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Dutch Try to Step Up Flood Protection
Planetizen - Urban Planning, Design and Development Network
This article from Wired looks at new plans to prevent massive flooding in the low-lying Netherlands.
Architecture Bender Ends as Funding Dries Up
Planetizen - Urban Planning, Design and Development Network
The party’s over for what started out as a go-go year for architecture, writes Nicolai Ourroussoff.
Bridging the Broadband Gap in Inner Cities
Planetizen - Urban Planning, Design and Development Network
As President Elect Obama delivers his weekly address via YouTube, half of all Americans don’t have the broadband access necessary to watch.
Kunstler Predicts 2009
Planetizen - Urban Planning, Design and Development Network
James Howard Kunstler predicts the Dow falling to 4000 by the end of the year, more dramatic swings in oil prices, and an overall contraction of services and the economy.
Public Art in ‘The Big Potato’
Planetizen - Urban Planning, Design and Development Network
Boise, Idaho and other cities in the region have adopted “percent for the arts” initiatives, and are looking to public art to reflect the region’s ‘maturity.’
Rand: Best Congestion Strategies Are Price-Based
Planetizen - Urban Planning, Design and Development Network
In 2008, RAND Corp. conducted a study on mitigating traffic congestion in Los Angeles. They studied two types of strategies: conventional, e.g. signal timing, and market-based, e.g. increased the price of driving. The results were surprising.
Small Mining Towns Boom While Everyone Else Busts
Planetizen - Urban Planning, Design and Development Network
Mining towns in Lander County, NV are skipping the recession, thanks to a local economy based on gold.
Better community design makes happier citizens
Planning Livable Communities
Despite economic challenges, Bogota’s mayor helped “to transform a city once infamous for narco-terrorism, pollution and chaos into a globally lauded model of livability and urban renewal.” there are good lessons here about what local officials can do in an era of constrained finances. Hint: It doesn’t involve designing your community solely for automobiles. Quite the contrary.
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