housing model. They argue that we're still too fixated on the four bedroom house with a backyard.
'Smart Growth' Taking Hold in U.S. Cities, Study Says - NYTimes.com
Posted in Development by uberplanner 168 days ago (http://www.nytimes.com)
Redevelopment of urban centers has continued to outpace construction in the outskirts of suburbia, according to a recent U.S. EPA study, suggesting a "fundamental shift" has begun in the real estate market as the Obama administration pushes denser development through its "livability" initiative.
Washington Business Journal: D.C., Urban Land Institute looking to count shoppers who don't drive
Posted in Development by catlee 176 days ago (http://www.bizjournals.com)
The question is how to get other retailers to do the same, she says. “What would it take for them to consider non-car-based potential shoppers?”
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