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Only the Hardiest Trees Can Survive Today’s Urban Inferno
Only the Hardiest Trees Can Survive Today’s Urban Inferno In a rapidly warming world, cities need more tree cover to stay cool—but only certain species can handle soaring temperatures, and often they aren’t native species. PHOTOGRAPH: VICENTE MÉNDEZ Last fall, I invited a stranger into my yard. Manzanita, with its peeling red bark and delicate […]
Warning – Migrate from Urban Cities to the Suburbs
Warning – Migrate from Urban Cities to the Suburbs I have warned that they were considering lockdowns for climate change. India has been the first to impose a lockdown in New Delhi all for air pollution. I strongly recommend that if you can, get out of the major urban cities before you find yourself locked […]
Another Nail In The Coffin Of Big Cities
Another Nail In The Coffin Of Big Cities The riots, political turmoil, and other banana republic embarrassments seem to be ending – for now. So let’s get back to examining the real problems of this hyper-leveraged, dangerously-complex world. Like how big cities might soon be obsolete: Pretend it’s 2019 and you’re living in a major […]
How Removing Asphalt Is Softening Our Cities
How Removing Asphalt Is Softening Our Cities Greening alleys reclaims public space, reconnects urban dwellers to one another, and invites nature deep into cities. Rachel Schutz hated watching the kids play outside, and not because she was a curmudgeon. As director of an after-school program in a Latino neighborhood near Portland, Oregon, she likes the […]
To feed growing cities we need to stop urban sprawl eating up our food supply
To feed growing cities we need to stop urban sprawl eating up our food supply New season asparagus from farmland on Melbourne’s city fringe. Matthew Carey If you’ve eaten any of the new season’s asparagus recently, it probably came from Koo Wee Rup, a small town 60 kilometres to the south east of Melbourne. Koo Wee Rup […]
Cities Are Finally Treating Water as a Resource, Not a Nuisance
Cities Are Finally Treating Water as a Resource, Not a Nuisance From Houston to Melbourne, the surprising ways urban areas are dealing with water woes Memorial Day barbecues and parades were thwarted this year in Houston when a massive storm dumped more than 10 inches of rain in two days, creating a Waterworld of flooded […]
Resilient Urban Systems: Where We Stand Now and Where We Need to Go
Resilient Urban Systems: Where We Stand Now and Where We Need to Go By the year 2050, close to seven billion people will be living in urbanized areas worldwide, which is almost double the number of urban inhabitants of today. Provision of adequate infrastructure service to this massive urban population in order to ensure their […]
The Role of Cities in Moving Toward a Sustainable Economy « Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy
The Role of Cities in Moving Toward a Sustainable Economy « Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy. I encounter many young adults who are discouraged by America’s failure to respond to big issues affecting the future of Planet Earth and human civilization. They do not see much opportunity to make major changes, especially […]
