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The Living Labs Global Award: Taipei
Credit: Flickr user tylerdurden1Editor’s Note: This entry is the second in a series of interviews conducted by Cluster in collaboration with Living Labs Global (LLG) in occasion of the second edition of the Living Labs Global Award, an international...
An Interview with Anette Scheibe of Kista Science City in Stockholm
Stockholm. Credit: Flickr user ichimusaiEditor’s Note: This entry is the first in a series of interviews conducted by Cluster in collaboration with Living Labs Global (LLG) in occasion of the second edition of the Living Labs Global Award, an...
Imagining a More Sustainable Suburbia
Suburbs of Las Vegas Credit: Flickr user Daniel Ramirez (cc)Pick an American person at random and you’re more likely to select someone living in the suburbs than an inhabitant of a central city or a rural locale: The United States has become, more...
Bringing the Process to the People: An Interview with Harris Steinberg
A planning session for the Central Delaware development process. Credit: Courtesy of PennPraxisHarris Steinberg is looking slim, trim, and smiling in his 4th floor office on the University of Pennsylvania campus. The life-long Philadelphian has a...
Save AmeriCorps
An AmeriCorps volunteer in New Orleans. Credit: ccstbp via FlickrWhen I went down to Gulfport, Mississippi in the spring of 2006 to volunteer, I didn’t know the Gulf Coast would be my home for the next four years. I met with people who had lost so...
Beyond Rezoning: Strategies for Urban Redevelopment
Jamaica, Queens. Credit: NYCUrbanScapeGlance at any headline, and prevailing wisdom would seem to argue that overbuilding (and a glut of unsold units) has been the norm for development-minded downtowns of late. Seattle , for example, took just...
“An Ideal City Doesn’t Exist”: An Interview with David Gouverneur
Are grid systems like Philadelphia’s the best urban plans? Credit: Flickr user dameetchThe winter sun is shining as I step into the office of David Gouverneur – urban designer and Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture at PennDesign....
Let’s Be Smart about Intelligent Cities
Credit: Flickr user DaveReichertLast week, USA Today declared that “smart growth” is an outdated term, even as its principles remain accepted and practiced. “Intelligent cities” is the new urbanism buzzword.“Intelligent cities,” the new darling...
2010: A Year of Place-Based Politics?
Visual metaphors, anyone?Looking back at 2010, most would agree it was a tumultuous year, politically, bookended and punctuated by tragedies both natural and man-made. You could probably say that about any year, though. Still, 2010 seems unique....
What Do Planners Learn?
Credit: Tulane Public Relations via FlickrIt happened again, as it invariably does every holiday season. In the midst of spiced eggnog and office holiday parties or visiting with family and friends, I get asked a simple question: “What do you do?” I...
Planning 2.0: A Collaborative Platform for Actionable Intelligence
Credit: Courtesy of ESRI Editor’s note: This post is sponsored by ESRI, a supporter of Next American City. To learn more about ESRI’s products and services, visit their website. Planners and policy makers must constantly make decisions in the face...
Street Science: All Eyes on the Street
A plan for the remaking of Audubon Circle in the Fenway area of Boston, MA. Credit: Boston Complete StreetsIn the history of attempts to make cities better and more livable, attention to the street has, since the 1960s and 1970s, assumed an axial...
