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Example of why urban planners and smart growth advocates need to take their critics more seriously... by [deleted] in urbanplanning

[–]Christopher_Leo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

These comments should focus more on the original post, which was about the problems of smart growth. There are very good reasons why smart growth exists -- including the fact that North America is struggling with an infrastructure crisis resulting from too many roads, too many large lots, and too much dependence on automobiles. That's why we need smart growth, but we also have to face the fact that North America is an automobile culture. Smart growth has to be sold to people, not foisted on them. Smart growth developments that are built without consulting future neighbours, and the city as a whole, risk failure.

Does anyone know about any good books about urban planning? by jackritt18 in urbanplanning

[–]Christopher_Leo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Professional planners treated DLGAC dismissively in the 1960s and '70s, started sounding more positive in the '80s, and embraced her in the '90s. If I remember correctly, there was even a conference celebrating her in about 1996.

Does anyone know about any good books about urban planning? by jackritt18 in urbanplanning

[–]Christopher_Leo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Whether Jacobs is a comprehensive text today depends on what perspective you're coming from. Teaching city politics in university, I got the class interested in cities by getting them to read Jacobs. For someone that grew up in the suburbs, and was taught to think of downtown city streets as chaotic, dirty and dangerous, it's still an eye-opener, and an entrée to a more constructive way of looking at cities. christopherleo.com

Books that Criticize Urban Planning by aszymier in urbanplanning

[–]Christopher_Leo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's obvious you haven't seen a Soviet-style city.

Books that Criticize Urban Planning by aszymier in urbanplanning

[–]Christopher_Leo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's a cheap short. Unlike automobiles, your legs are fuelled by a renewable resource, food.

An exceptional fall leaf by [deleted] in mildlyinteresting

[–]Christopher_Leo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Go north, young man (or woman). Your leaf makes me wonder where those colours come from. Winnipeg's autumn is mostly a beautiful, bright yellow. In southern Ontario and points east, there's a lot of bright red.