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Category Archives: land use
Can Cities Feed Themselves?
Urban agriculture fascinates me, so I thought I’d share links to a few articles in case anyone else is also fascinated… {image is from third article) From Warehouses to Urban Farms The history of urban agriculture should inspire its future … Continue reading
Nourishable Places
Nourishable Places grow a significant portion of their food within a few miles of where it is eaten, and could grow more in a long emergency. Today, the ingredients of an average meal in the US travel over 1,300 miles to get to your table, and that number is growing every day. The data for meals in the EU is probably fairly similar. Currently, very few places in the United States are Nourishable Places, but as the industrializations of China and India continue, resulting in a billion new cars competing for gas over the next several years, the cost of food transportation will become much more significant.
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Posted in Climate Change, Culture, human scale, land use, Livability, Placemaking, Science, Sustainability, Uncategorized, urban design, urban planning, What if?
Tagged bio-intensive, development, farmland, food, food transportation, local food, long emergency, nourishable places, original green, real estate value, steve mouzon, Sustainability, urban agriculture, urban farming
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10 Land-Use Strategies to Create Socially Just, Multiracial Cities
1) Develop a widely shared, long-range vision for social justice, and set targets. Advocates for climate-change policies have proposed CO2 reduction targets by 2050. Social-justice advocates should set targets for poverty reduction for the same year.
2) Find ways to meet the short-term survival needs of marginalized communities while generating longer-term outcomes that benefit society as a whole. For example, invest in projects that meet the urgent transportation needs of low-income residents while building toward a world-class public transportation system for all.
3) As an alternative to sprawl, create public policies to stabilize, reinvest in, and redevelop older inner-ring suburban communities and encourage economic and racial diversity. Continue reading
