Category Archives: Planning

City Planning and Population Health: a global challenge

Posted on September 26, 2016 by

Significant global health challenges are being confronted in the 21st century, prompting calls to rethink approaches to disease prevention. A key part of the solution is city planning that  reduces non-communicable diseases and road trauma while also managing rapid urbanisation. This  paper considers … Continue reading →

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Design for Social Sustainability – a Framework for Creating Thriving Communities

Posted on November 10, 2015 by

Our starting point is that although there is widespread understanding of the physical and environmental challenges involved in creating new settlements, there is still much to be learnt about what makes some communities succeed and others fail. In this paper … Continue reading →

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Curitiba’s Plan for Creating a Cycle-Friendly City

Posted on April 19, 2014 by

The city of Curitiba announced the details of Plan Cicloviário on September 6th. The big news, however, is not the $90 million investment to implement hundreds of kilometres of new bike roads in the capital by 2016. Nor is it … Continue reading →

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Rapid setup of Intentional Communities

Posted on January 15, 2012 by

The village of Washbourne, near Retford. The IC community (IC stands for Intentional Community) on the outskirts of the village of Washbourne, near Retford, is throwing a party. They are celebrating their move into a groundbreaking housing project, part of … Continue reading →

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Podemos vivir sin capitalismo

Posted on October 6, 2011 by

Parte 2 – Parte 3 – Parte 4 – Parte 5 – Parte 6

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Community planning for success

Posted on September 28, 2011 by

Read The most successful community-planning efforts involve residents as partners, from the early planning stage through to implementation. Some community leaders hire planners and avoid involving residents for fear that potential conflict will become a barrier to progress. In reality, … Continue reading →

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