While an interesting premise (and a great term), X-Urbanism never really caught on outside academic circles.
Category: Urbanism
Posts related to cities and urban areas, their geography, economies, politics, social characteristics, as well as the effects on, and caused by, the built environment.
Walkable Urbanism: Back to the Future
Walkable urbanism is focused on creating and enhancing pedestrian-oriented, mixed-use and mixed-income places.
15 Acronyms Every Urbanist Should Know
Like any profession, urban planners have developed their own language. A central part of this language is the alphabet soup of acronyms
Friday 5: Articles for Urbanists (Nov. 19th-26th)
I guarantee that there are no turkey’s in this weeks lineup of articles on urbanism and city planning.
Vernacular Urbanism: Creating Meaningful Places
Ver·nac·u·lar: of, relating to, or characteristic of a period, place, or group… Most cities—even those with grand plans like Burnham’s Chicago or Haussmann’s Paris—derive much of their character from their locality. Their urban fabric is largely defined by factors such as local building materials, climate, access to water, history and most importantly, culture. Alas, for…
‘Schelling’ the City [Repost]
Schelling points are ‘nodes of unconscious coordination” that people in cities around the word have historically used to make sense of urban place.
A Haiku History of Urban Planning (Weekend Watch)
150 years of urban planning history in 408 syllables.
Friday 5: Articles for Urbanists
Five posts for the urbanist in all of us.
Utopian Urbanism: The Impossibility of Perfection
In the 20th century, utopian urbanism has been explored through such proposals as Howard’s Garden City, Le Corbusier’s Radiant City and Wright’s Broadacre City
10 Books Every Urbanist Must Read
For those looking to expand the urban insights, here are ten important books in my urbanist canon.