Suburbia is subsidized - [Strong Towns Ep7]
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Why everywhere in the US is starting to look the same
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Disney to build a branded community promising “magic” in the California desert
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The bewildering architecture of indoor cities
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The suburbs are bleeding America dry
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For decades, US cities have been closing or neglecting public restrooms, leaving millions with no place to go. Here’s how a lack of toilets became an American affliction.
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Throwing good money after bad car infrastructure
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Copenhagen is great… but it’s not Amsterdam
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Why Britain's newbuilds are so ugly
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Plans for $400-billion new city in the American desert unveiled
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Plans for an artificial island to house 35,000 people and protect the port of Copenhagen from rising sea levels have been approved by Danish MPs
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Gothenburg's bold plan to be world's best rainy city – it rains nearly 40% of the time in the Swedish city, so why not try to make the most of it?
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The ugly, dangerous, and inefficient stroads found all over the US and Canada
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Facing a housing crunch almost a century ago, Stockholm built 'barnrikehus' for low-income families – today they are some of the city's more sought-after properties
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Architects unveil a massive plan for Chinese city that’s dedicated to science and tech
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Cycling through the streets of Amsterdam
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Swedish officials have joined Danish critics in registering concerns that an island-building plan, a signature test of Copenhagen's development model, could have risks
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Google submits plans to build 7,000 homes in North Bayshore, the largest project in city's history
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Can Malmö's green points system help rewild London? Transformation of a Swedish shipyard into a leafy haven inspired London's 'urban greening factor' plan.
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The case against single family zoning
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How did Soviet planners design the Union's cities?
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Buildings and residents testament to the rich seams of history and identity of Kiruna in Sweden are ousted in favour of the profit-laden iron ore seams lurking beneath
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Utrecht: Planning for people and bikes, not for cars
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Paris has a plan to keep cars out after lockdown
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Life imitates Hollywood: The rise of "movie-set urbanism"
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Housing discrimination made summers even hotter
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The case for making low-tech 'dumb' cities instead of 'smart' ones
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How Berlin's Mietskaserne tenements became coveted urban housing
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Why Amsterdam’s canal houses have endured for 300 years
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What’s behind the iconic floor plan of London
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Would capping office space ease San Francisco’s housing crunch?
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Bjarke Ingels Group and WXY reimagine downtown Brooklyn
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Scandinavia is famous for its liveable cities, but a new university course in Nordic urban planning has raised questions about replicating the region's approach elsewhere
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How Helsinki built book heaven – Finland's most ambitious library is a kind of monument to the Nordic model of civic engagement
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The Dutch hardly bike at all
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The evolution of urban planning in ten diagrams
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Frank Gehry's most ambitious project: Restoring the Los Angeles River
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The A2 motorway no longer divides Maastricht
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The greening of Paris makes its mayor more than a few enemies
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Shared mobility principles for livable cities
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A Nobel-winning economist goes to Burning Man
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The reason our streets switched to cul-de-sacs
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Indonesia will build its new capital city in Borneo as Jakarta sinks into the Java Sea
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Indonesia plans to move its capital to the island of Borneo
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Copenhagen has taken bicycle commuting to a whole new level
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Want safe, bikeable streets? Get rid of free parking, as Amsterdam did
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Rethinking the good city: Vallejo’s bold vision
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A small city with big delusions: Pine Island, MN (population 3,000) has huge dreams, yet they can’t take care of their basic systems. Who pays the price?
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Shade: It’s a civic resource, an index of inequality, and a requirement for public health. Shade should be a mandate for urban designers
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Car-free in Los Angeles? Don't laugh
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