Urban connectivity reflects the delicate interweaving of social, economic and physical links.
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.
Friday 5, July 17th-23rd
What I’ve read this week.
Urban Fabric: The Form of Cities
Urban fabric is the physical form of towns and cities. Like textiles, urban fabric comes in many different types and weaves.
Friday Five: July 3-9
What I’ve been reading this week
Friday 5: June 26 – July 2
Five posts that captured my imagination this week.
City Cultivation: Tending to Urban Terroir
Just as a farmer must tend each plant, those involved in cultivating urban terroir must tend to the needs of each resident.
Urban Terroir: The Qualities of a City
Urban terroir refers to the elements that contribute to the conditions of our urban spaces.
JaneScore—Coming to a neighborhood near you? (JanesWalkPhx)
A proposed new measure that will account for not just whether neighborhoods have amenities, but also whether they have economic and aesthetic diversity.
Friday 5: June 12th – 18th
Here are five of the more interesting posts I’ve read this week.
Downtown’s Missing Ingredient (Phxated.com)
It’s not much of a stretch to say that most of downtown Phoenix is owned or operated by commercial interests.