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Dec 3rd, 2009 | Topic: Built Environment | Region: | Cities: |
A dispatch from the Virtual World Town Planning Day Conference, during which experts advocated for strengthening the relationship between scientists and planners to shape planning policy to encourage green house gas mitigation and the adaptation of human settlements to climate change. (
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Nov 12th, 2009 | Topic: Governance | Region: Central | Cities: Atlanta, Indianapolis, Philadelphia, St. Louis |
In the wake of November voting, more and more cities across the nation are enacting or expanding smoking bans. (
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Nov 3rd, 2009 | Topic: Infrastructure | Region: East Coast | Cities: Philadelphia |
In the past year Philadelphia has passed legislation encouraging the use of bicycles and started a pilot project for bike lanes in Center City. Maria Dziembowska, Events Director of the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia, talks with Next American City about the status of biking in Philly. (
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Oct 26th, 2009 | Topic: Governance | Region: West Coast | Cities: Los Angeles |
A recent United Way of Great Los Angeles Study finds that “permanent supportive housing is a less costly approach to addressing chronic homelessness.” (
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Sep 30th, 2009 | Topic: Built Environment | Region: | Cities: |
NAC intern Akua Nyame-Mensah reports from the fishing town of Jamestown, in Accra. Click through to see photos of the city’s harbor, people and built environment. (
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Sep 25th, 2009 | Topic: | Region: Central | Cities: Boston, Detroit, New York, Pittsburgh, Seattle |
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Sep 23rd, 2009 | Topic: Culture | Region: East Coast | Cities: Philadelphia |
NAC’s Akua Nyame-Mensah strolled the streets of Philadelphia on Park(ing) Day, when ordinary city dwellers, design firms, community organizations and others took over metered parking spaces and turned them into temporary public parks. (
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A dispatch from the Virtual World Town Planning Day Conference, during which experts advocated for strengthening the relationship between scientists and planners to shape planning policy to encourage green house gas mitigation and the adaptation of human settlements to climate change. (keep reading…)
In the wake of November voting, more and more cities across the nation are enacting or expanding smoking bans. (keep reading…)
In the past year Philadelphia has passed legislation encouraging the use of bicycles and started a pilot project for bike lanes in Center City. Maria Dziembowska, Events Director of the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia, talks with Next American City about the status of biking in Philly. (keep reading…)
NAC’s Akua Nyame-Mensah strolled the streets of Philadelphia on Park(ing) Day, when ordinary city dwellers, design firms, community organizations and others took over metered parking spaces and turned them into temporary public parks. (keep reading…)
