Tag: Urban Planning
Open Voices News Roundup: July 15
Every week, we bring you the latest news in placemaking, landscape architecture, the nature-mental health link, and much more. Check back each week for new roundups and items. Designed for Democracy: When Public Goes Private a Park Loses Its Heart “Nationally, in the wake of urban growth and renewal, there is considerable debate about whether…
Open Voices News Roundup: July 8
Every week, we bring you the latest news in placemaking, landscape architecture, the nature-mental health link, and much more. Check back each week for new roundups and items. Win:Win Journal – Re-Imagining Los Angeles “With a goal to foster the advancement of green building and healthy communities, the Westside Branch of the USGBC-Los Angeles is…
Recommended Reading: Making Communities More Livable
This past week marked the 49th International Making Cities Livable conference in Portland, Oregon. The conference brought together city officials, architects, experts in urban design, health and social sciences to share their work and ideas. When asked about what the public health community should know in order to make communities healthier and more livable, urban…
Open Voices News Roundup: June 24
Every week, we bring you the latest news in placemaking, landscape architecture, the nature-mental health link, and much more. Check back each week for new roundups and items. NatureSacred.org Announces Inaugural Six Grantees of the National Nature Sacred Awards Program The TKF Foundation’s National Nature Sacred Awards Program has named the first six projects of…
Open Voices News Roundup: June 10
Every week, we bring you the latest news in placemaking, landscape architecture, the nature-mental health link, and much more. Check back each week for new roundups and items. Is Our Disconnect From Nature a Disorder? “Somewhere during the American experience, between Teddy Roosevelt and color TV, being outdoors and maybe even working up a sweat…
Recommended Reading: Maryland’s Commitment to Urban, Rural Forests
Recent legislation has demonstrated the state of Maryland’s commitment to “no net loss” of its urban and rural forests, according to an op-ed in The Baltimore Sun. “With this safeguard in place, we can be confident that Maryland’s air will be cleaner, our native wildlife habitats will be richer, and the Chesapeake Bay will be…
Open Voices News Roundup: June 3
Every week, we bring you the latest news in placemaking, landscape architecture, the nature-mental health link, and much more. Check back each week for new roundups and items. Green Spaces Promote Happier Communities “A better mood might be as easy as a walk in the park. Literally. Because people living near parks or gardens seem…
Open Voices News Roundup: April 30
Every week, we bring you the latest news in placemaking, landscape architecture, the nature-mental health link, and much more. Check back each week for new roundups and items. Tune Up Your Immune System in the Garden Sure, a backyard garden is a place of beauty, an attraction for birds, insects, and wildlife, and a personalized…
Study: Nearness to Green Space Positively Impacts Health
Grass, trees, flowers. Simply living near them, be they in parks or gardens can have a small, but very real, positive impact on health. According to The Atlantic, researchers at the University of Exeter analyzed nearly two decades of data on approximately 10,000 U.K. citizens living in urban areas, asking how satisfied they were with…
Recommended Reading: Coverage of the 2013 APA National Planning Conference
Jonathan Nettler of Planetizen has been following the American Planning Association’s National Planning Conference closely. The annual event has brought together experts from across the country, who all came to Chicago to discuss the present and future of how we lay out the world in which we live. Here are just a couple of the…
