Image: The UN projects that world population will peak at roughly three times the 3.5 billion people that inhabited the planet in 1968, the year Paul Ehrlich published The...
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Nature-Based Transformation of Heilbronn
Heilbronn is steadily transforming its neglected industrial riverfront into a model of planet-friendly development. In recognition of this progress, the European Commission named...
Affordable Mobility for an Uncertain Future
The future has never felt more uncertain. Our economy and our society are built on the premise that most working age people are, in fact, working and earning money. The artificial...
Support People-Friendly Mobility
Worldwide, motor vehicles kill or injure over 21 million people every year. Decades ago, many Europeans realized that car-dominated roadways were not just deadly, but bad for...
Downtowns: Crisis or Opportunity?
The pandemic is over but downtowns are still hurting. As people continue to work remotely, office buildings suffer historically-high vacancy rates. Restaurants and shops that...
Sprawling into Debt
Sprawl is not the solution to the housing crisis. In addition to wasting land, destroying natural and agricultural resources, producing car-dependency, threatening lives, and...
Make America Sprawl Again?
Make America sprawl again? In a New York Times article, entitled “Why America Should Sprawl”, journalist Conor Dougherty argues that sprawl is essential to solving the housing...
Planning for Uncertainty
Many cities now striving to manage growth will soon be trying to reverse population losses or struggling to thrive despite depopulation. There are so many unknowns that some...
Recognizing EcoCitizenry
Ecocities need eco-citizens. Top-down fixes have limits. Meaningful progress toward sustainability also requires changes in the behavior of individuals. The European Commission...
Smaller (and better) Cities
Many cities have been struggling with declining populations for decades. However, depopulation will become widespread in the future, causing panic for mayors who assume that...