Cities & Planning

Posted on Monday 14 Feb 2022. 1,000 words, 5 links. By Matt Webb.

Cities say they can’t build infrastructure for tomorrow’s storms using yesterday’s data.

Reviving long-lost legume species could help improve global food security and decrease world hunger.

In the 1930s, a group called the Home Owners’ Loan Corporation went to cities classifying neighborhoods based on the “risk” of defaulting on loans. Areas deemed highest risk were …

Many of the concepts SREs take for granted about incident management originated with efforts to fight fires in California in the 1970s.

The Seattle City Council is considering a bill to extend cafe street and outdoor dining permits until January 2023. The popular program arose during the pandemic to accommodate outdoor dining and s…

Projects addressing alternative power issues sometimes pit environmentalists vs. environmentalists.

Three civil engineering students’ award-winning design encourages a shift to water-based and renewable living in Bangladesh.

These visuals from TransLink illustrate what transportation could like in Metro Vancouver by 2050, showing key Transport 2050 actions.

With autonomous vehicles, people might take longer trips or send their cars out for ‘zero-occupancy trips’ to avoid parking, making our roads even more congested and polluted.

Posted on Friday 4 Feb 2022. 594 words, 5 links. By Matt Webb.

BY KATIE BABSON The emerging genre “cli-fi” refers to the science fiction of climate change. It describes a post-apocalyptic world where climate change was left unchecked and has resulted in societal breakdown. This genre encourages conversations, triggers discussions, and reframes eco-anxiety through its call to action and critical rebuttals to climate change denial. Stories have always inspired audiences to engage in empowering change and speak directly on an emotional and literary level throu

angi and neomam studios have reconstructed three unbuilt houses by american architect frank lloyd wright in 3D floor plans.

It may not get the same level of attention as the massive skyline-transforming towers popping up around Toronto, but a project of astounding scale ...

Unless you drive a new Ford, Mercedes-Benz, Tesla, Land Rover or Lamborghini, you may not be aware that those automakers have embraced a new, easier and more precise way to navigate by voice. All five companies have incorporated or are incorporating what3words technology. To explain, what3words is a company that

Venturi is accelerating the development of electric vehicles and spearheading the vitally important transition towards sustainable mobility.

Climate solutions are never just climate solutions. Climate and social systems are profoundly connected, and those connections open up solutions that are often overlooked.

If the Legislature doesn't intervene, nonprofits and churches won't be able to host weekly farmers markets anymore without losing their tax-exempt status.