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Apr. 27, 2012 / Gordon Price

“Suburban sprawl … may well be over in the United States”

Sprawl …. over? It’s one thing for the Smart-Growth and Greenie crowd to be saying something like that.  But when…
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Apr. 26, 2012 / Gordon Price

Connections: Running Government like a business

Here’s a story that made the news the other day: The cost of the Translink board of directors has skyrocketed…
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Apr. 25, 2012 / Gordon Price

Quote: Interview with Heidi Cullen, climatologist

From The Daily Beast: Do you think people are beginning to understand that something serious is going on? Recent polls…
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Apr. 24, 2012 / Gordon Price

Quote: Barney Frank on the Media

Barney Frank, a senior member of the American House of Representatives, a Democrat, is retiring this year.  In a New York…
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Apr. 24, 2012 / Gordon Price

A Treehouse gone Viral

Pictures of this treehouse at Whistler are popping up all over the web: From the Daily Mail: It took months…
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Apr. 23, 2012 / Gordon Price

Quote: The Era of ‘Peak Human’?

From a speech at the 2012 China Environmental Press Awards (yes, there is one) in Beijing on April 10 by Jonathan…
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Apr. 23, 2012 / Gordon Price

First Thursday City Conversation: The Future of Metro’s Economy

May is almost here.  So time for the First Thursday City Conversation at SFU Vancouver: Beyond Condos, Immigrants and Drugs:…
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Apr. 20, 2012 / Gordon Price

New meaning for ‘Tax Farming’

From Better! Cities and Towns: City officials tend to think of tax yield on a parcel-by-parcel basis. That’s like analyzing…
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Apr. 20, 2012 / Gordon Price

Transformations: The Hipsterization of Greenpoint

From the BBC: A decade ago, Greenpoint, the northern most part of Brooklyn, New York, was home to a thriving…
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Apr. 19, 2012 / Gordon Price

The Decline of Exurbia?

Other posts have observed that post-2008, the American Exurbs have not only lost their glitz but perhaps their viability.  Now,…
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Apr. 19, 2012 / Gordon Price

Urban Arithmetic: (1,200 x 40 %) x 3

Another piece on the “IKEA Town” in East London: On a brownfield site in East London, a division of the…
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Apr. 18, 2012 / Gordon Price

Climate Change: When reality trumps ideology

From the New York Times: A poll due for release on Wednesday shows that a large majority of Americans believe…
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Apr. 17, 2012 / Gordon Price

Carbon Talks: Economic Assessment of the Northern Gateway

Carbon Talks, and PICS host a brown-bag lunch dialogue featuring Robyn Allan, economist.  April 27 from 12:30 to 01:30 PM at…
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Apr. 16, 2012 / Gordon Price

Geller in Amsterdam

Michael Geller reports in on his study tour of Amsterdam, with observations that run the gamut from housing of all…

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