Sentences with phrase «said urban planners»

«It really has a significant impact on grid reliability and also on people's ability to pay their electric bills,» said urban planner Nick Rajkovich at the University of Buffalo.

Not exact matches

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.

«This work tells us that urban planners and foresters may need to change the way they decide which trees to plant, and select trees that are better suited to hotter conditions,» Dale says.

Openly disseminating findings is likely to be a key point in any guidelines SCJ might adopt, says the society's president, Takashi Onishi, an urban planner and president of Toyohashi University of Technology.

These principles are understood by urban planners and architects, but policymakers still lack awareness of them, said Nadal.

«Recently, architects and urban planners have started to consider the abilities and reference frames of those using the space to optimize the design of the built environment,» they said.

«Conservation efforts in current forests should include retention of mature trees, and planners should consider retention of larger trees in urban, residential and agricultural uses to maintain «natural capital,»» Hanberry said.

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.

Urban planner Richard Register recounts meeting a bicycle - activist friend wearing a T - shirt that said, «I just lost 3,500 pounds.

Which is something that TreeHugger and plenty of green - minded urban planners have been saying for some time...

It's a heavy lift, but the older suburbs start with the advantages of location, existing infrastructure and institutions, said Victor Dover, an urban planner and designer whose firm is helping a number of such places plan their recovery.

Lindsey, who came to Tallahassee for graduate school and is an urban planner by trade, said the city has been quick to make progress though it had initially been slow to encourage entrepreneurs.

Jeff Speck, an urban planner and author of «Walkable City,» said Lancaster has a lot of things going for it, including numerous downtown anchors, great restaurants, a thriving arts scene, history and other cultural activities.

«Despite a feeling of ever rising price gains, there are signs that some buyers are reaching «a cause for pause when looking at some of the prices,» especially at the top end of the market, says Michael Ferreira of Vancouver - based Urban Analytics, which provides data about new condos for developers, planners and bankers.