Topic – Urban Planning
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Agricultural Urbanism
Transects & food production
Agricultural urbanism is much more systematic and planned than urban agriculture, and it applies the New Urbanist idea of transects to food production.
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Transit-Oriented Development in Austin
Austin preparing for transit
Molly Scarbrough explained how Austin is preparing for TOD, even though the city does not yet have an operational rail transit system.
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Possible urban scenarios under high oil prices
How fast will gas prices rise?
How cities develop in the future could depend on how rapidly gas prices rise, and cities could look very similar or completely different than they do right now.
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Denver transit ridership approaches 10 percent
Denver may be model for future
Denver may be a model for how newer, auto-dependent cities can begin transforming themselves in the 21st century. Its goal is at least 20% transit use by 2020.
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Experts discuss affordable housing and transit
Panelists are optimistic
Affordable transit-oriented homes are in short supply, but changing demographics and energy and climate crises make transit-oriented cities 'inevitable.'
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Houstonians want better urban planning
New Houston Chronicle poll
Houstonians want tighter land use controls according to a Zogby survey published by the Houston Chronicle
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Obama emphasizes urban revitalization
Changing policies takes time
The president is using the stimulus package and a variety of agencies to begin shifting federal urban policies that have long been set in stone.
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DART Green Line is a big step forward
System will double in size
The DART rail system will double in size by 2012, encompassing 62 stations on 90 miles of track and resulting in significant changes to the city.
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Support growing for better land use, transportation options in Houston
Change is slowly coming
The Financial Times says that more Houstonians are becoming dissatisfied with the car-dominated nature of the city, and that city policies are slowly shifting.
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