North America – Page 6 – The Nature of Cities

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2017 Apr

Retrofitting the City: Interweaving Urban Nature for Transformative Adaptation

David Ralston

Climate change, Culture, Experiencing Nature, Green Infrastructure, Livability, North America, Planning, Resilience, Sustainability
2017 Apr

The Suburban City, Usefully Seen as a Mega-Landscape

Kevin Sloan

Design, Livability, North America, Planning, Suburbs, Sustainability
2017 Mar

Are We Truly Connected in Today’s High Frequency World?

Chantal van Ham

Biophilia, Climate change, Conservation, Culture, Europe, Governance, History, North America, Participation/Democracy, Policy, Tradition
2017 Feb

Poems Have the Power to Elucidate New Urban Futures

Laura Booth

Art, Awareness, Governance, Justice, North America, Participation/Democracy, Politics, Tools
2017 Jan

You say po-TAY-to. What ecologists and landscape architects don’t get about each other, but ought to.

Ana Faggi
,
Mark Hostetler
,
Maria E Ignatieva
,
Amy Hahs
,
Jürgen Breuste
,
Susannah Drake
,
Marcus Hedblom
,
Andrew Grant
,
Mike Wells
,
Steven Handel
,
Diane Pataki
,
Ian MacGregor-Fors
,
Anne Trumble
,
Christine Thuring
,
Kevin Sloan
,
Gloria Aponte
,
Nina-Marie Lister
,
Sarah Hinners
,
AnaLuisa Artesi
,
Jala Makhzoumi
,
Jason King
,
Yun Hye HWANG
,
Danielle Dagenais
,
Mary Cadenasso
,
Veronica Fabio
and
Peter Werner

Architecture, Australia & New Zealand, Biodiversity, Conservation, Design, Development, Ecosystem services, Education/Knowledge/Learning, Europe, Experiencing Nature, Gardens, Landscape, Livability, North America, Parks, South America, Sustainability, Tools
2016 Dec

Highlights from The Nature of Cities in 2016

David Maddox

Africa, Agriculture, Architecture, Art, Asia, Awareness, Biodiversity, Climate change, Communities, Conservation, Culture, Design, Development, Disasters/Red zone, Ecosystem services, Education/Knowledge/Learning, Experiencing Nature, Gardens, Health, Justice, Landscape, Livability, North America, Parks, Participation/Democracy, Planning, Policy, Resilience, South America, Stewardship, Sustainability, Tools, Value, Water, Wetlands/Rivers/Streams, What is urban nature?, Wildlife People Interactions
2016 Dec

Read this! 90 recommendations for the one book about (or relevant to) cities that everyone should read

David Maddox

Africa, Agriculture, Architecture, Art, Asia, Awareness, Biodiversity, Biophilia, Climate change, Communities, Conservation, Culture, Design, Development, Disasters/Red zone, Ecocities, Economics, Ecosystem services, Education, Experiencing Nature, Gardens, Justice, Landscape, Livability, North America, Parks, Participation/Democracy, Planning, Policy, Resilience, South America, Sustainability, What is urban nature?
2016 Nov

Where Did All the Streams Go?

Eric Sanderson
and
Christopher Spagnoli

Conservation, Design, North America, Planning, Tools, Water, Wetlands/Rivers/Streams
2016 Sep

Using Green Infrastructure to Tackle New Orleans’ Water Management Woes

Josh Lewis

Climate change, Disasters/Red zone, Green Infrastructure, North America, Planning, Resilience, Water, Wetlands/Rivers/Streams
2016 Aug

Water as a Commons in Detroit, the Great Lakes, and Beyond

Rebecca Salminen Witt

Agriculture, Awareness, Disasters/Red zone, Ecosystem services, Green Infrastructure, Infrastructure, Justice, North America, Policy, Water
2016 Jun

Urban agriculture has many benefits. Is one of them a contribution to urban sustainability?

Jane Battersby
,
Katrin Bohn
,
Christopher Bryant
,
Easther Chigumira
,
Evan Fraser
,
Kelly Hodgins
,
Patrick Hurley
,
Francois Mancebo
,
Idah Mbengo
,
Innisfree McKinnon
,
Leslie McLees
,
Geneviève Metson
,
Navin Ramankutty
,
Kristin Reynolds
,
Esther Sanyé-Mengual
,
Shaleen Singhal
,
Kathrin Specht
,
Naomi Tsur
,
Andre Viljoen
and
Claudia Visoni

Africa, Agriculture, Asia, Climate change, Communities, Culture, Design, Food, Gardens, Governance, Jobs, Justice, Networks, North America, Policy, Suburbs, Sustainability, Tools
2016 Jun

Is There a Suburbia 2.0? Ideas for Designing the Next Generation of Suburbs

Kevin Sloan

Culture, Design, North America, Planning, Suburbs, What is urban nature?
2016 Jun

What Should We Make of Jane Jacobs’ Critique of Parks in The Death and Life of Great American Cities?—TNOC Podcast Episode 8

Philip Silva
and
David Maddox

Awareness, Communities, Design, Experiencing Nature, Livability, North America, Parks, Participation/Democracy, Planning, Policy, Wildlife People Interactions
2016 May

A Sustainable Future with Jobs and Social Harmony Starts with Urban Nature

Buyana Kareem

Africa, Economics, Ecosystem services, Health, North America, Planning, Sustainability, Trees
2016 May

Look Who’s Coming to Dinner…Bacteria that Eat the Gowanus Sludge—TNOC Podcast Episode 7

Philip Silva
and
David Maddox

North America, Pollution, Water
2016 May

Practicing Community Environmental Education in Urban Settings

Marianne Krasny
,
Mutizwa Mukute
,
Olivia Aguilar
,
Mapula Priscilla Masilela
and
Lausanne Olvitt

Africa, Communities, Education/Knowledge/Learning, North America, Participation/Democracy, Stewardship
2016 Apr

Comparing Apples to Peaches: Cities in the United States and Canada

Mary Rowe

Culture, Design, History, Livability, North America, Planning, Policy
2016 Feb

The New Vocabulary of Urban Landscaping for Southern California

Stephanie Pincetl
and
Kitty Connolly

Awareness, Biodiversity, Conservation, Design, Ecosystem services, Gardens, Invasive Species, Landscape, North America, Value
2016 Feb

Nature in Chicago: Surprisingly Wild, Surprisingly Human

Chris Hensley

Awareness, Biodiversity, Biophilia, North America, What is urban nature?, Wildlife People Interactions
2016 Jan

Lessons from Tinseltown: Nature’s Role in Alleviating Homelessness

Rebecca Salminen Witt

Awareness, Communities, Ecocities, Housing, Justice, Livability, North America, Parks, Tools
2015 Dec

Highlights from The Nature of Cities in 2015

David Maddox

Africa, Architecture, Art, Asia, Australia & New Zealand, Awareness, Biodiversity, Biophilia, Climate change, Communities, Conservation, Design, Development, Disasters/Red zone, Experiencing Nature, Gardens, Justice, Livability, North America, Parks, Participation/Democracy, Planning, Policy, Resilience, South America, Tools, Water, What is urban nature?, Wildlife People Interactions
2015 Dec

Branch Waters Urbanism: A Concept of Landscape That Organizes the Chaos of “Jungle Cities”

Kevin Sloan

Architecture, Design, Development, Ecocities, Landscape, Livability, North America, Planning, Suburbs, Value, Water, Wetlands/Rivers/Streams
2015 Nov

Close Encounters of the Moose Kind

Bill Sherwonit

Awareness, Biodiversity, Experiencing Nature, North America, Wildlife People Interactions
2015 Nov

History, the Detroit River and Building an International Wildlife Refuge Right

David Goode

Biodiversity, Communities, Conservation, Education, History, North America, Tools
2015 Nov

How the White House Went Green: The Environmental Legacy of President Lyndon B. Johnson and Lady Bird Johnson

Adrian Benepe

Awareness, Communities, Conservation, Development, History, North America, Planning, Policy
2015 Oct

Singapore’s Life in the Trees

Geoffrey Davison
and
Lena Chan

Asia, Biodiversity, Conservation, Ecosystem services, Experiencing Nature, North America, Planning, Singapore, Trees
2015 Sep

What Pope Francis Might Do to Advance Climate Justice During His Visit to New York

Rebecca Bratspies

Climate change, Faith, Justice, North America, Sustainability, Value
2015 Jul

It’s all in the Details: Two Missouri Schools Team up to Design Tornado Resistant Home

Traci Sooter

Architecture, Communities, Design, Disasters/Red zone, North America, Resilience, Sustainability, Tools
2015 Jul

The Rent is too Damned High: The Nature of Cities and the Original Gentrification

Eric Sanderson

Awareness, Ecological footprint, Economics, Ecosystem services, North America, Policy, Stewardship, What is urban nature?
2015 May

Birds: Iconic Emissaries of Urban Nature

Mike Houck

Art, Awareness, North America, Wildlife People Interactions