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Heat Islands and Our Health

WEBWe’ve been saying it for years: the highest-returning investment your city can make in its neighborhoods is planting street trees. But the importance of the shade …

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At the Intersection of Fiscal and Physical Health

WEBAll that free parking is making you fat. There’s a word for our modern, suburban style of car-centric development: “obesogenic,” which literally means “tending …

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Public Health Experts Say Narrow Lanes Should Be the Default on …

WEBAn expansive new study from the renowned Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health adds to the body of evidence that wide lanes on urban streets …

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Walkable City Design Is Critical for Economic Health The Strong …

WEBAfter World War II, the U.S. embarked on an experiment in how we build cities. Instead of creating places scaled to people who walked, we built suburbs that …

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Check Your Temperature—You Might Have an Assessment Fever

WEBWhen a recent survey asked respondents if they’d ever appealed their property taxes, the resounding answer was that it would be a waste of time; it wouldn’t …

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5 Reasons America Needs Walkable Neighborhoods

WEB4. Health. The benefits of walkable neighborhoods for physical health are myriad. Active Living Research recently released a research review on this topic entitled, …

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9 Things Local Government Needs to Do Right Now in Response …

WEBLocal governments are on the front lines of our nation’s response to the combined public health and economic crisis created by COVID-19. Local leaders are …

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It's Time to Fix Our Fragile Food Systems

WEBEditor’s Note: The pandemic has revealed as never before the fragility of our food supply. Within weeks of the coronavirus hitting the United States, we began reading …

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Walkable City Design Is Critical for Economic Health

WEBCharles Marohn—known as “Chuck” to friends and colleagues—is the founder and president of Strong Towns.He is a land use planner and civil engineer with …

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How Adaptable Is Your Neighborhood

WEB5. Air Quality - The dynamic connection between the built environment, air quality and public health is a critical component of adaptive communities.The City of …

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Neighborhood Revival: A Pandemic Perspective

WEBThe 15-minute city concept got new momentum with COVID-19. A 15-minute city provides access to food and services within walking and biking distances of …

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For Teens, No Room in the Pandemic City

WEBAdditional Show Notes “There’s No Room for Teens in the Pandemic City,” by Amy Crawford. Abby Kinney (Twitter) Charles Marohn (Twitter) Gould Evans Studio for …

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The Negative Consequences of Car Dependency

WEBGetting around in a car dependent environment is fine if you're old enough to drive (but not too old) have no major mental or physical disabilities, passed the test, and …

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The Case for Community Gardens

WEBThe idea of a community garden isn’t a new one. Long before urban and suburban dwellers started pitching up balcony herb gardens, people found that coming …

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Best of 2020: 9 Things Local Government Needs to Do Right Now …

WEBLocal governments are on the front lines of our nation’s response to the combined public health and economic crisis created by COVID-19. Local leaders are …

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Risking Some Tough Talk

WEBCharles Marohn—known as “Chuck” to friends and colleagues—is the founder and president of Strong Towns.He is a land use planner and civil engineer with …

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Thriving Communities Are Built on a Foundation of Optimism

WEBQuint Studer is author of Building a Vibrant Community: How Citizen-Powered Change Is Reshaping America and Wall Street Journal bestseller The Busy …

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"We Approach Our World Like a Machine"

WEBIt’s all but impossible to truly consider oneself apart from others, but COVID-19 is showing us how hard some people will try. “Thinking of the world reductively, or in …

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The Negative Consequences of Car Dependency

WEBWalkable, human-oriented communities tend to be the happiest and healthiest, where the younger generation is looking to live, and the most financially …

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McGilchrist Still Isn’t an Improvement, but Here’s the Math

WEBCharles Marohn—known as “Chuck” to friends and colleagues—is the founder and president of Strong Towns.He is a land use planner and civil engineer with …

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A Brief History of Setbacks

WEBPreviously, I’ve talked about how setbacks encourage land consolidation.Today I want to take a moment to look into the history of where setbacks …

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