by zdehondt | Jan 9, 2013 | Public space, Uncategorized, Urban Insights
Detroit- Campus Martius- photo courtesy of Ann Delisi’s Essentials This year we want to continue to bring you insights on urban conditions that we believe need to be highlighted. In addition, we will intersperse updates on some interesting and innovative initiatives...
by zdehondt | Dec 18, 2012 | Global Urban Study, Placemaking, Public space, Uncategorized, Urban Insights, Urban Research
Cities are organic, they are always changing, evolving, growing, contracting and generally moving toward another place from the present. One of the drivers of change, at least for short periods, is the season of a year. Cities, where the four seasons are evident and...
by zdehondt | Dec 10, 2012 | Global Urban Study, Large-scale Planning, Uncategorized, Urban Insights, Urban Research
There has been a lot written about Detroit lately. Some of it has been overly negative, some of it overly positive. Projects such as Detroit Works seek to rethink the land use patterns of the entire city while organizations such as D-Hive strive to connect energetic...
by zdehondt | Dec 4, 2012 | Civic Leadership, Placemaking, Streets, Uncategorized, Urban Insights, Urban Research, Walkability and Non-Motorized Systems
There has been extensive dialogue about the way that the built environment has been created since the end of the Second World War in 1945. That was a seminal point in global history, where cities of the world started to build and rebuild themselves after severe...
by zdehondt | Dec 4, 2012 | Uncategorized
There has been extensive dialogue about the way that the built environment has been created since the end of the Second World War in 1945. That was a seminal point in global history, where cities of the world started to build and rebuild themselves after severe...
by zdehondt | Nov 27, 2012 | Global Urban Study, Placemaking, Streets, Uncategorized, Urban Insights, Walkability and Non-Motorized Systems
The study of urban spaces has a long established history. Urban cultural critic, Louis Mumford studied spaces as they related to the function of urban life. Renowned urban researcher William Whyte studied the way the design of spaces affected human behavior....
