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David Maddox,
New York .
31 August 2018
Many voices. Greener cities. Better cities.
David Maddox, New York .
Other Essays on: 26 Visions for Urban Equity, Inclusion and Opportunity
Justice from the Ground Up
Julie Bargmann, Charlottesville
Soil contamination is a baseline condition for most of the sites I’ve worked on over the past two decades. The toxic imprint derives from industry—steel production, shipbuilding, fabrication of automobile and machine parts, to name just a few—in both urban and rural settings. But it also comes from lead-containing gasoline...
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Turning to the Flip Side
Maruxa Cardama, Brussels
On the flipside you can do anything (…) the flipside bring a second wind to change your world. Encrypted recipes to reconfigure easily the mess we made on world, side B —Song ‘Flipside’, written by Nitin Sawhney and S. Duncan My brainstorming for this essay started thinking about the comprehensive list...
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Defining the Just City Beyond Black and White
Toni Griffin, New York City
When I think about the just city, it’s always black and white I was born in Chicago the evening before President Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law. Growing up on the south side of Chicago meant that on an average day, I rarely saw or...
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Ceci n’est pas une pipe: Unpacking Injustice in Paris
Francois Mancebo, Paris
“We all know the sound of two hands clapping. But what is the sound of one hand clapping?” says a famous Zen Koan. At first consideration, it seems impossible to conjecture about the “just city” without having already in mind what is an “unjust city,” and vice versa. But my opinion is that this...
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SCIENCE &
TOOLS
23 June 2015
Is There Room for Ornamentals in the Gardens of “New” California?
California has long been a center of gardening culture. With a mild climate and a history of agricultural expansion followed by rapid urbanization, California’s ornamental gardens are populated by plant species and cultivars imported from all over the world. Many...
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PEOPLE &
COMMUNITITES
12 August 2019
Oh, For the Love of Bicycles! A Walking Reflection about Moving on Two Wheels through Urban and Rural Areas
Walking may be my main form of transportation these days, but I often daydream about wheels…bicycle wheels…and the way they move people through urban and rural spaces. Most of our 14,000-kilometer journey to date is speckled with memories of two-wheeled riders, and my longing to join them in their pedaling outings. I have frequent flashbacks of the group of smiling...
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PLACE &
DESIGN
13 February 2023
Ça Marche: Walking is Paramount to Human and Liveable Cities
Sometimes — for a day, a week, or a month — Paris turns into the very kingdom of walkers. That is, during transit strikes, when subway trains and buses stop running. Millions of walkers flood the streets, as the Métro...
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ART &
AWARENESS
30 December 2012
Highlights from The Nature of Cities in 2012
Cities are ecological spaces. But only relatively recently has this new vision of ecologically sophisticated cities gained momentum. Today, in increasing numbers, scientists, designers, and practitioners create useful knowledge about the nature of cities through study and research that can...
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