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No more housing filtration? (at least in big cities)

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Filtration is an old concept in urban planning (also called "ecological succession," "invasion-succession theory," or "concentric zone theory"). per cent more than tenants in 2011, it fell to 38.84 I thought from the University of Chicago sociologists in the 1920s, but it actually was first posited in the UK. per cent in 2021.

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Department stores are an "urban technology" built for walking not driving

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. -- " Responding to retail decay in Friendship Heights (DC/Montgomery County, Maryland) ," 2023 -- " Friendship Heights and the production of retail decay ," 2020 -- " Urban decay and sprawl: one community's gain at the expense of another's ," 2011 -- " A brief lesson in "incentivizing" supermarkets and department stores ," 2007 -- " Why it's okay (..)

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Incrementalism as a concept of iterative improvement in government project development no longer a legitimate public administration theory

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It opened in 2001 and was completed in 2011, serving Hudson County only, and a recent proposal to finally extend it to Bergen has been further delayed (" Three decades later, the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail line still has no Bergen spur. Another one is the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail, which doesn't include Bergen County.

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Revisiting the 11th Street Bridge Park project as an opportunity rather than a folly: a new revitalization agenda for East of the River, DC

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The student asked me about the equitable development plan , which I wasn't involved in developing It has a bunch of points. How to Save Downtown ," in Crain's Chicago Business about the revitalization of Griffith, Indiana Maybe not a full scale huge revitalization initiative based on greening, but why not?

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Gaps in Parks Master Planning: Part Eight | Civic Engagement and Positive Promotion of Democracy

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There's an article, " ‘Sticky’ places are urban planning lifelines Shared spaces build community and are key to alleviating America’s loneliness epidemic. An in absentia social bridge could be experienced in the perception of the person who created or maintained the space for the enjoyment of the recipient.

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Gaps in Parks Master Planning, Part Six | Art(s) in the Park(s) as a comprehensive program

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Then you’ll LOVE these ultra urban garden ideas for Manchester " Manchester Evening News ). The Bilbao Garden, Balmori & Associates, 2011, International Garden Competition ( article ). It ran for a week in the city's center, with demonstrations and presentations and had many thousands of patrons.

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Gaps in Parks Master Planning, Part Six | Art(s) in the Park(s) as a comprehensive program

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Then you’ll LOVE these ultra urban garden ideas for Manchester " Manchester Evening News ). The Bilbao Garden, Balmori & Associates, 2011, International Garden Competition ( article ). It ran for a week in the city's center, with demonstrations and presentations and had many thousands of patrons.