I guarantee that there are no turkey’s in this weeks lineup of articles on urbanism and city planning.
Tag: city planning
10 Urban Visionaries Who Aren’t Jane Jacobs
While Jane Jacobs remains the grand dame of urbanists, she inspired a robust urban movement. Here are ten visionaries who are continuing her legacy.
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.
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.
Messy Urbanism: Diversity in Disorder
The most vibrant cities I’ve lived in or visited share one thing in common. They are messy.
The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces: The Street Corner
A clip of William H. Whyte’s The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces that looks at why some open spaces of cities work for people and others don’t.
Jacobsean Urbanism: Building on the Observations of Jane Jacobs
Jacobsean urbanism is named after Jane Jacobs, an urban activist who championed the interests of local residents over car-centered planning.
Is it time to move beyond Jane Jacobs?
We used to say we plan at the scale of Robert Moses, but we judge ourselves by the standard of Jane Jacobs. That’s not really true anymore.
Informal Urbanism: Invention Born out of Frustration
While traditional urbanism tends to follow a formal approach, informal urbanism is borne out of frustration with the status quo.