@yonnd.bsky.social
Professor, School of Urban Studies, UW Tacoma, USA: metropolitan geography, spatial planning, climate action, etc. Recent books: Climate Change and the Future of Seattle; Smart Transitions in City-regionalism; The Urbanization of Green Internationalism.
Public Urban Cultures of Care www.cogitatiopress.com/urbanplannin...
24.09.2025 13:36 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0ππ’ Call for Papers!! Urban Studies seeks submissions for a special issue on Climate Urbanism, Resilience & Justice β exploring how cities confront the climate crisis, risk, & inequality. @urbanstudiesjournal.com @acuto.bsky.social
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Doesnβt βfeel so goodβ today β but what a great one.
Chuck Mangione, βSmooth Jazzβ Hitmaker With a Fluegelhorn, Dies at 84 www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/a...
The Role of Planning in βAnti-Democraticβ Times www.cogitatiopress.com/urbanplannin...
17.06.2025 11:15 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0In Curitibaβs Rapid Bus Rapid Transit system this week, the worldβs best and most famous. A real achievement: easy, safe, comprehensive, affordableβ but also competing with Uber.
23.05.2025 15:18 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Place-Shaping Through and With Time: Urban Planning as a Temporal Art and Social Science www.cogitatiopress.com/urbanplannin...
30.04.2025 12:26 β π 0 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Hot off the press! Our new open access issue explores how participatory approaches advance UN SDGs, tackling urban challenges and advocating for transformative governance shifts.
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# Tacoma is striving to pick up its pace of housing growth. The City hopes newly enact multiplex zoning while help it hit 325,000 residents in a few decades timβ¦
21.02.2025 13:12 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 026 points is set to be the final winning margin for the social housing measure Proposition 1A. With nearly all ballots accounted for, it's 63% to 37%. A decisive victory. Background: www.theurbanist.org/2025/02/13/s...
20.02.2025 20:27 β π 92 π 16 π¬ 3 π 5Huge turnout to protest the abuses of the Trump administration and save the civil service in downtown Seattle. Thousands in attendance.
17.02.2025 20:42 β π 1521 π 403 π¬ 16 π 24Remembering today of all days the 34 year old better angel of our nature.
20.01.2025 16:06 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0CP Nelson says members should oppose Strauss's motion. "This is an economic development bill with a land use element," she says. "What is motivating me is the fact that small industrial businesses need more space in Seattle."
She says 2-3 "makers" businesses leave Seattle every month.
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11.01.2025 16:01 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Years and years and years lecturing on London; now, finally, a big US case to consider. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01...
05.01.2025 22:00 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0A bit before I joined BlueSky: www.cogitatiopress.com/urbanplannin...
31.12.2024 23:19 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0How do newcomers navigate the challenges of arriving in a new place?
Our new open access issue explores the creative ways migrants and residents work together, often blurring the lines between formal and informal systems, to build connections and access resources.
Issue: shortt.link/up396bsky
Less interesting here claim is the planning and design theory than a (former) society withββ¦talented local authority surveyors, solicitors and architects who knew how to get things done and who took the idea of public service seriously.β
08.12.2024 15:25 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The government says it wants to build βbeautifulβ architecture. But what does that really mean?
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Why aren't cities designed for kids?
Our new open access issue explores how cities can be made more child-friendly, considering factors like safe mobility, accessible play spaces, and connection with nature.
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