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Ronald Jorgensen - The Planetary City
The Death and Life of Great American Cities (described in the Strategies & Resources section). Writing out of her very intelligent experience living in our great cities, she shows where and how such problems ... through the amazingly current 1961 work of Jane Jacobs, The Death and Life of Great American Cities, gives the warmth of flesh tones to this point. Urban influence is like the cultural ...
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Robert Gilman - Strategies & Resources
MS Jacobs, Jane, The Death and Life of Great American Cities (New York: Vintage Books/Random House, 1961). In some ways the most important book on ... , cities, farms in a solar ecology. It is a wonderful discovery with a value that is often an unspecified but persistently inspiring influence. - RJ Conference Building A Planetary Village: A North American ...
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American Farmland Trust: Voices for Change - Richard M. Daley
American Farmland Trust: Voices for Change - Richard M. Daley Home Donate E-News Signup Contact Site Map Search “For cities to be successful with implementing environmentally friendly initiatives, it ... that address environmental concerns, land use, access to locally grown food and other challenges facing American cities. With 76 percent of Illinois in farmland, and roughly 73,000 farms in the ...
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Removing Freeways - Restoring Cities
Portland’s downtown was declining, like the downtowns of many other American cities, even though its first high-rise office buildings had appeared. The housing supply in downtown ... the mid twentieth century, traffic engineers sliced freeways through Portland, as they did in other American cities. In 1942, Harbor Drive was completed. It was a four-lane freeway along the west ...
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Removing Freeways - Restoring Cities
Removing Freeways - Restoring Cities Removing Freeways - Restoring Cities Produced by the Preservation Institute Home Page Introduction: Tear It Down! by John Norquist Portland, ... Wharf, using trolleys from the 1930s and earlier that were acquired from European and other American cities. Replacing the double-decked freeway with a boulevard raised property values in the adjoining neighborhoods ...
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Building Sustainable Cities, Block by Block
RMI RMI Campus Core Principles Built Environment Team Energy & Resources Team Mobility & Vehicle Efficiency Sustainable Cities Game Changing Initiatives Events National Solutions Council E-lert Signup Ways to Donate RMI' ... January 2009, challenging architects and designers to apply the framework to actual blocks in six American cities. “It’s all about scalability,” says Brew. “It’s about taking ...
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Columbia Plateau Clean Cities Coalition
Columbia Plateau Clean Cities Coalition Email Dan Disclaimer Stakeholders Fairchild Air Force Base U.S. Department of Energy Superior ... WSU Cooperative Extension, Energy Program Montana Specialty Mills American Pre-mix Technologies Primeland Cooperatives The Columbia Plateau Clean Cities Coalition is currently in the process of gaining an official DOE Clean Cities designation.
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Columbia Plateau Clean Cities Coalition
Cities Coalition Email Dan Disclaimer Alternate Fuels Fuel Cells Biodiesel Electric Vehicles ... technologies. Transportation is a big energy user -- about one-quarter of all American energy consumption. Today, about half of our oil is imported. Alternative fuels, ... a major problem for most commuters. Finding space to park in congested cities is difficult and time-consuming. Add in the cost of parking ...
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EcoIQ: Saving Cities Saving Money
EcoFootage.com Green Stock Video ________ Educational & Training Videos Saving Cities Saving Money Author: John Hart Format: Soft Cover Length: 116 ... Cities Saving Money is a distillation of innovative policies and working programs in the most prominent and interesting American and European cities that have established offices for coordinating environmental management. Purchase Saving Cities ...
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Seven Cities of Cibola Legend, Cibola Article, Information, Facts, Photo -- National Geographic
Cities of Cibola Legend, Cibola Article, Information, Facts, Photo -- National ... Advertisement(s) Advertisement Mysteries of the Ancient World (Back to Main) Seven Cities of Cibola Legend Lures Conquistadors By Willie Drye In 1539, Friar Marcos ... the New World for Native American treasure had heard persistent tales of the fantastic wealth of the so-called Seven Cities of Cibola. Enlarge Painting by ...
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