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Future Cities
The We Company hires Studio Dror to head up "future cities" initiative
dezeen.com - Bridget Cogley
WeWork parent The We Company has revealed plans to explore the design of cities of the future with a new initiative spearheaded by New York's Studio …
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Cities
68% of the world population will live in cities by 2050. How to rethink urban planning?
usbeketrica.com - Guillaume Renouard
The cities of the future should adapt to local cultures and make sustainability a top priority. Many science fiction stories show us what the city of …
Urban Design
Professor Lav Varshney talks AI, Blockchain, and how it relates to science & urban planning
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Ancient Rome
Top 10 books about building cities
The Guardian - Jonathan Carr
A big city is rather like an overcrowded cruise ship, direction unclear, belching smoke, the lives of the many controlled by a few. Except that citizens are not, of course, on vacation. We have become
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Cities
Jamia Millia Islamia to host international conference on smart cities from March 14
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New Delhi, Mar 13 Jamia Millia Islamia will host an international conference on the theme smart cities and will analyse the challenges being faced in …
Greenwich Village
A Brief History Of The White Horse Tavern, NYC's Legendary Literary Watering Hole
gothamist.com - by Paula Mejía in Food onMar 12, 2019 2:22 pm
The White Horse Tavern, 1961. (Library of Congress). The building housing the White Horse Tavern, a historic, no-fuss dive located at 567 Hudson …
Jane Jacobs
Opening Trade | Lapham’s Quarterly
laphamsquarterly.org - By Lapham’s Quarterly
The Spring 2019 issue of Lapham’s Quarterly, Trade, is now on newsstands. With original essays by Lewis H. Lapham, Suzy Hansen, Laleh Khalili, and …
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Urban Design
How online neighborhood reviews could aid urban planning
phys.org - Charlotte Hsu
Every day, people share a dizzying amount of information about local communities online. They talk about whether their neighbors are friendly, how …
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Hong Kong
HIGHER REACHES ANSWERS: How plague in Hong Kong sowed seeds of democracy, changed urban planning and helped heal social [March
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1. D 2. C 3. resented 4. fever/disease/illness (any 1) 5. (i) T(ii) NG(iii) F(iv) T6. B
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Delhi
Pervasive sense of fear is leading to more controls on women’s freedom
hindustantimes.com - Kalpana Viswanath
A key parameter that aids greatly in increasing women’s safety is the presence of “eyes on the street”, a concept first presented by well-known …
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Jane Jacobs
Windsor's hidden history: What's your neighbourhood's story?
windsorstar.com - Sharon Hill, Windsor Star Updated: March 8, 2019
Your neighbourhood won’t have the Walkerville witch hunt or a piece of Windsor’s history hidden behind a strip club but it does have its own …
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Jane Jacobs
CityLab Daily: The Stark Traffic Safety Divide
CityLab - Andrew Small
Also: It’s snow vs. parking in Minneapolis, and how Marvel packs a universe into NYC. What We’re Following Crossroads: The United States is on track to report its highest number of pedestrian fatalities
Cities
Meet the women helping plan the cities of tomorrow
rmit.edu.au - www.rmit.edu.au
The RMIT Centre for Urban Research is home to some of Melbourne's leading planning and sustainability academics driving the discussion on urban …
St. Louis, MO
Hip Hop Architecture Camp returns to St. Louis County Library
stlamerican.com - www.stlamerican.com
The St. Louis County Library will host a Hip Hop Architecture Camp this summer at its Natural Bridge Branch located at 7606 Natural Bridge Road in …
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Greenspace
Children Who Grow Up Surrounded by Green Space Could Have Lower Risk of Psychiatric Disorders
People - Jen Juneau
"Our findings affirm that integrating natural environments into urban planning is a promising approach to improve mental health," the study said A new Danish study has found that growing up around more
Cities
Visiting scholar to discuss process of racial banishment
dailyillini.com - The Daily Illini Staff Report
By The Daily Illini Staff Report March 5, 2019 Filed under Around Campus, News, Top Stories A professor from the University of California, Los Angeles …
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Jane Jacobs
Heterodox Economics and the Rise of Blockchain
medium.com
Allen FarringtonBlockedUnblockFollowFollowing Mar 2 The fastest and most decentralized build-out of infrastructure in the history of economic …
UN Women
Across eastern Europe, rethinking urban planning, infrastructure and safety bring changes in women’s lives
unwomen.org - www.unwomen.org
Date: Wednesday, March 6, 2019 In 2015, Tetyana Bobrovska fled to Kramatorsk city, eastern Ukraine, after her hometown Donetsk was seized by armed …
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Jane Jacobs
14 Great Books To Read This March
Nylon - Kristin Iversen
At least there's good stuff to read March brings with it so many good things—chief among them, these books. Some of the following titles will be familiar to anyone who read my 2019 book preview, but others
inhabitat
Mangroves
Ocean cities add ‘blue’ to green engineering
inhabitat - by Lucienne Cross
As urban areas grow in population and footprint, many coastal cities are creating land where there once was ocean. This so-called “reclaiming” of …
Windsor, ON
Jane’s Walk Seeks Individuals And Organizations To Host Walks
windsorite.ca - Liz Thorne
The 2019 Windsor-Essex Jane’s Walk Weekend is seeking new hosts to lead walks of their neighbourhoods. The Global Festival taking place the weekend of …
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Greenspace
Being Surrounded by Green Space in Childhood May Improve Mental Health of Adults
neurosciencenews.com - Neuroscience News
Summary: Researchers report children who grow up surrounded by green space have a 55% reduced risk of developing a mental health disorder as they age. …
Greenspace
Child in a Tree [image]
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Child in a Tree (image) Aarhus University Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! …
Cities
Night of Ideas SF: How to Make Our Future Cities More Like Black Rock City
burningman.org - journal.burningman.org
On February 2, Burning Man participated in Night of Ideas at the San Francisco Public Library after we were asked to share lessons from Black Rock …
News (China)
Over 90 pct young people in big cities find commuting inconvenient: survey - Xinhua
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BEIJING, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- About 93 percent of young people in China's big cities find commuting to be a problem, and nearly 40 percent get …
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Transportation
Adviser steps in, seeks record of pavers to be installed in Chandigarh
indianexpress.com
Union Territory Adviser Manoj Kumar Parida, who is also the Chief Vigilance Officer, on Thursday sought all records pertaining to the installation of …
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Urban Design
Now you can learn the Nordic approach to planning 'liveable' cities
thelocal.dk
For years urbanists have been paying close attention to how Scandinavia has been an urban planning trendsetter. Cities such as Copenhagen have been …
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Urban Design
Island Voices: Seeing the forest for the trees in urban planning
timescolonist.com - Todd Litman
Efforts to build urban housing, bike and bus lanes, and sewage systems have been loudly criticized for displacing trees. Such criticisms follow a …
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Northern Ontario
Reader blasts money spent on The Junction
sudbury.com - Letter to the Editor
Reader has some suggestions on how to revitalize the city's downtown
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Urban Design
Urban rooms allow people to design their city's future
independent.co.uk - Tim Dixon
Despite the strong utopian traditions of urban planning, there has often been a reluctance to think beyond the short term. Long-term planning is …