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Issue 22: Cities In Crisis
Spring 2009
How are cities coping with the financial crisis? Issue No. 22 of Next American City gives some answers in its cover story, “Cities in Crisis.” Two other features explore urgent topics: “Now You’re Cooking with Grease,” is a timely look at the ways cities are building municipal biodiesel programs, and “The Largest Environmental Problem You’re Never Heard Of,” is just that — you’ve got to read it to hear more about the Eastern Garbage Patch. Also: transportation enthusiasts influence their locals DOTs, Richard Florida comments on the overused phrase “Work, Live, Play” and reports from Kalamazoo, Baltimore and Chicago round out the issue.
Features
- Riding the Imaginary Rails 1
Map Enthusiasts and Transit Advocacy
- Now You’re Cooking with Grease
No longer just the fringe fuel choice of hobbyists, waste cooking oil has moved front and center in the biodiesel explosion, and cities are leading the way with innovative programs.
- Cities in Crisis 14
America’s cities are fighting foreclosures, stalled development and budget shortfalls on a scale not seen in a generation. But innovation is taking root in the empty spaces left by economic retreat. A look at how tomorrow’s American cities will be leaner — and greener.
- The Largest Environmental Problem You’ve Never Heard Of
Departments
- IdeasThe Roots of Live, Work and Play 7
- IdeasThe New Nashville (Called Seattle)
- IdeasPutting the Torch Before The Mosque
- IdeasBloggers As Urban Planners?
- InterviewWikicities and The Future of Planning
An interview with Roope Mokka
- InterviewData Points of Entry
An interview with Richard Saul Wurman
- InterviewA Battle for Public Space
An interview with Cary Moon
- Urban HistorianAsk an Urban Historian 1
Etcetera
- ReviewsNot Your Father’s Dreams
- ReviewsAn Argument for New Orleans
- ReviewsNew York’s Non-Evolution
- ReviewsLost in Dislocation
