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4277_32 Karen Quinn Fung's Bookmarks Tagged With "urbanplanning"

  1. Visit Trevor Boddy on Vancouver and Seattle Trevor Boddy on Vancouver and Seattle

    http://www.vanmag.com/travel/07apr/Seattle.shtml

    A surprisingly accurate description of what I also feel is missing from Vancouver.

  2. Visit WorldChanging: Tools, Models and Ideas for Building a Bright Green Future: Handbook Offers Best Practices for Charrette-Style Urban Planning WorldChanging: Tools, Models and Ideas for Building a Bright Green Future: Handbook Offers Best Practices for Charrette-Style Urban Planning

    http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/007383.html

    Super-interesting - contains some insights that would be valuable for TransitCamp, undoubtedly.

  3. Visit globeandmail.com: Two streets, two routes to development globeandmail.com: Two streets, two routes to development

    http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20070914.VANBODDY14/TPStory/National

    Super-fascinating article about Main and Cambie Streets, both streets I have long history with. A great retrospective with a call to action for the future of Cambie Street.

  4. Visit 'Best Place': Interurban Competition, Quality and Popular Media Discourse 'Best Place': Interurban Competition, Quality and Popular Media Discourse

    http://www.sfu.ca/geography/people/faculty/Faculty_sites/EugeneMcCann/documents/Best_Places.asp.pdf

    Eugene McCann looks at the effects, the context, and the implications for municipal public policy of "Best Places to Live" rankings, which Vancouver has been a victim of several times. Basically - everyone interprets or uses the ranking to support… More

  5. Visit In Defense Of Sprawl - Forbes.com In Defense Of Sprawl - Forbes.com

    http://www.forbes.com/2007/06/11/defense-sprawl-suburbs-biz-21cities_cx_rb_0611sprawl.html

    Quote: "Certainly the remedy usually proposed by the anti-sprawl lobby--increasing densities and encouraging public transit--will not solve the global warming problem. Even if all urban dwellers the world over were brought up to "ideal" urban cons… More

  6. Visit xkcd - A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language - By Randall Munroe xkcd - A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language - By Randall Munroe

    http://www.xkcd.com/c277.html

    Aw yeah. Take that, traffic geeks.

  7. Visit Social Fertilizer :: thetyee.ca Social Fertilizer :: thetyee.ca

    http://thetyee.ca/Life/2006/09/12/UrbanAgriculture/

    thetyee.ca, British Columbia's online source for News, Views, and Culture, published weekdays. I was in the CMNSU with Amanda

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