A majority of people express a preference for living in walkable communities. Yet many struggle to find what they're looking for. What are the challenges and what can be done?
This is the eighth article in a series exploring municipal climate rhetoric and reality. In this final article, we look to the future in Halifax, NS and Portland, ME.
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Maps made 80 years apart reveal how successful 1930s-era policymakers were in setting in motion the downfall of urban life for middle-class families.
The better I understood our racial caste system—and a family member’s key role in shaping it—the more deeply American I felt in a positive sense.
If a local government is going to break the rule of perpetual urban sprawl it needs to realize four specific achievements.
The Human Scale
People often use the phrase “quality of life” subjectively. I’d like to use the term to describe something tangible. It’s a definition that places middle-class families in cities.
A century ago Halifax, NS employed neighborhood design principals worth emulating today.
An evidenced-based rationale for human scale development.
The Natural World
Our health and happiness are shaped, in part, by direct, convenient access to nature.
This is the first article in a series exploring municipal climate rhetoric and reality. Whether acknowledged or not, municipalities are at the center of the climate crisis.
This is the second article in a series exploring municipal climate rhetoric and reality. Maine and Nova Scotia illustrate how culture can produce incompatible planning and development outcomes.
Governance
Community-minded developers still face barriers to building walkable, human-scale development. National organizations have an opportunity to help eliminate known barriers in municipalities across the country.
Search results on Realtor.com indicate the rule of perpetual urban sprawl still applies. Gaithersburg, MD is an exception to the rule.
If a local government is going to break the rule of perpetual urban sprawl it needs to realize four specific achievements.
Society
A majority of people express a preference for living in walkable communities. Yet many struggle to find what they’re looking for. What are the challenges and what can be done?
Maps made 80 years apart reveal how successful 1930s-era policymakers were in setting in motion the downfall of urban life for middle-class families.
What does self-interest entail given what urban sprawl and our unique domestic history?