"Professor Karen Chapple goes to the park with her dog Geno and discusses how dog parks can be valuable public spaces for bridging social divides and building social networks in cities."
I loved the quote "it's mostly dog talk" but I know it's true - dog parks and dogs in general build communities.
The public bench "transforms the surroundings into a place to be."
Well said.
"This chart highlights the popularity of different transportation types in the Americas, Europe, and Asia, calculated by modal share.
Data for this article and visualization is sourced from ‘The ABC of Mobility’, a research paper by Rafael Prieto-Curiel (Complexity Science Hub) and Juan P. Ospina (EAFIT University), accessed through ScienceDirect.
The authors gathered their modal share data through travel surveys, which focused on the primary mode of transportation a person employs for each weekday trip. Information from 800 cities across 61 countries was collected for this study."
from:
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/how-people-get-around-america-europe-asia/
The United Nations has created 17 goals and "provides a global blueprint for dignity, peace and prosperity for people and the planet, now and in the future." "The Sustainable Development Goals are the blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all. They address the global challenges we face, including those related to poverty, inequality, climate change, environmental degradation, peace and justice. The 17 Goals are all interconnected, and in order to leave no one behind, it is important that we achieve them all by 2030."
For more information, visit https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/why-the-sdgs-matter/
“The truth of it is that cities are living organisms, they alter and change,” Mary Rowe, president and CEO of the Canadian Urban Institute, told Vox. “They’re too dynamic, they’re too changing, and they’re unbelievably resilient. It takes a lot to kill a city.”
https://www.vox.com/technology/23818654/future-cities-experts-offices-urbanism
Video of the week:
"How do we add mixed uses in single detached neighbourhoods? People have some ideas…"
Implementation can be as simple as:
"Seed bombs, the "tree lady of Brooklyn," and the roots of urban gardening."
"New York City looked a lot different in the 1960s and 1970s. A sharp economic decline and white flight meant there was mass disinvestment and urban decay, particularly in the city’s lower-income neighborhoods. It’s what Hattie Carthan and Liz Christy noticed in their communities when they each set out to revive their neighborhoods by making them greener. Ultimately, their radical acts of gardening would transform the landscape across New York City."
"Explore what makes trees a vital part of cities, and how urban spaces throughout history have embraced the importance of trees."
"By 2050, it’s estimated that over 65% of the world will be living in cities. We may think of nature as being unconnected to our urban spaces, but trees have always been an essential part of successful cities. Humanity has been uncovering these arboreal benefits since the creation of our first cities thousands of years ago. So what makes trees so important to a city’s survival?"
"A major city portrayed in miniature, this short film was shot in Vancouver over a single year from many stunning vantage points. Visually spellbinding, it has an intuitive sense of the cadences of urban life and provides a different perspective on what it means to live in a great metropolis."
Vantage from Video Exposure on Vimeo.
