Essays Archive

Art, Science, Action: Green Cities Re-imagined
June, 2012

18 June 2012

Reflections on Cities, Seasons and Bioregions
Stephanie Pincetl, Los Angeles

This winter I had occasion to spend a few days in the city of Albuquerque, where it was cold, dry and brown. Winter in the Southwestern United States. Trees along the Rio Grande were bare; not too many trees elsewhere. Taking the taxi back home from the Los Angeles International...

12 June 2012

Introducing “The Nature of Cities”
David Maddox, New York

Sitting in the southern end of Central Park in New York City a few weeks ago, I found myself at what is called the “Literary Walk”. Statues of Robert Burns, Sir Walter Scott, Shakespeare and others decorate a cathedral of elm trees that line a wide path. It was a...

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