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Clear indications that climate change is affecting fish stocks

May 14, 2012 by Ceri Margerison
with 67 views

The Marine Climate Change Impacts Partnership (MCCIP) launched its latest Report Card on 8th May at the World Fisheries Congress in Edinburgh. It focuses on how climate change is affecting the fish and shellfish we find in our seas, providing both opportunities and threats, and what the social and economic consequences could be. [read more]

Urban Agriculture Isn’t New

May 10, 2012 by The Dirt ASLA
with 218 views

In fact, it’s been around since 3,500 BC when Mesopotamian farmers began setting aside plots in their growing cities. In a review of urban agriculture throughout modern history at a symposium at Dumbarton Oaks in Washington, D.C., a diverse set of academics and designers ranging from historians to landscape... [read more]

Got History?

April 22, 2012 by Jason King
with 144 views

My fascination with history and place is no secret. While I am intrigued with urban history in many forms, there's always a desire for a connection with the place you inhabit. Typically this fascination comes via maps, which have been well documented, but the timeline of the past 150 years... [read more]

Politicizing the Pritzker

March 30, 2012 by Adam Mayer
with 67 views

Ningbo History Museum by architect Wang ShuLast month, this year’s Pritzker Prize (architecture’s highest honor) was awarded to Chinese architect Wang Shu. The announcement was surprising for a few reasons. For one, consensus around the architecture blogosphere was that the award would go to a more high-profile architect such as Toyo Ito... [read more]

How Walkable Streets can Reduce Crime

March 26, 2012 by This Big City
with 591 views

Every city has at least a few streets where you won’t feel completely safe from crime. This might be due to several factors, such as the time of day, who you’re with or the reputation of the area. Research has shown that ‘fear of crime’ affects urban walkability, but now a new project has shown that the reverse may also be true... [read more]

Scaling the Urban Future by Blending the Urban Past

March 22, 2012 by Chuck Wolfe
with 850 views

How will the city of tomorrow reflect adaptive reuse of the city of today?I don’t think we ask that question broadly enough, and our day-to-day, property-specific incrementalism can easily overshoot the greatest lessons from history for today’s city politics, regulation and economic constraints.A hometown case in point, last month,... [read more]

Where Are the U.S. World Heritage Landscapes?

March 7, 2012 by The Dirt ASLA
with 87 views

The National Park Service (NPS) is seeking nominations for the U.S. World Heritage “tentative list,” which is then sent on to the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, the international organization that determines which sites go into the global list of culturally significant sites. The NPS may need help... [read more]

Placemaking with Soundscapes, Then and Now

March 6, 2012 by Chuck Wolfe
with 188 views

As I’ve recently written, visual urban nostalgia has a place in today’s dialogue about cities. Historical photos, videos and reconstructions of a pre-car era, including imagery of more walkable places are all sources of inspiration for a more sustainable urban future. And they are brought to us, by and large, by the internet. Click on... [read more]

Learning From the ‘High Line’ Next Door

February 16, 2012 by Chuck Wolfe
with 326 views

Do you ever wander your city and dream about restoring it's old parts? Then this beautiful piece by Chuck Wolfe is for you. [read more]

How Greenways Create Healthy Communities

January 31, 2012 by City Parks Blog
with 433 views

This post explores using greenways as the connector to parks, neighborhoods, schools and mixed-use centers, allowing for urban and rural ideas to merge and produce a superior hybrid community form. [read more]

Will Rio’s Development Surge Bring Social Integration?

January 30, 2012 by This Big City
with 143 views

“I’m going to Rio”, “I just got back from Rio”, “I want to go Rio”. It seems that everywhere I go I hear Rio this or Rio that. But even before Brazil’s second-largest city became the supra hit it has become after the announcements that it will host the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympic Games, it was known for its illustrative Carnival... [read more]

Can Ontario deliver the continent's best land-use plan?

January 26, 2012 by Kaid Benfield
with 282 views

I’m fond of saying that the best-conceived plan for managing growth and development in North America is the Places to Grow framework adopted by the province of Ontario, Canada. Constructed pursuant to enabling legislation adopted by the province in 2005, Places to Grow addresses the future of a New Hampshire-sized region... [read more]