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A Green Code For Us All: Will International Green Construction Code (IGCC) See Uniform Adoption?

December 9, 2011 by Douglas Reiser
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It took 2 years, but the IgCC is finally here. Um, wait, well not yet. I was taken aback at the flurry of conversation I found on the web last month, many people claiming that the code was here! Its not March yet – and I’m concerned for its survival. I presume that all the chatter followed the final hearing, where committee members for... [read more]

Death of Sprawl: Past and Future

November 30, 2011 by Warren Karlenzig
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Seems like my chapter "The Death of Sprawl" from The Post Carbon Reader is taking on a life of its own. Friday, Christopher Leinberger had an Op-ed in the New York Times, titled "Death of the Fringe Suburb," which built upon concepts I had published (and sent Leinberger last year) namely, that the US mortgage crisis and Recession were set off by upsidedown economics of sprawl speculation in US exurbs or "Boomburbs" and we can't ever do that again. [read more]

Top 10 Things You Need To Know About Sustainability In Your Projects

November 19, 2011 by Rich Maltzman
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In this post, we’re going to summarize – and point you to – an excellent resource from an outstanding source of all kinds of excellent resources, called the Network for Business Sustainability.The resource of the subject line is actually designed for folks who “are asked to lead …company’s sustainability efforts”. But as project... [read more]

UN's Shanghai Manual Launches to Guide Urban Futures

November 19, 2011 by Warren Karlenzig
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A powerful triumvirate, the United Nations, Bureau International Des Expositions and the mayor of Shanghai, released this week The Shanghai Manual: Guide to 21st Century Sustainable Urban Development. This timely manual is aimed at helping leaders of the world's cities use integrated urban planning, management, financing and technology to green their economies and build climate and economic resilience. [read more]

What Does Community Well-being Mean for Projects and Local Communities?

November 3, 2011 by Hardy Stevenson and Associates Limited
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Source: http://www.npsp.sa.gov.au The concept of community well-being is one of the frameworks for community assessment along with other concepts (e.g. local community quality-of life studies, community health or community capacity). Measuring well-being in a community is vital to knowing how that community is faring; it therefore... [read more]

Planning in a Multi-Cultural Environment

August 16, 2011 by Hardy Stevenson and Associates Limited
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Are planners doing enough to engage ethnoracial minorities in consultation activities and when decisions need to be made? I recently came across a 2001 study by two Toronto university professors, which surveyed planners across 25 municipalities within the Greater Toronto Area. The study found that consultation with ethnoracial minorities was not undertaken as much as it should be. [read more]

Modeling and Measuring Cities

August 1, 2011 by Donovan Gillman
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The Urban Systems Symposium took place in New York City on May 11th and 12th, 2011. Over 50% of the world’s population now lives in cities and this proportion is set to increase.Furthermore, over 30% of the world’s GDP comes from the top 100 cities and this proportion is also set to increase. Thus, urbanization is fast becoming one of... [read more]

Death to Planning (Long Live Planning)

April 25, 2011 by Mari Pierce-Quinonez
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A lengthy piece in the Design Observer Group written by Thomas Campanella, a faculty member of UNC Chapel Hill, decries the "trivial" nature of the planning profession.  In "Jane Jacobs and the Death and Life of American Planning," Campanella blames Jacobs for removing the god-like aura surrounding the city planner, and sending... [read more]

Key to Creating Smarter Cities: Agreeing on the Brand

July 6, 2010 by Adam Christensen
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When communities set out on massive, multidimensional civic improvement projects, a necessary first step is gaining agreement from the principle players in government, business, and the non-profit sphere on what they want the city or region to be–its brand, if you will. This is a conclusion IBM executives have drawn from dozens of... [read more]

Guidance for Municipalities in Developing Sustainable Energy Action Plans

May 19, 2010 by Paul B
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The Joint Research Centre (Institute for Energy and Institute for Environment and Sustainability) has issued a report entitled „Existing Methodologies and Tools for the Development and Implementation of Sustainable Energy Action Plans (SEAP)“, which provides valuable guidance for municipalities, NGOs and other stakeholders in developing... [read more]

Interested in how to think about city parks? Get this book

May 7, 2010 by Kaid Benfield
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  Peter Harnik knows more about city parks than anyone else I know.  And he has now put much of what he knows into a handy new book, Urban Green: Innovative Parks for Resurgent Cities (Island Press, 2010).  I was using it as a reference literally within minutes of receiving my copy and, if you are interested in the topic... [read more]

Making the Cities of India More Sustainable

April 30, 2010 by Warren Karlenzig
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With Mumbai, one of the largest cities of the world, treating only 30-40 percent of its sewage, experiencing five-hour traffic delays and hosting massively expanding unplanned slums, urban sustainability needs to be viewed through a different lens than elsewhere. India will add an additional 26 cities of one million or more by 2030... [read more]