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What Is The Future Of Cities?
3 min read · 138 saves · May 19 · Greg Rosalsky · As COVID-19 makes density a danger, we look at what's in store for cities.
How Smart City Planning Could Slow Future Pandemics
2 min read · Paywall possible · 49 saves · May 18 · The Covid-19 crisis is an opportunity to rethink how cities are designed—and make them better equipped to stop disease from spreading.
How U.S. Cities Can Learn From Amsterdam in Becoming More Sustainable
1 min read · 38 saves · May 18 · John Gendall · For some Dutch architects, the approach to building has been revamped to one in which new structures contribute to improving the surrounding environment
Parking Cull And Pocket Parks For England’s Finest Street As Newcastle Plans Post-Pandemic Future
4 min read · 30 saves · May 15 · Newcastle is the latest city to unveil pandemic measures to curb motor vehicles and, in addition to culling parking spaces from what renowned architectural…
Will Edmonton Be the First Major Canadian City to Eliminate Parking Minimums? — Strong Towns
5 min read · 16 saves · May 14 · Minimum parking requirements are expensive, waste space, and waste opportunities. Edmonton seems poised to do something about it.
The Spaces That Make Cities Fairer and More Resilient
7 min read · Paywall possible · 15 saves · May 12 · Our shared economy depends most on what happens in between.
The return to 'normal' requires acceptance of emerging tech
2 min read · 15 saves · May 13 · Returning to a familiar world of human interaction will take time. It will also take a willingness to modify expectations of physical and digital…
Want Cleaner Air In Your City? Get Rid Of The Cars
2 min read · 13 saves · May 21 · New data shows nitrogen dioxide levels have reduced by around 35% year-on-year in London’s Square Mile since the beginning of lockdown.
Cities and the coronavirus: Density isn’t the problem
3 min read · 12 saves · May 18 · Alex Bozikovic · Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen, among the densest of the China’s cities, have among the lowest per-capita rates of transmission
After the coronavirus pandemic, cities will never be the same
4 min read · 11 saves · May 15 · The growth of cities, both in the United States and around the world, has skyrocketed since the 1950s. Millions of people have migrated to…