Category: Environment | Sustainability

PlaceMakers’ Intrepid Inside-Baseball Highlight Reel from CNU23

PlaceMakers
PlaceMakers Twitter Instagram Facebook May 5, 2015
Having just wrapped up what may have been our favorite CNU ever, in Dallas on April 29 through May 2, we want to share some of the ideas that resonated the most with us. The topics below are snippets of great insights from many voices, including the likes of Andrés Duany, Fort Worth Mayor Betsy Price, Doug Farr, and... Continue Reading
Category Back of the Envelope, Development, Economic Development, Environment | Sustainability, Experience, Financing, Planning and Design, Public Engagement, Public Policy, Resilience, Theory and Practice
Tags Andres Duany, Bruce Tolar, Charles Montgomery, CNU 23, form-based code, Hazel Borys, Lean Urbanism, Transect, Urban Happiness Series
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Green in the City: A recipe for mental and environmental health

Kaid Benfield
Kaid Benfield Twitter Instagram Facebook LinkedInMarch 23, 2015
The National Arbor Day Foundation has a simple app on its website that allows visitors to see how a city changes as it adds tree cover and other vegetation. Using a little sliding tool, one can gradually change the illustration from one with few trees to one with abundant trees. The difference is striking: everyone... Continue Reading
Category Environment | Sustainability, Planning and Design
Tags Kaid Benfield, nature
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