Here is this week’s installment of news and views for urbanists:

• Public Space Trading Cards: A novel way of getting children interested in public spaces. (Engaging Cities)

• Developers Give Gen Y What They Want: Demand for apartments is accelerating. This trend is expected to continue over the next decade, thanks to Gen Y coming of age and entering the rental market.  (Urban Land Institute)

• How to grow a Garden City: A book by Andrés Duany offers a blueprint for what he calls the development tool of the future: Agrarian Urbanism. (New Urban Network)

• Why the U.S. Government Should Embrace Smart Cities: American cities lag behind their global economic competitors when it comes to applying innovation to improve infrastructure. Here’s how they can catch up. (Brookings)

• Promising Magic, Delivering Results: What does it mean when a Planning Director of a small town promises “magic”? (Orton Family Foundation)