The Politics Of Placemaking
Making Places, September 2003: Feature Story
"You can't create great places without getting people involved from the bottom up, but it certainly helps to have friends at the top." The UK is making its public spaces, "Cleaner, Safer, Greener." Can Toronto and other North American cities learn from the British? Read this article and find out.
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Posted by Editor on 04/11
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The Mathematics Of Urban Theory
"Theory of the Urban Web", by Nikos A. Salingaros
Nikos Salingaros paper, "Theory of the Urban Web," gives a mathematical description of the priciples underlying good urban design. While not specifically focused on parks, the concepts he discusses in this easy to understand work help us appreciate how urban parks fit into the complex web of day to day human activity and help make cities livable.
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Posted by Editor on 04/06
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