What gives a city the ability to re-group and come back from natural disaster and human tragedies stronger than before?
These are questions Thomas Campanella has attempted to answer in his book, The Resilient City: How Modern Cities Recover from Disaster, the guest this week on Smart City. The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment takes a look at our planet's resilience from an environmental perspective. Its director, Walter Reid, talks about the science behind the opportunities and challenges of ecosystem change.
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FREE Course: Walkable City 1: Why Walkability?
After describing his path towards focusing on walkability as the essence of good planning, Jeff Speck marches through his five principal reasons for making more walkable places.
Reinventing Malls: Planning Alchemy—Turning Gray Fields Into Gold
The course focuses on the opportunities and imperatives that shape reinvention of mall sites.
City of Rosemead
Rutgers University, Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy
One Hundred Miles
University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability (SEAS)
Hunter College, City University of New York (CUNY)
The Architects Foundation
City of Cambridge
Montrose County
The Pocatello Development Authority