Here’s my weekly selection of news and views for urbanists:

• Playing Games with the Urban Landscape: In parts of the world, urban environments are being transformed into play-scapes, sites for new creative expression, exercise, or games. (The Dirt)

• How the Great Reset Has Already Changed America: In the wake of the recession, cities and suburbs are being knit into giant city-states, with millions of people and billions—even trillions—of dollars of business. (The Atlantic)

• The Enabling City: As cities grapple with social, financial and environmental issues of tremendous magnitude, a new approach to urbanism is emerging, based on the concept of enablement, whereby governments create favorable conditions for local actors to mobilize around a cause. (Next American City)

• Open Source Urbanism: Saskia Sassen proposes that urbanizing technology can can allow people to better “talk back” to cities and make user-driven change. (Domus)

• 3 Simple Ways Tech Can Grow Greener Cities: We don’t need to go that far to make our cities much more energy-efficient. Urban planner Peter Calthorpe discusses the ways tech can improve the quality of life in your city. (Mashable)