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David Maddox,
New York .
31 August 2018
Art, Science, Action: Green Cities Re-imagined
David Maddox, New York .
Other Essays on: 26 Visions for Urban Equity, Inclusion and Opportunity
Resistance, Education and the Collective Will of the Just City
Jack Travis, New York City
What has happened is that in the last 20 years, America has changed from a producer to a consumer. And all consumers know that when the producer names the tune, the consumer has got to dance. That’s the way it is. We used to be a producer—very inflexible at that,...
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Urban Spaces and the Mattering of Black Lives
Darnell Moore, New York
It was close to midnight. A youngish, jovial-looking white woman with russet colored hair ran by me with ostensive ease. She donned earphones and dark, body-fitting jogging attire. I was walking home from the A train stop and along Lewis Avenue, which is a moderately busy thoroughfare that runs through...
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Why Design Matters
Jason Schupbach, Washington
My vision for a just city is one where design and its power as a tool against inequality is leveraged for the benefit of all residents. As the director of design programs at the National Endowment for Arts, and one of the U.S. government’s primary advocates for good design, I...
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How To Build a New Civic Infrastructure
Ben Hecht, Washington
In the United States of America cities have long been gateways to opportunity. For centuries, people from all over the country and the world, including my own grandparents, came to our cities chasing the promise of a better life. America’s bargain with its citizens, rich and poor was, in many...
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SCIENCE &
TOOLS
12 December 2016
Full Function May Remain Out of Reach, But Urban Stream Restoration Can Empower Communities
A review of Restoring Neighborhood Streams: Planning, Design, and Construction. By Ann L. Riley. 2016. Island Press, Washington, D.C. ISBN: 9781610917391. 288 pages. Buy the book. The basic challenge of restoring urban streams that support diverse environmental, social, and ecological functions is that...
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PEOPLE &
COMMUNITITES
28 May 2017
Trees Are More than Just Trees: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Most of us know how “good” trees are for the urban environment, and for the planet overall. Whether you’re a human, an insect, a fungus, a bat, a bird, a four-legged omnivore, or an amphibian, we all love trees. Trees are symbols of health, vitality, and goodness. For the greater landscape and environment, trees and woodlands connect the lithosphere and...
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PLACE &
DESIGN
3 March 2016
Native Versus Alien Species in Fragmented Urban Natural Habitats: Who’s Winning?
According to the United Nations, the second biggest problem for humanity after global warming is disorganized urbanization—urbanization without planning and integration of natural environments. Since 2008, for the first time in history, the majority of people live in urban areas,...
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ART &
AWARENESS
7 September 2015
Civic Ecology Meets EdX: An Experiment in Online Social Learning and Action
A pop-up garden in Kiev, volunteer “spotfixes” along sidewalks in Bangalore, and a flower garden planted atop a deadly landslide after an earthquake in Japan. These and other civic ecology practices are expanding in number. But how do we connect...
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