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Land Matters Podcast
Episode 6: The (Late) Great Climate Change Mobilization
Octubre 2019, inglés
In the past century, the United States has mobilized for war, engineered the recovery from the Great Depression and the Great Recession, and sent a man to the moon. Tackling climate change should be no different, says Billy Fleming, director of The McHarg Center at the University of Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of Design, […]
Octubre 2019, inglés
In the past century, the United States has mobilized for war, engineered the recovery from the Great Depression and the Great Recession, and sent a man to the moon. Tackling climate change should be no different, says Billy Fleming, director of The McHarg Center at the University of Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of Design, […]
How a New Land Policy Could Help Unwind Apartheid in Cape Town, South Africa
Inclusionary Housing is a Form of Land Value Capture, or Land Value Return
Octubre 2019, inglés
Looking at the South African government’s map of “the social tapestry of Cape Town,” it’s not difficult to see the legacy of apartheid. The map shows many pockets of racial integration, but most nonwhite residents live in the Cape Flats, an expansive area southeast of downtown that extends far out to the urban fringes. […]
Octubre 2019, inglés
Looking at the South African government’s map of “the social tapestry of Cape Town,” it’s not difficult to see the legacy of apartheid. The map shows many pockets of racial integration, but most nonwhite residents live in the Cape Flats, an expansive area southeast of downtown that extends far out to the urban fringes. […]
Land Lines, Octubre 2019
Octubre 2019, español
Octubre 2019, español
New Publication
Design with Nature Now Amplifies Ian McHarg's Manifesto on Ecological Planning and Land Use
Octubre 2019, inglés
With climate change posing imminent risks that range from rising seas to more extreme weather events, cities must work with ecology rather than against it to develop sustainably, according to the new book Design with Nature Now (available here). Urban design that values natural systems can help us confront the most serious environmental challenges of this century, says the book, […]
Octubre 2019, inglés
With climate change posing imminent risks that range from rising seas to more extreme weather events, cities must work with ecology rather than against it to develop sustainably, according to the new book Design with Nature Now (available here). Urban design that values natural systems can help us confront the most serious environmental challenges of this century, says the book, […]
Design with Nature Now
Octubre 2019, inglés
Octubre 2019, inglés
Game Time
Active Learning Puts a Spin on Urban Planning Education
Octubre 2019, inglés
Carlos Morales-Schechinger knew he was doomed. An official in Mexico’s ministry for urban development, he was slated to speak at a conference in San Luis Potosi immediately following a fully programmed morning and large lunch. With the students in front of him doing little to fight an onslaught of yawns, Morales had to get creative. On […]
Octubre 2019, inglés
Carlos Morales-Schechinger knew he was doomed. An official in Mexico’s ministry for urban development, he was slated to speak at a conference in San Luis Potosi immediately following a fully programmed morning and large lunch. With the students in front of him doing little to fight an onslaught of yawns, Morales had to get creative. On […]
Place Database
Housing Affordability in Brooklyn, New York
Octubre 2019, inglés
Median rent in Brooklyn climbed between two to six percent each month during the first half of 2019, reaching $2,914 by July, according to Bloomberg (Price 2019). As the map indicates, low-income housing tax credits (LIHTCs) tend to be clustered in the northeast section of the borough. Affordable housing is in short supply in […]
Octubre 2019, inglés
Median rent in Brooklyn climbed between two to six percent each month during the first half of 2019, reaching $2,914 by July, according to Bloomberg (Price 2019). As the map indicates, low-income housing tax credits (LIHTCs) tend to be clustered in the northeast section of the borough. Affordable housing is in short supply in […]
Land Matters Podcast
Episode 5: How One Midwestern City Is Trying to Stay Affordable
Septiembre 2019, inglés
Minneapolis has passed some of the most progressive housing policies and zoning reforms in the country, and other cities—including those on the coasts struggling to overcome an affordability crisis—are taking notice.
Septiembre 2019, inglés
Minneapolis has passed some of the most progressive housing policies and zoning reforms in the country, and other cities—including those on the coasts struggling to overcome an affordability crisis—are taking notice.
