Sustaining Affordable Housing and Neighborhoods.
THE PROMISE OF A DECENT, SAFE AND SANITARY HOME. Housing the Nation’s people in a decent, safe and sanitary home has been an American priority at least since 1949, that’s seventy years. THE CHALLENGE OF OUR TIME. The promise is not being fulfilled. Providing affordable housing for the town’s residents is the challenge of the […]
Index of Planning Articles [2021-present]
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Announcement from…LSECities
LSE Cities is co-hosting two events during the World Urban Forum Transforming our cities for a better urban future, which takes place in Katowice, Poland from 26-30 June 2022. FacebookTweetLinkedInEmail
Centering Neighborhood Priorities For Economic Inclusion: Early Outcomes From Five Cities
One year ago, Brookings and the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) released a playbook for a new approach to advancing economic inclusion—one that centers disinvested neighborhoods as the locus for achieving inclusive regional economic recovery and growth. Inherently place-based and community-led in nature, this approach—“community-centered economic inclusion”—has been tested by the shock of the COVID-19 […]
What is an Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) – and Tips for Building One
Accessory dwelling units or ADUs — those separate living units tucked inside a single family home or sharing land with one — are having a rock star moment. Dozens of cities and counties, and at least nine states, including California, have changed or adopted laws that make it easier and more attractive for homeowners to […]
City Cottages in Pocket Neighborhoods
Cottages are small single-family homes with living/dining areas, bedrooms, bathrooms and kitchens plus a large usable porch serving as outside living space. City Cottage residents do best in villages of six to twelve homes focused on a common open space. City cottages are not “tiny houses”, mobile homes or accessory dwelling units. They have many […]
Contents – July 2022
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A breakthrough agenda on climate finance
In this sixth interview of the “17 Rooms” podcast, Amar Bhattacharya and John Podesta discuss a “breakthrough” agenda on climate finance, which is necessary to deliver on greater climate ambition and ensure synergy with the sustainable development agenda. Bhattacharya, senior fellow at the Center for Sustainable Development at The Brookings Institution and Podesta, chair and […]
“The Upcycle” by William McDonough
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Robert K. Merton and the Social Sphere of Sustainability.
Robert K. Merton is a social scientist in the tradition of the founders of sociology contributing to an understanding of sustainability’s social sphere. The works of Merton and his colleagues are important contributors to those planning the future of the city. City planners need sociologists. FacebookTweetLinkedInEmail