SPUR Forum: Achieving Good Urbanism
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12:21 AM PST on February 18, 2014
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We know what makes for good places, and consensus has developed among urban planners and designers about the essential components of healthy, prosperous communities. So why aren’t these ideals being put into practice? Join the author of Good Urbanism for a discussion of how to reach beyond conventional planning in order to cultivate good ideas and leverage the resources to realize them.
Co-presented by Island Press
+ Nan Ellin / University of Utah
Aaron was the editor of Streetsblog San Francisco from January 2012 until October 2015. He joined Streetsblog in 2010 after studying rhetoric and political communication at SF State University and spending a semester in Denmark.
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