Forests Are Now Moving Away From Americans
"Over several decades in the past century, city populations swelled as Americans moved away from rural forests. Now the forests are moving farther away from Americans."
Source: Washington Post, 02/27/2017
Planning & Growth
Omnibus Politics: Building an Infrastructure Program
Democrats and Republications may agree on a vast federal program to build and repair the nation's crumbling infrastructure, but still uncertain is what will be built, how it will be paid for and who will vote for it. TipSheet looks at the politics of public works (what journalists used to call "pork").
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"How Hamilton's Ghost Rivers Haunt City's New Development"
"'Water always wins in the end': Lost rivers slow development and capture the imagination".
Source: CBC News, 01/16/2017
"Mapping the Urban Tree Canopy in Major Cities"
"Which cities have the greenest streets? MIT’s Senseable City Lab is pushing toward an answer to this question with a new project called Treepedia."
Source: CityLab, 01/05/2017
"Streetfight: Handbook for an Urban Revolution"
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Development Takes Toll On Gullah People On Carolina Sea Islands
"When the remnants of Hurricane Matthew threatened the coastal lowlands of South Carolina, 335,000 people fled for higher ground. Marquetta Goodwine stayed put."
Source: LA Times, 11/04/2016
"Sandy's Lessons Lost: Jersey Shore Rebuilds in Sea's Inevitable Path"
"TOMS RIVER, N.J.—For most of the last century, modest one-story summer bungalows lined this private strip of road that dead-ends at Vision Beach. Then Sandy made landfall here on Oct. 29, 2012, obliterating them."
Source: InsideClimate News, 10/26/2016
"Washington State 'Grossly' Unprepared For Major Quake: Report"
"Washington state is grossly unprepared for a large earthquake and tsunami that may strike in the coming decades, putting it at risk for a humanitarian disaster, the Seattle Times reported on Sunday, citing a draft government report."
Source: Reuters, 10/24/2016
"A Vision for a Chicago Unified by Rivers"
"As the 15-year Chicago Riverwalk project draws to a close, the city hopes to use its waterways to bridge neighborhoods."
Source: CityLab, 10/19/2016
"Wildfires Spark Where Growth Is Sprawling"
"Wildfires, long considered a problem exclusive to the West, now threaten many other parts of the country as extreme weather becomes more commonplace and more people live in areas at risk for wildfire."
Source: Reveal, 10/17/2016
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