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Urbanism in the Age of Climate Change
By Peter Calthorpe |
Editor’s note: Today we are very pleased to begin a five-part series of excerpts from Peter Calthorpe’s book, “Urbanism in the Age of Climate Change.” Keep reading this week and next to learn how you can win a copy of the book from Island Press. I take as a given that climate change is an […]
Urbanism in the Age of Climate Change: Urbanism Expanded
By Peter Calthorpe |
Editor’s note: This week, we continue our 5-part series of excerpts from Peter Calthorpe’s book, “Urbanism in the Age of Climate Change.” This is installment number three. Thanks to Island Press, a few lucky Streetsblog readers will be selected to receive a free copy of the book. To enter the contest, fill out this form. […]
A Special TransForum with Peter Calthorpe
By Aaron Bialick |
From TransForm: World-renowned urban planner Peter Calthorpe will discuss his new book, Urbanism in the Age of Climate Change, which shows how combining more compact patterns of growth with conservation and new technology can achieve not only needed reductions in carbon emissions but achieve many other critical economic and lifestyle benefits. Peter will sign books at the end […]
A Message from Copenhagen: Climate Plan Must Include Walkable Urbanism
By Ben Fried |
The energy-saving benefits of transit aren’t limited to the transportation sector. Image: Jonathan Rose Companies via Richard Layman. At a panel discussion yesterday at the Copenhagen climate summit, American policymakers and transit experts delivered a clear message: Walkable urban development must be part of any effective plan to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions. Thanks to […]
SPUR Forum: Suburban Sprawl and the Rebirth of American Urbanism
By Stan Parkford |
Image courtesy of Flickr user Mark Strozier From SPUR: The new book Dead End: Suburban Sprawl and the Rebirth of American Urbanism traces how the suburban ideal mutated into the suburbs of today. Join the author for a discussion of the history of suburbia and how we can learn from the past to lay out a practical […]