News and Updates
Posted by Dan under News
August 24, 2008
- Back in the saddle after moving across the country to Tempe, Arizona as a dual major candidate in Urban Panning/Urban Design at Arizona State University.
Mayan Forest Management
Posted by Dan under Architecture, Housing, Infrastructure, Natural Resources, Urban Ecology
[View of the surrounding jungles from atop a Mayan Temple]
In similar fashion to how the Japanese conducted themselves in relation to the usage of their forests as a natural and renewable resource, researchers in the Yucatan Peninsula have spent years studying the ancient jungles where the Mayan Civilization once stood and now believe that the forests surrounding the lost empire were managed to a high degree.
Seagulls and the City
Posted by Dan under Infrastructure, Solutions, Urban Ecology, Urbanism, Waste Management
Under normal circumstances seagulls tend to feed on whatever’s been washed in on the tide. So, not surprisingly they quite readily adapt to whatever comes their way, be it scavenging at rubbish dumps, stealing fisherpeoples’ bait or accepting fast food handouts from picnickers.
The explosion in gull numbers caused by this unnatural source of food can put alot of pressure on the ecosystem in general. Gulls are very aggressive and can displace other bird species such as terns and egrets, harrassing the adults, eating nestlings and destroying nests. I’m afraid it’s just another example of why we humans should refrain from feeding wildlife!
-Anonymous forum post from the UK
Defending Bloomberg
Posted by Dan under Climate Adpatation, Economics, Energy, Infrastructure, Solutions, Technology
I have an idea for Mayor Bloomberg. Statue of Liberty, get rid of the torch. Replace the torch with a windmill. Let the newly arriving immigrants be greeted by Lady Liberty and a windmill.
-Rush Limbaugh, August 20, 2008
MasaMania 2.0 “Nevermore”
Posted by Dan under Photography, Urban Ecology, Urbanism
[Images © MasaMania.com]
With the second installment of my effort to archive the intimate view of Japanese urban life that was MasaMania.com, we take a closer look at how crows have adapted to live within the built environment of the worlds largest Megalopolis.
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