Three quarters of all small business owners in the United States are approaching or past retirement age. The potential closure of these shops, restaurants, offices, and services...
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Curbing Sprawl Two Ways
Many communities are learning about the pitfalls of sprawl the hard way. First, they allow low-density development to replace surrounding farmland and natural areas that could...
People-Friendly Bologna
Ecocity Builders and City Space Architecture recently co-hosted a week-long field study in Bologna, Milan, and Venice led by Dr. Luisa Bravo. It was an eye-opening opportunity to...
Two Ways to Grow LA
Image: Despite higher density, residents of Playa Vista like its walkability and livability. Rick Pruetz The Los Angeles Times recently profiled two ways for Los Angeles County...
Bridging the Gap between People and Nature
Image: All 260,000 inhabitants of Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain live within 300 meters of public open space. Humans are trashing the planet. The widening disconnect between people and...
The Population Bomb Was NOT “Wrong about everything”
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...
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...