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A good portion of the morning opening to the GeoDesign Summit was devoted to new functionality within the ArcGIS toolset, and Esri’s approach to GeoDesign. Multiple scenarios were presented, with a predominant focus on redevelopment for greater livability, with new density, walkability, public transit, and the economic impacts. Scenarios for both Redlands and Philadelphia were [...]
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Jack Dangermond opened the second GeoDesign Summit this morning in Redlands, Calif. at the Esri headquarters. He welcomed and recognized the broad disciplines represented, and the variety of different focuses, and desired outcomes from the event. As is his way, he emphasized the real-time, face-to-face interaction and people connections that can be garnered from the [...]
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CTV has been broadcasting in Toronto for 50 years, so as a way of commemorating that landmark it has pulled together ideas of how the city will evolve in the next 50 years. As part of this coverage it looks at the future of commuting, the evolution of the city skyline, provides visualizations of the [...]
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Research at the University of California, San Diego are working on solar mapping and forecasting using a variety of sensors that inform a Sky Imager mapping system with real-time understanding of the impact of cloud cover on solar power generation. The goal of the research is to allow utility operators a better means to plan [...]
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The idea of the Healing Cities Project comes from a coalition of health professionals and urban planners in Vancouver, BC that are focused on maximizing citizen health and wellness through the urban form. The idea is to create a framework that fully connects human beings’ physical, emotional and spiritual aspects to all dimensions of the [...]
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Over the past few days, there have been reports from many corners of the world for all-new urban planning approaches. The Chinese government has been encouraged to take a longer-term approach to urban planning or face the strong possibility of future problems. The Environment Minister in New Zealand has launched an overhaul of urban planning [...]
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The city of Shanghai has been growing at a great pace, and now on the heels of the green-oriented World Expo, the city’s planners are taking stock and forging a new plan for growth. The next phase of the city’s development will incorporate an “eco-network” of nature reserves, wetlands, forests and farmland that promises to [...]
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Southern Sudan is in a long-term planning stage after recovering from a 21-year civil war that ended in 2005, and is contemplating the redesign of the region’s largest cities into animal-shaped urban centers. The thought is to plan the capital Juba into the shape of a rhinoceros, and the second-largest city, Wau, as a giraffe. [...]
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The Senate is finally reviewing The Livable Communities Act that was proposed last August by Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT). The act promotes livability grants for cities and the creation of an interagency office on sustainable communities. The House has been debating such a bill since February. In both, there would be moneys provided to municipalities [...]
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Just got a tip that Time Magazine has covered the Long Island Index’s Build a Better Burb contest. This contest offers a $10,000 grand prize for coming up with creative ideas to transform some or all of the 4,341 acres of parking lots on New York’s Long Island into a feature that makes life better [...]
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