Craft breweries are transforming cities
Richard Florida famously said that cities in the 21st century will rise or fall largely based on how they can attract the Cultural Creatives. It is more complex than that …
Cities versus nations: options for responding to current political and economic trends
The discussion over the city as a unit of politics and economics in a context of nation states is longstanding. This difference however has been dramatically highlighted in 2016 with …
Detroit rewrites the economic integration of urbanity and agriculture
This is a very interesting story of some examples of how urban agriculture is being used in Detroit to solve social problems, and rebuild the city. http://inhabitat.com/americas-first-urban-agrihood-feeds-2000-households-for-free/
Small community versus large city planning – a big difference
In the past several years, I’ve had the privilege of helping launch and begin teaching in the newest planning school in Canada – Vancouver Island University’s Masters of Community Planning …
How does your favourite city perform on the world stage of competitive brands?
Richard Florida and others have made the compelling observation that in the 21st century, the world is not flat –some cities will grow and gain ground, and others will lose …