How Typography Makes Toronto More Accessible | cityscape | Torontoist
The city signs you see are intentionally designed to make your life easier.
The Urbanist - Mapping the city by Monocle 24: The Urbanist
Compass and ruler in hand, we examine the history and politics behind the mapping of our cities. We look at new approaches in Toronto and find out more about the Graphia project, where Scandinavian ae
What's a Tree Worth?
The U.S. Forest Service has continued to refine the valuable i-Tree software program, which allows cities to calculate the benefits, in dollar figures, of the urban forest.
Predicting gentrification through social networking data
Data from location-based social networks may be able to predict when a neighbourhood will go through the process of gentrification, by identifying areas with high social diversity and high deprivation.
The Human City with Joel Kotkin by Aaron M. Renn
An interview with Joel Kotkin on his new book "The Human City." Topics include: 0:00 - Why do you hate cities so much, Joel? 1:30 - What makes something a human city? 3:05 - How do cities and familie
Suburbs Are Urban Places, Too
A scholar argues that suburbs have complex urban qualities, but they are poorly understood.