Content – November 2021

CONTENTS – November 2021

PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT IDEAS FOR SMALL CITIES AND TOWNS…

• “Everything Going the Wrong Way’: Dollar Stores Hit a Pandemic Downturn”.… From The New York Times
• “In Defense of Housing, Single family homes are the backbone of American aspirations – so why do so many people oppose them?”…Joel Kotkin and Wendell Cox in City Journal.
• “Summary of Universal Professional Planner Skills”…wck.
• “Smart Growth in Small Towns and Rural Communities”, from EPA Resources.

CLIMATE CHANGE ACTIVITIES…

• Global climate conferences, two of importance: o 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow on 31 October – 12 November 2021.
•  The 15th United Nations Biodiversity Conference, Kunming, China.
• Edible Education Experience operating the Emeril Lagasse Foundation Kitchen House & Culinary Garden, Orlando FL.
•  “Pittsburgh‘s climate friendly plan for condemned homes”…Yale Climate Connections, October 1, 2021.
• EPA Publishes its 2021 “Climate Adaptation Action Plan”, October 7, 2021.
• Bloomberg Carbon Clock, CO2 monthly readings through Sep 2021.

MUNICIPAL FINANCE

•  “City Fiscal Conditions 2021”…The National League of Cities.
• “Finance Planning for Local Governments”…wck.

SPECIAL FEATURES…

• Profile: H.T. Odum, PhD., ecologist extraordinaire.
• A Quintessential Character Place: Palatka FL.
• Video [14:21]: What makes a city attractive? Mystery, visible life and organised complexity…GuardianWitness assignments Cities, Francesca Perry, 2015.
• Video [1:34]: My Community.org.uk.

BOOKS…

• Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters, Steven Pinker, 2021.
• Recast Your City: How to Save Your Downtown with Small Scale Manufacturing, Ilana Preus, 2021.
• Retrofitting Suburbia: Urban Design Solutions for Redesigning Suburbs, 1st Edition, Ellen Dunham-Jones and June Williamson. 2011.
• Startup Communities, Building an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Your City, Brad Feld, 2012.