All Posts Tagged With: "urban planning"
Maps and Power
The modern world (meaning since the later eighteenth century) is different in several profound ways from earlier times. One of the most important of these is the nature and power of government. Modern States can do things beyond the reach of earlier ones, however large or aggressive. This expanded capacity is a feature of modern [...]
23Mar2011 | Stephen Davies | 0 comments | ContinuedAre “Charter Cities” a Solution?
What makes a charter city attractive is the prospect of rapidly instituting rules consistent with economic development in an area that might otherwise take decades to do so, offering almost overnight the chance of a better life for the citizens of a impoverished country.
20Apr2010 | Sandy Ikeda | 7 comments | ContinuedBook Reviews – June 2008
David’s Hammer: The Case for an Activist Judiciary by Clint Bolick Cato Institute • 2007 • 177 pages • $11.95 paperback Reviewed by George C. Leef In recent years “judicial activism” has been assailed from both ends of the political spectrum. Conservatives complain about “liberal” activism when courts strike down laws they favor, and “liberals” [...]
1Jun2008 | George C. Leef | 0 comments | ContinuedRe-Thinking Green: Alternatives to Environmental Bureaucracy
Edited by Robert Higgs and Carl P. Close Reviewed by Michael Sanera
1Mar2007 | FEE Admin | 0 comments | ContinuedAre Highways Subsidized?
I have always loved trains. I am an ardent cyclist, and I never particularly liked automobiles. So I always took it for granted that the reason most Americans drive and passenger trains have nearly disappeared is that our highways are unfairly subsidized. I felt particularly incensed that the Interstate Highway System, which took business from [...]
1Nov2006 | Randal OToole | 8 comments | ContinuedJane Jacobs
Jane Jacobs, one of the most important and influential public intellectuals of the twentieth century, died last April, a few days shy of her ninetieth birthday. The intellectual legacy she left for social theorists is as significant as that of anyone else of her generation. She was the author of nine books, including The Economy [...]
1Sep2006 | Mike | 1 comment | ContinuedJane Jacobs (1916-2006)
Through nearly a dozen books, Jane Jacobs made an indelible contribution to our understanding of what makes cities vibrant and what makes them dull. She struck heroic blows in defense of the underlying order of cities and against the pretensions of social engineering. Alas,she died April 25 at age 89.
1Jun2006 | Sheldon Richman | 0 comments | ContinuedDoes Light Rail Worsen Congestion and Air Quality?
Growth in traffic has outpaced growth in population ever since the automobile went into mass production. This puts great demands on our transportation infrastructure. Trying to keep up with growing traffic by building more roadway capacity is a daunting task, particularly in urban regions. There are limits to how many lanes of roadway can be [...]
1Jun2005 | John Semmens | 3 comments | ContinuedThe Great Horse-Manure Crisis of 1894
We commonly read or hear reports to the effect that “If trend X continues, the result will be disaster.” The subject can be almost anything, but the pattern of these stories is identical. These reports take a current trend and extrapolate it into the future as the basis for their gloomy prognostications. The conclusion is, [...]
1Sep2004 | Stephen Davies | 78 comments | ContinuedBeware "New Urbanism"
Most folks would never consider that the choice between intown and suburban living could hold any moral implications. The questions of cost, security, education options, house size, and yard size are far more important in buyers’ minds. But to those who fear the sprawl of cities into suburbs and beyond, the decision to live either [...]
1Oct2002 | C.C. Kraemer | 2 comments | ContinuedSuburban Nation: The Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream by Andres Duany, Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, and Jeff Speck
North Point Press (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) • 2000 • 290 pages • $30.00 The authors of Suburban Nation are luminaries in the movement called “the New Urbanism.” Their goal is to stop what they view as the misshapen sprawl around cities, which they consider alienating, destructive of community, and wasteful of land. Suburban Nation [...]
1Jun2001 | Jane S. Shaw | 1 comment | Continued-
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