Geography 8 Urban Geography Final Thoughts on Urban
Geography 8: Urban Geography Final Thoughts on Urban Life
New Urbansim • What is New Urbanism? – Compact, mixed-use – TOD, transit-oriented design – Non-generic architecture
Making Cities More Livable? • What Makes a City “Livable? ” – A “Happy City”: Charles Montgomery, Canadian urbanist, books “Happy City”. – Technology to make a better city: MIT’s Kent Larson, MIT City Science research group, architect in NYC. – A “Walkable City”: Jeff Speck, urban planner, American urban planner, 2012 book “Walkable City” – 7 Principles for Building Better Cities—Peter Calthrope (architect, urban planner, San Francisco, founder of Congress for New Urbanism)
Resistance to Change? • NIMBYs – What is NIMBYism? BU Professor Einstein of Poli Sci discusses this in Boston. – NIMBYism in Los Angeles • Reason Magazine: NIMBYs Argue New Housing Supply Doesn’t Make Cities Affordable. They’re Wrong. • LA Times: To overcome its housing crisis, California needs YIMBY to become the new NIMBY • LAWEEKLY: A Comprehensive Guide to every Kind of NIMBY in Los Angeles – – – • Density NIMBYs Bike Lane NIMBYs Beach NIMBYs Hollywood Sign Access NIMBYs Waze NIMBYs Gentrification NIMBYs Mega. Mansion NIMBYs Halfway House NIMBYs Liquor License NIMBYs Rail NIMBYs Freeway NIMBYs (710 Freeway Opponents and supporters, Alhambra Source) LULUs: locally unwanted land use – Lulus and environmental racism • • BANANAs: build absolutely nothing anywhere near anything Growth and Management
- Slides: 4