Contents – October 2022
CONTENTS – October 2022 PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT IDEAS FOR SMALL CITIES AND TOWNS… “ ‘Last-Mile’ Delivery Warehouses as Retail Tenants”…wck. “Main Street Loading Zones”…wck. “Technology: The Disruptive Tsunami Washing Over Cities”…wck. “These are the Top 10 Urban Innovations”…SmartCityHub Index to archived Planning Articles. CLIMATE CHANGE ACTIVITIES… Global Warming Broken Down by Latitude Zone […]
City Parks: America’s New Infrastructure – Traffic & Transportation
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New Castle, DE, A Quintessential Character Town.
New Castle is an historic, character town located south of Wilmington Delaware between Philadelphia and Baltimore. Founded in 1640, the town is “known for its “thriving historic downtown, outdoor open spaces and recreation including Battery Park, multiple playgrounds, trails, nature areas, tennis courts, sailing club, library and museums.” FacebookTweetLinkedInEmail
Biophilic Cities: Design for Planetary Health and Human Flourishing
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Index of Planning Articles [2021-present].
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A HOLISTIC OPEN SPACE SYSTEM, connect everything
The City as a Park. If you want a big idea, think of the entire city as a “park” with passive and active spaces linked together with trails and streams. Cities have active areas, open spaces, places for food and beverage, recreation areas, paths and trails. If you take a city future land use map […]
Small Cities and Towns Can be Global Cities.
The Idea of a Global City.There are two well-established types of organization that operate throughout the world independent of their national affiliation: the global city and the multi-national corporation. Global cities, while bound physically within a nation, transcend this anchor with imagination and infrastructure. Global cities are economic development machines connected to their value-added counterparts […]
DC Vibrant Retail Streets Toolkit
An After Thought on the 2013 Workshop from CT.org. The City issued an RFQ to solicit neighborhood organizations interested in learning about means and methods for improving neighborhood shopping districts. The Workshop occurred in 2013 but the lasting value is twofold. First, using an RFQ to solicit interest is a terrific way to determine which […]
This Is the Best Size for a Porch
CT.org…Southern Living has figured out porch sizing for small homes. The article below describes a minimum 6-foot depth with the width a function of the home façade design. CT.org aspires to a bigger porch that, as Southern Living describes, is in essence a room in and of itself. Therefore, our standard is that the porch […]
Index of Climate Change Articles [2021-present].
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