Morgen Peers

Andres Duany on Agricultural Urbanism (by HoustonTomorrow) - Morgen Peers

HOW THE 905 STOLE TORONTO’S MOJO (LINK) - Morgen Peers

“Today, after close to two years of painstaking research, lots of trial and error, and an incredibly sincere and dedicated effort to educate and solicit input from a very diverse group of stakeholders (of which I was one, see reflections on our first, second and third meetings), the Great Lakes Commission and Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative released Restoring the Natural Divide: Separating the Great Lakes and Mississippi River Basins in the Chicago Area Waterway System. It is a bold and visionary statement of what is possible, and for that I applaud them.” - Separation anxiety, Part 4 — Metropolitan Planning Council - Morgen Peers

“The project is innovative and ambitious. It crosses demographic data, lists of cities, satellite pictures, identifies inhabited areas and integrates West Africa into a global cities database (e-Geopolis). Maps and results from this geostatistical approach make a marked improvement on the way African urbanization is usually interpreted, such as can be seen with UN statistics. They highlight modes of urbanization that development partners need to know about: from a “metropolization from the top”, urban sprawl in major cities, to an “urbanization from the bottom”, which results from the gradual slowing down of the rural exodus against a backdrop of strong demographic pressure.” - AFRICAPOLIS: Urbanization study in West Africa - Morgen Peers

archimaps: The Odeon Theatre in the 1930’s, Halifax - Morgen Peers

The ambitious goal of a clean economy and a high-quality society can be achieved. It is "the existing powers of creativity and innovation within society that offer opportunities for green growth,” says Maarten Hajer in The Energetic Society, the PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency Trends Report. Yet in order to exploit the potential of this energetic society, Hajer says, governments need to adjust and act in a timely way, otherwise they will be exposed to the powers of the energetic society that may effectively obstruct government initiatives. We need a new partnership and a new division of responsibilities. Innovation means planning for action and initiative, accepting the fact that mistakes will be made, and making certain that improvements are identified and implemented rapidly. Such innovation calls for a different type of government based on the notion of “radical incrementalism.” Putting the sustainable achievements of institutions and businesses in digital,... - Morgen Peers

(via Massive Art Nouveau-Inspired Mural in Montreal - My Modern Metropolis) - Morgen Peers

(via Extraordinary Brush-Less Paintings - My Modern Metropolis) - Morgen Peers

Connections between open government, town planning, and municipal reporting as social infrastructure - Morgen Peers

(via Constructive criticism: the week in architecture | Art and design | guardian.co.uk) - Morgen Peers

(via 5 Ways The Smart City Will Change How We Live In 2012 | Co.Exist: World changing ideas and innovation) - Morgen Peers