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Clusterfuck Nation Commentary on current events by Jim Kunstler. jameshowardkunstler.typepad.com/clusterfuck_nation/atom.xml - cached |
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Hise, Greg Associate Professor of urban history, his research focuses generally on the American West and specifically on Los Angeles. (Book: Magnetic Los Angeles: Planning the Twentieth Century Metropolis) Search in Category: Science: Social Sciences: Urban and Regional Planning: Education: Academic Departments Search in Category: Reference: Education: Colleges and Universities: North America: United States: California: Private Colleges and Universities: University of Southern California www.usc.edu/schools/sppd/faculty/detail.php?id=16 - cached |
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Huxtable, Ada Louise Architecture critic for the Wall Street Journal, she advocates for preservation and cities as places of contrast. (Book: The Unreal America) Search in Category: Arts: Television: Programs: Documentaries: New York - A Documentary Film Search in Category: Arts: Television: Networks: PBS www.pbs.org/wnet/newyork/series/interview/huxtable.html - cached |
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Kent, Fred Founder and president of the Project for Public Spaces. Biography, publications, and interviews. Search in Category: Science: Social Sciences: Urban and Regional Planning: Organizations www.pps.org/info/aboutpps/staff/fkent - published: Apr 01 2005 - cached |
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Kotkin, Joel The author of "The New Geography" offers commentary, articles, consulting, his schedule, and a biography. www.joelkotkin.com - cached |
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Kunstler, James Howard Kunstler believes a lot of people share his feelings about the tragic landscape of highway strips, parking lots, housing tracts, mega-malls, junked cities, and ravaged countryside that makes up the everyday environment where most Americans live and work. (Books: The Geography of Nowhere, Home from Nowhere, The Long Emergency). www.kunstler.com - cached |
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Smithson, Peter and Allison Although they are also both practicing architects, the Smithsons gained most of their recognition through their involvement with Team 10 and its overthrow of old CIAM philosophies. Search in Category: Arts: Architecture: History www.greatbuildings.com/architects/Peter_and_Alison_Smithson.html - cached |
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Staley, Samuel Director of the Urban Futures Program of the Reason Public Policy Institute. (Books: Smarter Growth: Market-based Land-use Planning for the 21st Century). Search in Category: Regional: North America: United States: Society and Culture: Politics: Policy Institutes Search in Category: Society: Issues: Policy Institutes: R Search in Category: Society: Politics: Liberalism: Libertarianism: Institutes www.reason.org/staley.shtml - published: Jun 01 2004 - cached |
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Davis, Mike Author whose writings on the "architecture of control" and the extinction of public spaces have influenced many theorists and designers working to create a more livable city. (Books: City of Quartz; Ecology of Fear) Search in Category: Regional: North America: United States: California: Counties: Los Angeles: News and Media: Newspapers www.laweekly.com/ink/99/01/news-macadams.php - cached | |
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Gehl, Jahn People, Gehl found, are drawn to crowded, bustling spaces, where those unpredictable, surprising actors - other human beings - are on centre stage. As a Scandinavian proverb puts it: "People come where people are." (Book: Life Between Buildings) Search in Category: Business: Transportation and Logistics: Urban Transport Search in Category: Science: Social Sciences: Urban and Regional Planning www.rudi.net/bookshelf/classics/lifebetweenbuildings/index.shtml - cached | |
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Gordon, Peter University of Southern California professor offers his weblog, papers, recommended reading, and curriculum vitae. www-rcf.usc.edu/~pgordon - cached | |
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Halprin, Lawrence Significant contributor in the areas of landscape architecture and urban design, active over six decades in the 20th century. Biographical information and index to his projects. Search in Category: Reference: Education: Colleges and Universities: North America: United States: Pennsylvania: University of Pennsylvania www.upenn.edu/gsfa/archives/majorcollections/halprin.html - published: Jul 01 1982 - cached | |
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Kay, Jane Holtz Architecture and planning critic for The Nation and author. She has written for Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Planning, The Boston Globe, The New York Times, Preservation and Sierra. (Books: Asphalt Nation, Preserving New England and Lost Boston). Search in Category: Science: Environment: Sustainability: Community Sustainability www.janeholtzkay.com - published: Aug 01 2000 - cached | |
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Nozzi, Dom - Walkable Streets Features original essays and others' essays, consulting and speaking information, a biography, and links. www.walkablestreets.com - cached | |
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Sitte, Camillo (1843-1903) The publication of City Planning According to Artistic Principles began a new era in Germanic city planning. Sitte strongly criticized the current emphasis on broad, straight boulevards, and public squares arranged primarily for the convenience of traffic. Search in Category: Reference: Libraries: Research www.library.cornell.edu/Reps/DOCS/sitte.htm - cached | |
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Arcosanti : Project : Background : Soleri Biography In 1956 he settled in Scottsdale, Arizona, with his late wife, Colly, and their two daughters. Dr. and Mrs. Soleri made a life-long commitment to research and experimentation in urban planning, establishing the Cosanti Foundation, a not- for-profit educational foundation. The Foundation's major project is Arcosanti, a prototype town for 5,000 people designed by Soleri, under construction since 1970. Located at Cordes Junction, in central Arizona, the project is based on Soleri's concept of ... Search in Category: Arts: Architecture: Experimental: Sustainable Search in Category: Regional: North America: United States: Arizona: Metro Areas and Regions: Central Region Search in Category: Science: Social Sciences: Urban and Regional Planning: Projects www.arcosanti.org/project/background/soleri - cached | |
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Burchell, Robert Professor at the Center for Urban Policy Research, is the author of 25 books and more than 50 articles, is an expert on fiscal impact analysis, land-use development and regulation, and housing policy. Dr. Burchell co-authored the Development Impact Assessment Handbook for The Urban Land Institute. (Books: The Fiscal Impact Hand-book; The New Practitioner's Guide to Fiscal Impact Analysis; The Adaptive Reuse Handbook; The Environmental Impact Handbook). Search in Category: Reference: Education: Colleges and Universities: North America: United States: New Jersey: Rutgers University: New Brunswick: Organizations Search in Category: Science: Social Sciences: Urban and Regional Planning: Education: Academic Departments policy.rutgers.edu/cupr/people/bioburchell.htm - cached | |
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Castells, Manuel Leading urban theorist since the 1960's. His work has moved from early Marxist analyses of the city, to an analysis of grass roots urban movements in the city, to a later interest in the impact of information technology on urban development. Books: The City and the Grassroots; City, Class, and Power) Search in Category: Science: Social Sciences: Sociology: Academic Departments: United States: B Search in Category: Science: Social Sciences: Sociology: Academic Departments: United States: C sociology.berkeley.edu/faculty/castells - cached | |
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Doxiadis, Constantinos (1913-1975) Author and founder of Doxiadis Associates, a private firm of consulting engineers, with a small group of architects and planners. (Books: Ekistics - An Introduction to the Science of Human Settlements). Search in Category: Arts: Architecture: History: Architects: D www.doxiadis.org - cached | |
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Alan Altshuler Alan A. Altshuler is a Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor and the Ruth and Frank Stanton Professor of Urban Policy and Planning. His teaching and research focus on urban politics, planning, and public investment. His course, Urban ... Search in Category: Arts: Architecture: Education: Academic Departments: North America: United States Search in Category: Reference: Education: Colleges and Universities: North America: United States: Massachusetts: Harvard University: Graduate School of Design www.gsd.harvard.edu/people/faculty/altshuler - cached | |
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Berman, Marshall Cultural theorist examines the social roles and intentions of artists in modern urban life. He advocates "Marxist humanism" and proposes that the urban realities of the marketplace are neither fixed nor immutable. (Book: All That is Solid Melts into Air) Search in Category: Arts: Directories Search in Category: Arts: Humanities Search in Category: Arts: Literature: Electronic Text Archives www.eserver.org/clogic/4-2/monchinski_berman.html - published: Mar 03 1994 - cached | |
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Jacobs, Allan Urban Designer and Professor, Jacobs has observed street users and has studied a wide array of street types and urban spaces around the world. Books: Making City Planning Work, Great Streets, Boulevard Book. Search in Category: Science: Social Sciences: Urban and Regional Planning: Education www.acsp.org/news/MayJune99/lynch_award.html - cached | |
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O'Toole, Randal Economist and director of the Oregon-based Thoreau Institute since 1975. He has also been an adjunct scholar at the Cato Institute since 1995. (Books: The Vanishing Automobile and Other Urban Myths). Search in Category: Science: Social Sciences: Urban and Regional Planning www.urbanfutures.org/otoole.html - cached | |
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Benenson, Itzhak University professor specializing in urban dynamics and ecological modeling. Includes information on research, publications, and classes. Search in Category: Reference: Education: Colleges and Universities: Middle East: Israel: Tel Aviv University www.tau.ac.il/~bennya - cached | |
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Bertaud, Alain - The Study of Urban Spatial Structures Papers and reports focused on urban spatial development. www.alain-bertaud.com - cached | |
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Chapin, Jr., F. Stuart Pioneer in the Department of City and Regional Planning, University of North Carolina. Spent nearly four decades establishing and improving the department's urban studies curriculum. Distinguished Service Award from the American Institute of Planners, as well as the Historic Planning Pioneer Award. (Books: Urban Land Use Planning). carolinafirst.unc.edu/distprofs/chapin.htm - cached | |
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Downs, Anthony Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington D.C. He was for 18 years a member and then Chairman of Real Estate Research Corporation, a nationwide consulting firm advising private and public decision-makers on real estate investment, housing policies, and urban affairs. www.anthonydowns.com - published: Oct 01 2007 - cached | |
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Harvey, David A geographer concerned with environmental justice and uneven development, Harvey writes devastating descriptions of current urban situations, and offers a new framework for questioning design decisions. (Books: The Urban Experience, Spaces of Hope) Search in Category: Reference: Education: Colleges and Universities: North America: United States: Maryland: Johns Hopkins University www.jhu.edu/~dogee/people/faculty/harvey.html - cached | |
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Newman, Oscar Influential author of Defensible Space proposes physically restructuring communities to reduce crime and improve stability. Biography, book excerpts, and nonprofit institute profile. Search in Category: Science: Social Sciences: Urban and Regional Planning: Urban Design www.defensiblespace.com - cached | |
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Penn, William (1644-1718) Penn's holy experiment and plan was idealistic to the point of utopianism. He wanted to establish a society that was godly, virtuous and exemplary for all of humanity. Search in Category: Reference: Education: Colleges and Universities: North America: United States: Virginia: University of Virginia: Departments and Programs: School of Arts and Sciences: Programs: Program in American Studies Search in Category: Science: Social Sciences: Area Studies: American Studies: Programs and Research Centers xroads.virginia.edu/~CAP/PENN/pnintro.html - cached | |
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Salingaros, Nikos A. Professor of Mathematics at the University of Texas at San Antonio, advocates using scientific understanding to generate "life" in built structures. (Books: Principles of Urban Structure, A Theory of Architecture). www.math.utsa.edu/sphere/salingar - cached | |
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Valsson, Trausti Icelandic professor presents his curriculum vitae and details about two books, "Planning in Iceland" and "City and Nature." Search in Category: World: Íslenska: Upplýsingaveitur: Menntun: Háskólar www.hi.is/~tv - cached | |
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Vélez-Guerra, C. Andrés Urbanidad- Urbanity- Urbanité: Research papers about urban planning in developing cities. www.cohelet.org - cached | |
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Zukin, Sharon Sociologist explores the inter-relations of economic, social, and political power that shape urban form. (Books: Landscapes of Power: From Detroit to Disneyworld, The Cultures of Cities) academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/soc/faculty/zukin.htm - cached | |
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