May 2012
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Why We Need Biophilic Cities →
Cities and nature don’t need to be opposite ends of the spectrum. A city that lets its residents experience the natural world is a happier, more productive city.
Satisfied Urbanites: Soft Factors and Connectivity...
citybreaths:
Next to basic urban preconditions and soft location factors, connectivity is an important aspect for urban livabilty, says Ericsson’s ConsumerLab. Some notes an thoughts on this research.
The 13 cities in the research. ©Ericsson
Through its ConsumerLab research program, Ericsson looked at city dwellers’ satisfaction with urban life, based on results from surveys in 13 large cities...
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April 2012
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Ten Great Movies for Placemakers →
March 2012
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Women In Cycling: Why We Matter
With increased cycling in a community comes change,positivechange. One must only look to US cities such as Portland, Boulder and Minneapolis, to see the positive growth that has resulted with the development of a strong cycling culture and attention to bicycle infrastructure. Fortunately, many communities are following in their footsteps and the list ofBicycle Friendly Citiesgets longer every...
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Urban India suggestions?
Thanks to everyone who gave an intro on this post- if you haven’t already, please do! I love hearing from you!
I just finished Winter quarter and I am now officially on Spring Break! Now that I have some downtime, I have to hurry and plan my 2-3 week research trip to Mumbai & Delhi this June. I’m going to be looking at the urban form and urban use across class strata in both...
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When L.A. painted a 1.5-mile strip of Spring... →
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wilwheaton:
When Los Angeles painted a 1.5-mile strip of Spring Street neon green last year, it was hailed as a major step in the city’s effort to have cars and bicycles share the road. But now, the bike lane has become a symbol of how hard it can be to reserve room for cyclists in a city dominated by the car.
The green lane has been criticized by the film industry, which frequently...
Can affordability share space with infill... →
Hello! Who are you?
Wow, thanks to the shoutout from ThisBigCity there are now nearly twice as many of you as there were before. Hello and welcome new readers! I like to know what kind of folks are reading this here tumblr, so hit reply and say hi! Are you a student? What are you studying? Do you work or intern? What do you do? Whereabouts in the world are you? My name is Ameya (uh-may-uh) and I’m a City...
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WatchWhat’s stopping women from cycling?
We must plan our cycling infrastructure for everyone. Women’s voices, like those of children, the elderly, and the disabled are rarely listened to, and that needs to change. Cycling should be open to everyone… not just in theory, but in practical design of the infrastructure to support it.
I often try to explain to the biking community here...
“we do need researchers excited about driverless cars not to forget the human...”
– A great summary of my own anxieties about the “OMG DRIVERLESS CARS!!11!!!” via Jarrett Walker in this article: Why Driverless Cars Will Increase Tensions in Cities and Suburbs Alike - The Atlantic Cities.
I’ve been carefully stepping around online. I don’t think it’s all that unrelated to questions...
Food in Cities: Seattle neighborhood creates "the... →
plantedcity:
From Crosscut:
Sandwiched between 15th Ave. S. and the play fields at the SW edge of Jefferson Park in the Beacon Hill neighborhood of Seattle are seven acres of lonely, sloping lawn that have sat idly in the hands of Seattle Public Utilities (SPU) for the better part of a century. At least until this spring, when the land that has only ever known the whirring steel of city...
“On the indirect side, quality public schools are schools where the parents in...”
– Jennifer Neal in the article “Public Schools Good for People Without Kids, Too”
Creating strong cities and neighborhoods requires more than just nice streets. It requires great public schools.
(via dreamsforthecity)
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The 8 to 80 Problem: Designing Cities for Young... →
Ten of the Best Urbanism Blogs on Tumblr
thisbigcity:
A couple of weeks back we asked you ‘what are the best urbanism tumblogs?’ We heard your suggestions (and also had a few of our own). So here they are, ten of our favourite urbanism tumblogs:
Urbalize - Urbalize presents a portfolio of images and videos exploring imaginative use of urban space. Whilst some content is a vision of what are cities could be, a lot looks at what cities...
February 2012
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African Cities are Walking Cities, but are they... →
entrappedspaces:
So walking is popular in Africa, but this isn’t because urban African streets are walking-friendly. In fact quite the opposite: 63% of streets in Addis Ababa lack any pavements or sidewalks and crossings are rare. Africans walk despite the un-walkable urban environment, not because of it. Walking isn’t only difficult, it’s also very dangerous with 67% of road accidents...