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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.
Stretched to the Limits: The Unexpected Costs of Sprawl (Weekend Watch)
PBS visited Queen Creek (a suburb of Phoenix) to profile a family living through the recession in a new suburb.
Halloween Costumes for Urban Planners
Looking for the perfect costume that reflects your passion for city living? Here are some great ideas.
Open Source Urbanism: Where Data Meets Urban Form
Open source urbanism works to develop intersections where a cities urban form connects with information to inform and shape our urban environment.
Streets as Places
The life of any great city occurs on the street.
New Urbanism: The New Orthodoxy?
New Urbanism is an urban design movement, which promotes walkable neighborhoods that contain a range of housing and job types.
The High Cost of Free Parking (Video)
Donald Shoup explains why the cost of curbside parking should be increased in order to reduce congestion and make more parking available.
Cities in Focus | New York City (Weekend Watch)
A great video on creating the “greatest, greenest big city in the world.”
Messy Urbanism: Diversity in Disorder
The most vibrant cities I’ve lived in or visited share one thing in common. They are messy.
Landscape Urbanism: Recognizing Nature in the City
Landscape Urbanism is an evolving field of study and practice that views landscape rather than architecture as the basis of contemporary urbanism.