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Urbanization driving reforestation to outpace deforestation?

By Stephen Smith, on January 31st, 2009

by Stephen Smith

While most people associate cities with pollution and the material and ecological excess of late capitalism, I’ve long believed that urbanization has the potential to be a great environmental savior. The NYT has a fascinating article that confirms what I said about cities attracting people who would otherwise live more environmentally [...]

Redistribution (a follow up)

By Market Urbanism, on January 26th, 2009

I threw up Friday’s Redistribution post somewhat hastily during my break, but there isn’t much more that I haven’t said before. As a follow-up, I’d like to tie it in with some other interesting reads.

Ryan Avent at The Bellows agreed with Yglesias’ post and added:

Anyway, I saw in Google reader that libertarian [...]

Redistribution

By Market Urbanism, on January 23rd, 2009

Discussing Ithaca, New York’s plan to increase permitted density and reduce parking minimums, I can dig what Matthew Yglesias says :

The distributive impact of parking minimums is to redistribute income from people who don’t own cars to people who do own cars—not to shift income from poor to rich. A rich family will [...]

Taxing Land Speculation

By Market Urbanism, on January 22nd, 2009

Bill Hudnut at the Urban Land Institute wrote a post that attracted some attention at Austin Contrarian and Overhead Wire. Hudnut discusses a different approach to taxing land:

How about restructuring the property tax across America to install a two-tiered system? More tax on those horizontal pieces of empty land and asphalt, less on [...]

The Story of I’On: Struggles of a New Urbanist Project

By Market Urbanism, on January 21st, 2009

43 John Galt Way

27 Mises Street

I recently googled upon a post at a blog called “Rub-a-Dub” that mentioned a land development project in Mount Pleasant, SC called I’On.

I imagine the developers of the I’On “Traditional Neighborhood Development” (TND) community are sympathetic with Market Urbanism, as they named streets after [...]

President Obama on Jane Jacobs and Cities

By Market Urbanism, on January 20th, 2009

Without getting too political on inauguration day, I’d like to share a positive video featuring our new President that urbanists should appreciate, regardless of political persuasion:

Let’s hope President Obama keeps Jane Jacobs’ lessons of spontaneous order from The Death and Life of Great American Cities in mind as he makes economic decisions.

[...]

Uncomfortable truths about the progressive legacy

By Stephen Smith, on January 20th, 2009

by Stephen Smith

Yesterday I was listening to the pre-inaugural concert at the Lincoln Memorial on the radio, and one of the speakers said something that struck me as emblematic of the challenges that Barack Obama faces, though I doubt she realized the ironic significance. She was praising Theodore Roosevelt’s conservationist legacy as a [...]

IBM Congestion Pricing Commercial

By Market Urbanism, on January 18th, 2009

Apparently, IBM helped implement a congestion pricing solution in Stockholm, Sweden. Could commercials like this help break down aversion to market-based solutions?

[hat tip: The Overhead Wire]

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Urbanization driving reforestation to outpace deforestation?

Redistribution (a follow up)

Redistribution

Taxing Land Speculation

The Story of I’On: Struggles of a New Urbanist Project

President Obama on Jane Jacobs and Cities

Uncomfortable truths about the progressive legacy

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