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Ego City: Cities Are Organized Like Human Brains |
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Written by Mariela Alfonzo
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Ego City: Cities Are Organized Like Human Brains
From ScienceDaily, Sep. 19, 2009
"Cities are organized like brains, and the evolution of cities mirrors the evolution of human and animal brains, according to a new study by researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
Just as advanced mammalian brains require a robust neural network to achieve richer and more complex thought, large cities require advanced highways and transportation systems to allow larger and more productive populations. The new study unearthed a striking similarity in how larger brains and cities deal with the difficult problem of maintaining sufficient interconnectedness."
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Where the Sidewalk Doesn’t End: What Shared Space has to Share |
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Written by Mariela Alfonzo
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From the Project for Public Spaces Blog:
"The second in a series of groundbreaking reflections from the travels of a 34-year veteran Traffic Engineer from the New Jersey Department of Transportation. Gary Toth, who had previously never been to Europe, spent a week touring the Netherlands with fellow PPSers Fred Kent and Kathy Madden. Their mission was to learn more about the Dutch approach to Sustainable Safety, bikeped accommodations and community-based transportation to support our Building Community through Transportation campaign.
After the jump is what they learned about the emerging concept of Shared Space, from seeing it first-hand and spending time with Willem Foorthuis and Wiebe Wieling of the Shared Space Institute.
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Excellence in Green Building Education Awards - RFP |
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Written by Mariela Alfonzo
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Excellence in Green Building Education Awards: Request for Proposals
March 31st - June 25th, 2009
The Excellence in Green Building Education Awards Program recognizes outstanding curriculum and teaching methods that incorporate the built environment to teach sustainability. Through recognition awards and incentive grants, the awards program aims to celebrate and disseminate replicable, innovative curricular activities in formal education settings. Model programs are recognized in three categories: pre-K to 12, community and technical colleges, and colleges and universities, for their efforts in advancing green building education.
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Walk This Way An information-graphics expert discusses the finer points of way-finding design |
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Written by Mariela Alfonzo
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May 2009 - Metropolis Observed
"A friend of David Gibson once wrote on his Facebook page that he's somebody who never seems to get lost. The author of a new book, The Wayfinding Handbook: Information Design for Public Places (Princeton Architectural Press), Gibson is not sure his friend got it entirely right (he actually enjoys wandering around a new city a little bit lost), but he has spent most of his professional life helping people navigate buildings, transportation systems, and public spaces. |
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On Global Grounds: Urban Change and Globalization |
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Written by Julia Nevarez
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Julia Nevarez is pleased to announce that the book "On Global Grounds: Urban Change and Globalization" has just been published. She is the main editor along with Gabriel Moser.
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