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Growing Cities are Good — I think …

January 27, 2008 – 7:46 am

Ran across this interesting brief video that talks about squatter cities in developing countries. If squatter cities are usually in the outskirts of major cities, will there be a time in the future when it will merge with the major cities? The other thing I wonder about are the environmental consequences of having [...]

By Ehren | Posted in cities | Comments (0)

Cities of the Future

January 22, 2008 – 7:39 pm

Geekabout posted a really interesting article yesterday on the construction of the cities of tomorrow.  We’ve seen examples of these in movies, old books about space stations and the general ideal visions that come to mind when thinking of the future.  Many of these so called “cities of the future” are technically one large structure [...]

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Not Feeling Green Enough? Find out what is important to you first

January 16, 2008 – 6:23 pm

An article on Treehugger reported a couple of weeks ago that young asians are not as concerned about the environment as their peers in the west.  This struck me as a rather intriguing study as I continued to ask myself … what does that really mean?
I remember when I was in elementary school and the [...]

By Ehren | Posted in debate, news | Comments (0)

Public Transportation vs. the $2500 car (or any car)

January 9, 2008 – 7:19 pm

Treehugger, a very popular online magazine, has an article written by Lloyd Alter about a $2500 car that notes the impact of such an introduction into India.
In one of the most populated countries in the world and likely to become the number one country in terms of population very soon (currently behind China a little), [...]

By Ehren | Posted in policy | Comments (0)

James Howard Kunstler Talks about Places Worth Caring About

January 8, 2008 – 6:58 pm

I really like this talk by James Howard Kunstler. Granted, it was quite amusing but more importantly, his points about civic space and suburbs in the city really struck a note with me. I was born in Toronto and grew up in the metropolitan suburbs surrounding the downtown core. I found that [...]

By Ehren | Posted in urban planning, video | Comments (0)