Sentences with phrase «for urban planners»

The latter being a never - ending problem for most cities and constant nut for urban planners to crack.

One instructive and surprising culprit for urban planners and personal injury lawyers alike to contemplate emerged from an unlikely source: The Department of Parks and Recreation.

Terry's recommendations were: better, joined - up policy; better training for urban planners, to take rural issues into account; solutions for mixed land use; crime reduction targets for rural crime; markets farmer involvement with the London Food Strategy, link up London Emissions Zone with food policy.

This technical document complements the Planning for Climate Change: A strategic values - based approach for urban planners, a resource and planning guide developed for city planners and other professionals to better understand, assess and take action on climate change at the local level.

I came across this essay today by Joel Kotkin on Houston and Hurricane Harvey, that isn't directly related to sea level rise, but is an excellent argument for urban planners to build resilience to address future climate change and weather disasters.

Solo - dwellers, as they are called, are top of mind for urban planners, explains Brian Jackson, Vancouver's general manager of planning and development.

Its findings are relevant for urban planners among others.

The study's senior author, Charles C. Branas, PhD, professor of Epidemiology and director of the Urban Health Lab at Penn, observes, «This research on greening urban lots provides an important scientific impetus for urban planners and city officials to take relatively low - cost steps toward improving health for their residents.

Land use is only getting more complicated for governments and developers — driving up demand for urban planners.

Urban growth — not to mention truckloads of infrastructure spending coming down the road — spell opportunity for urban planners

The following resume serves as a sample for an urban planner looking for work in this capacity.

Not exact matches

Ali belongs to a new generation of urban planners taping into the rising demand for the services of a profession whose fortunes are tied to surging property development markets as well as the growth in city - building activity across Canada.

Seattle - based map - maker and urban planner Jeffrey Linn has released a series of city maps including one for Vancouver, showing how rising sea levels might drastically change coastal living.

Dylan is an urban planner with a passion for writing about cryptocurrency, investing, and personal finance.

Uber is opening up in an area where it might make sense competitively for it to stay more closed off: The ride - hailing company's new Movement website will offer up access to its data around traffic flow in scores where it operates, intended for use by city planners and researchers looking into ways to improve urban mobility.

Since September 2013 the Food Alliance (Deakin University) has begun the process of establishing Australia's first Urban and Regional Food Network, bringing together 20 local governments as well as a wide and expanding cohort of researchers, food businesses, health professionals, planners, community gardeners, not - for - profit organisations, Transition groups, permaculturalists and others.

A special thank you to Courtney at GCS Designs for making eveything look pretty, to Christa at The Urban Cakery for the nicely branded cake, to Grand River Inflatables for the Bouncy Castle, to Bre Creative & Hullabaloo Party Planners for making the kids look pretty and to my momstown mama's that volunteered their time and energy to help me.

But after a state board recommended this month that licenses for three casino resorts be approved, gambling analysts, urban planners, politicians and rival developers are giving the outcome decidedly mixed reviews.

Urban planners and developers have been trying to resuscitate the overcrowded, low - ceilinged station for what feels like ages.

Jennifer Schwartz Berky is running for a second term in the Ulster County Legislature, a role that calls upon her 30 - year career as a professional urban planner in environmental protection and economic development.

His shtick is «I get shit done,»» said Philip Plotch, an urban planner who served as the director of the World Trade Center redevelopment and special projects for the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation.

Berky, an urban planner by profession and a former planner for the county, served on that charter commission.

For decades urban planners, city officials and others have pursued the idea of charging drivers to enter the most congested areas of Manhattan.

For decades, urban planners, economists, city officials and business leaders have revived again and again some version of a toll system both to manage the city's worsening traffic and provide more revenue for public transFor decades, urban planners, economists, city officials and business leaders have revived again and again some version of a toll system both to manage the city's worsening traffic and provide more revenue for public transfor public transit.

Fox, two urban planners, Chris Tepper and Paul Kelterborn, and government relations specialist Ethan Geto won warm shout - outs for their dogged efforts to realize their vision in a patch of urban redevelopment for which there were many competing ideas.

On Tuesday, four of the Democratic candidates in the race — Shafran, Voskerichian, urban planner and advocate Paul Graziano and former assemblyman John Duane — attended a news conference to denounce the independent ad campaign by Jobs For New York.

Masdar aims to be the source for a environmentally friendly urban future, but some planners doubt it offers much for other cities to emulate

Barthelemy says the model could also come in handy for estimating traffic delays, gas consumption and carbon dioxide emissions, so that urban planners and policy makers can better understand how those different factors evolve as a city grows.

It's a simple model — for instance, it does not account for zoning restrictions or for the fact that some cities, such as London, emerged as polycentric entities hundreds of years ago when several smaller villages consolidated — but it is still a useful model for exploring polycentricity, says Michael Batty, an urban planner at University College London, who wasn't involved in the study.

Currently, when transportation and urban planners evaluate alternative infrastructure investments and policies, they may need to account for health effects from local air quality, a consideration that warrants further planning to avoid negative outcomes, according to the researchers.

He focuses on four main characters: idealistic urban planner Steve (Campbell Scott); independent - minded environmentalist Linda (Kyra Sedgwick), whom Steve falls for; and would - be rockstar Cliff (Matt Dillon) and peppy design student Janet (Bridget Fonda), who live in Steve's apartment complex.

Tech in the Classroom: GoogleMaps Google Maps is an online mapping service that provides street maps; a route planner for traveling by foot, car, bike or public transport and an urban business locator for numerous countries around the world.

Landscape architects and urban planners are responding to this need for a softer and greener built environment by incorporating «green» wildlife corridors, pocket parks, landscaped squares, green roofs and living walls in urban areas.

She's a former urban planner known for structural exoskeletons worn by Beyonce, Nicki Minaj and Madonna.

It's the reason why Andy Yan, an urban planner and professor at UBC, has consistently lobbied for governments and developers to focus on making data on housing and ownership trends more accessible.

A jewelry collection for architects, cartographers, urban planners, urban explorers, nomads, travelers, jet setters, and everyone who enjoys it.

Join over 200 world - renowned art and cultural influencers from more than 20 countries, including museum directors, gallerists, curators, auction houses, collectors, entrepreneurs, investors, financial institutions, lawyers, artists, architects, designers, urban planners, government officials and tourism organizations, as well as corporate and civic leaders at Art for Tomorrow.

Sam Goodman is an urban planner for the Bronx Borough President's office.

Special thanks to the Association for Public Art Board of Trustees, staff, and members; Martin Puryear, Jeanne Englert, and his Studio; Matthew Marks Gallery; Brooke Kamin Rapaport, Keats Myer, Tom Reidy, and Julia Friedman, Madison Square Park Conservancy; Aparna Palentino, Barry Bessler, and Gerald McFeely, Philadelphia Parks and Recreation; Creative Philadelphia; Philadelphia Museum of Art; The Print Center; Deidra McClintock, Diversified Lighting Associates; Mark Gisi, David Wolf, John Feuerstein, and Brian Huddleston, Eastern Standard; Sharon Erwin; Sharon McCullough, Expert Events; Doug Gordon; Aaron Igler and Matthew Suib, Greenhouse Media; Robert Glick, Kelly / Maiello Architects and Planners; Bill Montesi and Angelo Mariano, Mariano Brothers Specialty Moving; Thomas Friese, Linda Douthwaite, and Matthew Kensil, Pennoni; Tatti Art Conservation; Thornton Tomasetti; Liz Ruff, Urban Sign; and Alisa Vignalo.

For nearly fifty years, the Harrisons have produced work across a vast range of disciplines, working in collaboration with biologists, ecologists, historians, activists, architects, urban planners and fellow artists to initiate dialogues and create works exploring biodiversity and community development.

Photographer David S. Allee knows how to capture urban landscape at its finest probably because he has an eye for design — the photographer first began his career as an urban and environmental planner.

Championed by architects and urban planners, these playgrounds were supposed to offer a safe and considered place for children's play, while giving «free reign to the imagination», actively moving away from the «toy - land whimsy» found in conventional playground design.

Trained as an urban planner, Wüst came to photography in the «70s as a rhetorical tool for studying the development of cities.

A large collaborative initiative that is founded and directed by the New Museum, and involves scores of downtown organizations, including universities, arts institutions, and community groups, the Festival serves as a platform for artists, writers, architects, engineers, designers, urban farmers, planners, and thought leaders to exchange ideas, propose solutions, and invite the public to participate.

The plan was hatched in 2011 by artist and urban planner Theaster Gates and his not - for - profit Rebuild Foundation, working in conjunction with the CHA, Brinshore Development and architectural firm Landon Bone Baker.

Back in March I was commissioned by Harper's Magazine to shoot for a story on urban planner Eymund Diegel and his fascinating project mapping the ghost streams running underneath Gowanus.

But the highlight is a reprint of filmmaker Patrick Keiller's essay «Popular Science,» a meditation on urbanism where urban disempowerment is not — for once — blamed on modern planners but rather on the unstoppable forces of contemporary capitalism.

While inviting constant collaboration with local residents, artists, church groups, architects, and urban planners, Lowe continues to provide the guiding vision for PRH as he pursues his overarching goal of animating the assets of a place and the creativity of its people.

They have worked for almost 40 years with biologists, ecologists, architects, urban planners, and other artists to collectively initiate promising dialogue to uncover ideas and solutions which support biodiversity and community development.

Permafrost thaw is not a new problem; urban planners, architects, and builders have taken its volatility into account for decades in the Arctic.