Five fascinating finds for Friday:
- Reclaiming the Urban Memory: The Great Recession, climate change and the quest for carbon neutrality have reoriented how we look at cities, the distance between home and work, and the role of the automobile. (My Urbanist)
- Designing for the Non-Architect : Don’t the millions of people who have no architecture or related education deserve to enjoy buildings as much as designers do? (Urban Times)
- Why doesn’t the public health community get it about walkability? Finding the synergies between, say, smart growth and health to forge a more holistic approach to our environmental well-being is what sustainable communities should be about (NRDC Switchboard)
- Our Mobile Money Pits: The True Cost of Cars: Transportation swallows one out of every five dollars earned by the average American family, double the bite it took in 1960. (DC StreetsBlog)
- Top 50 Urban Policy Wonk Bloggers and Top Twitter Feeds on Urban Planning. This double feature contains links to some of the best blogs and twitter feeds for people interested in our urban fabric. (Public Servant Blog/Planetizen)
