2010-2020

• Waltham Forest building a 15-minute borough, Dec 21^[1]
• It looks like the pandemic is helping us to move our business into the streets - and killing the urban car along the way, Oct 15^[2]

Barcelona's car-free 'superblocks' could save hundreds of lives, Sep 10^[3]

• Bologna pioneers a model of municipal housing cooperative, May 28^[4]
• Bristol reveals plans to pedestrianise historic centre in Covid-19 revamp, May 21^[5]
• The fifteen-minute city: imagine being only that far away from any major amenity. Paris is going there, Mar 4^[6]
• 'The streets are more alive': Ghent readers on a car-free city centre, Jan 20^[7]
• The case for ... making low-tech 'dumb' cities instead of 'smart' ones, Jan 15^[8]

References

• Barcelona to open southern Europe's biggest low-emissions zone, Dec 31^[1]
• Marmalade Lane: the car-free, triple-glazed, 42-house oasis, May 8^[2]
• A Modest Proposal to Eliminate 11,000 Urban Parking Spots, Mar 29^[3]
• Oslo Is (Almost) Car-Free -- And Likes It That Way, Mar 5^[4]
• Urban co-design for better wellbeing and health: Healthy New Town, Jan 9^[5]
• Happy space, Jan^[6]

References

• Timpson says a locally-driven approach needed to rejuvenate high streets. Retail industry experts have called for a community-focused approach to tackling the challenges facing high streets and town centres. Dec 20^[1]
• The city turning streets into gardens, Nov 22^[2]
• How renters are becoming co-owners and co-developers, Nov 8^[3]
• Create Streets say: We don't want NIMBYs, but YIMBYs and BIMBYs (Y for "Yes", B for "Beautiful"), Oct 15^[4]
• A City That Takes Climate Change Seriously: Paris, Oct 10^[5]

References

• 'For me, this is paradise': life in the Spanish city that banned cars, The Guardian (Sep 18, 2018) — In Pontevedra, the usual soundtrack of a Spanish city has been replaced by the tweeting of birds and the chatter of humans

• Norway builds world's tallest timber tower, and it's both environmentally friendly and fire resistant, Sep 5^[1]
• This disastrous new project will change the face of Britain, yet no debate is allowed, George Monbiot, Aug 22^[2]
• Los Angeles Tests the Power of ‘Play Streets’, Apr 29^[3]
• Why 'urban villages' are on the rise around the world, Feb 1^[4]

References

Young people want walkable neighbourhoods, but safety is a worry, Dec 17^[1]

• What could Vienna’s low-cost housing policy teach the UK? Dec 12^[2]
• London Mayor Seeks Revival of Public Drinking Fountains, Dec 4^[3]
• It's happening: Oxford Street will be pedestrianised next year, Nov 6^[4]
• In Morocco, a blue tourist town is turning green, Nov 14^[5]
• The European cities leading the way in car-free living, Oct 14^[6]

References

Depave picks away pavement to create green space, Oct 11^[1]

• Oxford aims for world’s first zero emissions zone with petrol car ban, Oct 12^[2]
• Essen's experiment: can going green revive a post-industrial city economy? Oct 6^[3]
• Building the world’s greenest city, Sep 19^[4]
• Where is the world's most walkable city? Sep 12^[5]

References

How a city in Spain got rid of its cars, Aug 30^[1]

• Berlin's Holzmarkt Shows the Incredible Potential of Urban Villages, Aug 23^[2]
  
• New Report Highlights the Role of Sharing in Promoting Urban sustainability, Jul 24^[3]
• How Madrid's residents are using open-source urban planning to create shared spaces – and build democracy, Jun 27^[4]
• How Essen has thrown off its heavy industrial past to become a model of sustainability, Jun 26^[5]
• Public Spaces: 10 Principles for Connecting People and the Streets, Jun 9^[6]
• Eco-friendly ‘green’ district launched in Detroit, Jun 7^[7]

References

What About the People? Unlocking the Key to Socially Sustainable and Resilient Communities, Jun 6^[1]

• An Informal Settlement in Puerto Rico Has Become the World's First Favela Community Land Trust, Jun 1^[2]
• WikiBlock: Build your own urban furniture, May 31^[3]
• Meet Montréal’s New Wave of Activist Developers, May 30^[4]
• Experimental City: How Rotterdam Became A World Leader In Sustainable Urban Design, May 12^[5]
• Stockholm Starts a Friendly Rivalry Over Car-Free Planning, May 12^[6]
• Kenmore prepares for 3rd Akron Better Block this summer, May 12^[7]
• In Berlin, a Model for Creative and Affordable Housing, Apr 12^[8]
• Good Design Isn't Enough to Build a Successful Public Space, Mar 31^[9]
• Overcoming Stigma: One Event at a Time, Mar 31^[10]

References

The Future of Portland’s Skyline Is Made of Wood. Yes, Wood. Mar 20^[1]

• 6 Groundbreaking Community Land Trusts and Housing Co-ops from Around the World, Mar 13^[2]
• To engage citizens in planning technology must be matched with a participatory culture, Mar^[3]
• Public, not private, interests now rule riverfront plan, Mar 11^[4]
• Upcycling Baltimore's vacant buildings tackles both empty houses and unemployment, by @eillieanzi, Feb 27^[5]
• New Municipalism in Poland, Feb 17^[6]
• The Fab City: It's More Than Just a City Full of Fab Labs, Feb 6^[7]

References

The Favela as a Community Land Trust: A Solution to Eviction and Gentrification? Nov 15, 2016^[1]

• 101 small ways you can improve your city, Sep 22, 2016^[2]
• Would you live in a wooden skyscraper? Sep 22, 2016^[3]
• The future of housing is here: CC Talks with the Open Building Institute, Aug 2, 2016^[4]
• How to win back the city: the Barcelona en Comú guide to overthrowing the elite, Jun 22^[5]
• More than just a flood defence: how Vejle built a blueprint for resilience, May 19^[6]
• The Principles of Ethical Redevelopment, Mar 10^[7]
• City as a Commons: Flint to Italy, 200 activists flock to Bologna to how the commons can be incorporated into city governance, February 8^[8]

References

• How do you create a city for all? The answer lies in West Norwood, Dec 2, 2015...^[1]

Cities are finally treating water as a resource, not a nuisance, September 1, 2015...^[2]

• Interviewed: Professor Christian Iaione on the City as Commons, February 17, 2015...^[3]
• 7 Cities That Are Starting To Go Car-Free, January 13, 2015...^[4]
• Three Rules for Starting a Neighborhood, December 2, 2014^[5]
• Cities Partner with Rural Communities to Protect Water, The benefits of recognizing watersheds as commons around the globe, January 17, 2014^[6]

References

• How to Design Our Neighborhoods for Happiness, Jul 26, 2013...^[1]
• CarbonCure makes concrete go green ‘without compromise’,^[2] September 17, 2012.
• Smart Booth Transforms Lowly Phone Booth Into Solar Powered Community Hub, May 16, 2012...^[3]
• Transforming derelict buildings into vertical gardens, February 21, 2012...^[4]

Design, Download And Print Your House With WikiHouse,^[5] August 20, 2011.

• Emergent Urbanism, or ‘bottom-up planning’,^[6] February 14, 2010.

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