8 min. read Natural disasters are often identified in the parlance as ‘acts of God’, and their human victims, as … More
Tag: Resilience
Proposed scenarios for assessing Social Resilience of Urban Open Spaces in the “arrival” cities of Greece
22 min. read Authors: Eleni Oureilidou1,*, Konstantinos Ioanidis2 1PhD candidate, School of Architecture, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki2PhD, Associate Professor, School … More
Planning in Central America in the 21st century: Possibilities and limitations for resilience implementation
10 min read Guest author: Carlos Ferrufino (Universidad Centroamericana – UCA) Editors’ note: This post is a short paper that … More
How planners can play a key role in addressing the climate crisis
Reading time: 4 minutes Editor’s note: This post is part of the permanent call for blog posts to mark the … More
The YA blog in 2020
Reading time: 4 minutes The YA blog in 2020 2020 broke a new record in terms of the number of … More
Environmental resource mapping
3 min read Guest author: Olga Chepelianskaia (UNICITI) Editor’s note: This post reviews the importance of mapping local environmental resources … More
Placemaking: toolkits & books
Read time: 3 minutes This post is a companion to a previous post: Placemaking: trends & people. This post focuses … More
Placemaking: trends & people
Read time: 4-5 minutes This brief post presents some trends and people that shape the placemaking movement worldwide. See the … More
Top 14 books & events of the 2010s (views from the USA)
Read time: 3-4 minutes As we enter a brand new decade, the American spatial planning community has been generous in … More
Highlights from 2017
2017 was a year of continued growth for the blog, building on 2016. It saw 8,400 views and 5,700 visitors, … More