Topic – Culture

Fun is key to successful cities like Austin, San Antonio

Fun = economic development

Steve Hawley, Jan 12, 09.

Cities rich in “consumption amenities” - the attractions that make a city fun - “disproportionately [attracted] highly-educated individuals and experienced…

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Decoding the Mediterranean town

Steve Hawley, Jan 07, 09.

Recent information reveals that old Mediterranean towns were built in an emergent fashion, rather than as the result of large-scale…

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The return of the cargo trike

Steve Hawley, Jan 07, 09.

A Massachusetts company called the New Amsterdam Project is using industrial tricycles to deliver goods in an effort to reduce…

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“Broken windows” theory validated

Steve Hawley, Dec 22, 08.

An article in The Economist notes that the controversial “broken windows” theory that physical disorder encourages crime has been substantiated…

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