Resources for the Future (RFF)
Resources for the Future (RFF) is an independent, nonpartisan organization that conducts rigorous economic research and analysis to help leaders make better decisions and…
The new Urban Water Innovation Network (UWIN)
Aug 3, 2015 With support from a $12 million cooperative agreement from the National Science Foundation, a consortium of 14 academic institutions and key…
Nighttime View of Earth Reveals Size of Urban Sprawl
The PNNL team working at the Joint Global Change Research Institute (JGCRI), in collaboration with University of Maryland, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration…
The Restoration Economy
From the Center for Urban & Regional Studies (CURS), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill According to CURS Faculty Fellows Todd BenDor and T. William Lester,…
Newly updated, The Environmental Planning Handbook
The Environmental Planning Handbook ‘s author Tom Daniels shows local governments, nonprofits, and citizens step by step how to create an action plan for…
Planning and Design for Future Informal Settlements
In the Commons blog, David talks more about his book, Planning and Design for Future Informal Settlements,Shaping the Self-Constructed City, and the process he’s developed called Informal Armatures (IA), a simple working and design approach to foster the emergence of new informal settlements and accompany their sustainable evolution.
Planning and Design for Future Informal Settlements
We are in urgent need of new tools to deal with the processes of informal urbanization. It is mandatory to understanding informality not only as a marginal phenomenon but as mainstream city making and an integral part of hybrid cities in which the formal and the informal can co-exist and interact in a beneficial manner. My recent publication Planning and Design for Future Informal Settlements: Shaping the Self-Constructed City is an attempt to move in this direction.
Centre for Urban Studies
The Centre for Urban Studies (CUS) is one of 20 designated Research Priority Areas at the University of Amsterdam and forms part of the…
Geographic Information Science & Technology (GIST) Group
The Geographic Information Science and Technology (GIST) Group at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory has been a pioneer in the development, implementation, and application…