Patchguide
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
A City That Is Blue, Green and Just All Over
Cecilia Herzog, Rio de Janeiro
Since humans settled about 10,000 years ago, we have significantly altered and explored the landscape to create the civilization we now have. The landscape has been a source of material and non-material resources, feeding us in all senses. Ecologically rich landscapes associated with technologies were essential for all societies to...
1 Comment(s)Join our Conversation
Right to the City for All: A Manifesto for Social Justice in an Urban Century
Lorena Zárate, Ottawa
[The Right to the City is] the right to change ourselves, by changing the city. —David Harvey, 2008 The cities we have The cities we have in the world today are far from being places of justice. Whether in the South, the North, the West or the East, the cities...
2 Comment(s)Join our Conversation
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...
0 Comment(s)Join our Conversation
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...
2 Comment(s)Join our Conversation
OTHER ESSAYS ON SIMILAR THEMES...
SCIENCE &
TOOLS
20 June 2022
Blowing in the Wind: Leaf Blower Disservices for Human and Ecosystem Health in the City
Reconsidering leaf blowers Calls for the ban of leaf blowers in urban centers are on the rise, including community group initiatives, municipal bans, opinion pieces, and proposed state/provincial and national-level legislation. The reasons include noise pollution, particulates, and other conventional...
2 Comment(s)Join our Conversation
PEOPLE &
COMMUNITITES
15 August 2016
Better Places Add Up to Better Cities
A review of Good Urbanism: Six Steps to Creating Prosperous Places by Nan Ellin. 2012. Island Press. ISBN 13: 978-1-61091-374-4. 141 pages. Buy the book. Many people have a desire to improve spaces in their cities and neighborhoods, but most don’t know where to begin or what steps to take to see a community project through to fruition. Most who have been successful at...
0 Comment(s)Join our Conversation
PLACE &
DESIGN
27 July 2016
Skin the City
The skin of the city shifts. Waves of residents come and go; meanings vanish. The longer I live here, the more I feel like I am a creature of many phantom limbs. Hungry, I walk to Jimmy’s hoping for fish...
0 Comment(s)Join our Conversation
ART &
AWARENESS
29 May 2013
Size Doesn’t Matter—Really!
I admit it, I’m obsessed with a small created wetland in NW Portland’s Pearl District. When it comes to urban greenspaces size is often overrated, meaning even a small created 200 x 200 foot faux wetlands can be both biologically...
6 Comment(s)Join our Conversation
Add a Comment
Join our conversation