News and Updates

Posted by Dan | News | Friday 26 December 2008 10:22 PM

rossrowhouse3June 6, 2009: Quick post from U.S. News and World Report about careers in urban planning and a link to an Urban and Regional Planning guide from the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning…

A Quick Guide to Careers in Planning

Posted by Dan | Planning | Saturday 6 June 2009 2:08 PM

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From U.S. News and World Report’s Best Careers of 2009:

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Mayan Forest Management

Posted by Dan | Natural Resources | Saturday 30 August 2008 2:04 PM

[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.

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Defending Bloomberg

Posted by Dan | Climate Adpatation, Energy | Sunday 24 August 2008 9:04 PM

[Michael Ramirez]

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

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MasaMania 2.0 “Nevermore”

Posted by Dan | Urban Ecology | Tuesday 5 August 2008 4:33 PM

[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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