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richheap Reminds me of the Steven Wright joke: "Everywhere is walking distance if you have the time."
richheap Well, indeed. We can't stop saying 'regeneration' just because some people mis-use the term. We'd only end up replacing it with another term that would also get mis-used. That way, madness lies.
richheap Not a direct parallel though, is it? We've got a housing shortage in the UK and so, if some people are happy living in micro-apartments, then great. They get to live how they want, and it also alleviates...
Calvin Gladney Great comment and great blog post Rich! I like your thought that the benefits of a redevelopment should be broader than just buildings if the term regeneration is to be properly used. I...
richheap Surely 'vibrant' is used to suggest somewhere exciting where people go, have fun, hang out and where there's always stuff going on. Sometimes that'll coincide with a place being dirty and overcrowded,...
jabailo
Sounds like the Onion's satire on Transit.
They argue it is good -- if other people use it, so there is more space on the highways for them to drive their cars.
richheap Hi Calvin. I touched on a similar theme about regeneration v redevelopment in a blog I wrote last month, following the death of Margaret Thatcher. This may be of interest. I've got no problem with...
AEDDS Couldn't agree more with the survey results. The term green lease is a classic non-word. What does it mean?? It is banded around the industry and I am sure it has only led to confusion among all...
Calvin Gladney Hey Nicole, great post but -- and I know you're just the survey messenger here -- I don't think the term "regeneration" should be on the list. Not only is the word not really over-used (except...
jabailo [Hi, Nicole.] How about walkability...which actually seems to involve walking less rather than more.So, for example, if I, like many of my neighbors, walk or bike to the nearby supermarket...
kq4ym That was exactly my observation as well. I don't mind the "green" word and use it frequently, but it's probably like the "most hated" songs; they've been well liked and well played and folks just...
Mary Jander It's wonderful to see how multiple efforts have been grouped together in Boston under a "green" umbrella. This move can't help but strengthen the individual efforts by making them known and fostering...
Davedgreat2000 I think the arguement would be that they would continue to build apartments and family homes or family apartments...taking up more and more land. Cost would probably skyrocket in some areas while...
richheap Of course, my clutter's usually ousted so that my wife's clutter and now daughter's clutter can take its place. Oh well! My old CDs aren't much use sitting in my attic: much better to give them to...
richheap What happens when these singles or couples want to have children? They'll have to go and live somewhere else! That's an argument in favour of building more family homes, but it isn't an argument...
PeterJ Yes, and it becomes easier as one does more of it. I was always a saver of "stuff" based on the remote possibility that it might someday come in handy or be needed, but there is a "cost" to doing...
PeterJ Toby, I can attest to the same pattern in my downsizing. I know I now think of the what purchases mean in terms of space, and what might be displaced as a reult of required space for something new....
Nicole Ferraro Haha, Davedgreat: Your frustration comes through loud and clear here. Of course, we're not opposed to doing anything that is better for the environment, but the overuse of the term "green" can absolutely...
Nicole Ferraro Haha, Davedgreat: Your frustration comes through loud and clear here. Of course, we're not opposed to doing anything that is better for the environment, but the overuse of the term "green" can absolutely...
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Nicole Ferraro, Editor in Chief, Future Cities
5/24/2013
Sorry, World Green Building Council and others who've adopted the "G" word as mantra: Urbanites have voted, and they're no longer keen to "green."
Rich Heap, Community Editor, Future Cities
5/23/2013
I don't like micro-apartments. They're tiny, and I don't want a bed that lowers from the ceiling like a bad Austin Powers gimmick. Despite that, I finally understand them.
John Dalzell, Boston Redevelopment Authority, City of Boston
5/23/2013
Greenovate Boston is an "umbrella space" under which the city is organizing its green efforts.
Pablo Valerio, International Business & IT Consultant
5/23/2013
Machine-to-machine technologies can help ease the strain on resource-constrained global cities. Or, at least, that's the idea behind Sir Richard Branson's Carbon War Room M2M ...
Mary Jander, Managing Editor, UBM’s Future Cities
5/22/2013
The devastating tornado in Oklahoma this week -- cited as stronger than an atomic bomb -- did more than wreak tragic havoc on the small city of Moore outside of Oklahoma City. ...
Dan Probst, Chairman, Energy and Sustainability Services, Jones Lang LaSalle
5/20/2013
Dan Probst, chairman of energy and sustainability services at Jones Lang Lasalle, talks about the need for cities as the next great frontier to know and be responsible for their carbon output.
Rich Heap, Community Editor, Future Cities
5/17/2013
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Rich Heap, Community Editor, Future Cities
5/23/2013
I don't like micro-apartments. They're tiny, and I don't want a bed that lowers from the ceiling like a bad Austin Powers gimmick. Despite that, I finally understand them.
Nicole Ferraro, Editor in Chief, Future Cities
5/24/2013
Sorry, World Green Building Council and others who've adopted the "G" word as mantra: Urbanites have voted, and they're no longer keen to "green."
Mary Jander, Managing Editor, UBM’s Future Cities
5/22/2013
The devastating tornado in Oklahoma this week -- cited as stronger than an atomic bomb -- did more than wreak tragic havoc on the small city of Moore outside of Oklahoma City. ...
Pablo Valerio, International Business & IT Consultant
5/23/2013
Machine-to-machine technologies can help ease the strain on resource-constrained global cities. Or, at least, that's the idea behind Sir Richard Branson's Carbon War Room M2M ...
John Dalzell, Boston Redevelopment Authority, City of Boston
5/23/2013
Greenovate Boston is an "umbrella space" under which the city is organizing its green efforts.
Dan Probst, Chairman, Energy and Sustainability Services, Jones Lang LaSalle
5/20/2013
Dan Probst, chairman of energy and sustainability services at Jones Lang Lasalle, talks about the need for cities as the next great frontier to know and be responsible for their carbon output.
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richheap Reminds me of the Steven Wright joke: "Everywhere is walking distance if you have the time."
richheap Well, indeed. We can't stop saying 'regeneration' just because some people mis-use the term. We'd only end up replacing it with another term that would also get mis-used. That way, madness lies.
richheap Not a direct parallel though, is it? We've got a housing shortage in the UK and so, if some people are happy living in micro-apartments, then great. They get to live how they want, and it also alleviates...
Calvin Gladney Great comment and great blog post Rich! I like your thought that the benefits of a redevelopment should be broader than just buildings if the term regeneration is to be properly used. I...
richheap Surely 'vibrant' is used to suggest somewhere exciting where people go, have fun, hang out and where there's always stuff going on. Sometimes that'll coincide with a place being dirty and overcrowded,...
jabailo
Sounds like the Onion's satire on Transit.
They argue it is good -- if other people use it, so there is more space on the highways for them to drive their cars.
richheap Hi Calvin. I touched on a similar theme about regeneration v redevelopment in a blog I wrote last month, following the death of Margaret Thatcher. This may be of interest. I've got no problem with...
AEDDS Couldn't agree more with the survey results. The term green lease is a classic non-word. What does it mean?? It is banded around the industry and I am sure it has only led to confusion among all...
Calvin Gladney Hey Nicole, great post but -- and I know you're just the survey messenger here -- I don't think the term "regeneration" should be on the list. Not only is the word not really over-used (except...
jabailo [Hi, Nicole.] How about walkability...which actually seems to involve walking less rather than more.So, for example, if I, like many of my neighbors, walk or bike to the nearby supermarket...
kq4ym That was exactly my observation as well. I don't mind the "green" word and use it frequently, but it's probably like the "most hated" songs; they've been well liked and well played and folks just...
Mary Jander It's wonderful to see how multiple efforts have been grouped together in Boston under a "green" umbrella. This move can't help but strengthen the individual efforts by making them known and fostering...
Davedgreat2000 I think the arguement would be that they would continue to build apartments and family homes or family apartments...taking up more and more land. Cost would probably skyrocket in some areas while...
richheap Of course, my clutter's usually ousted so that my wife's clutter and now daughter's clutter can take its place. Oh well! My old CDs aren't much use sitting in my attic: much better to give them to...
richheap What happens when these singles or couples want to have children? They'll have to go and live somewhere else! That's an argument in favour of building more family homes, but it isn't an argument...
PeterJ Yes, and it becomes easier as one does more of it. I was always a saver of "stuff" based on the remote possibility that it might someday come in handy or be needed, but there is a "cost" to doing...
PeterJ Toby, I can attest to the same pattern in my downsizing. I know I now think of the what purchases mean in terms of space, and what might be displaced as a reult of required space for something new....
Nicole Ferraro Haha, Davedgreat: Your frustration comes through loud and clear here. Of course, we're not opposed to doing anything that is better for the environment, but the overuse of the term "green" can absolutely...
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