“Neighbourhoods” Best Match

of leading edge neighbourhoods look like? Fast Company identified five positive concepts that could shape the neighbourhoods of the future. Key themes are: Near self-sufficiency: De-centralized energy generation, on-site waste...

...in recent months has been The American Conservative‘s debate about “vibrant” neighbourhoods, kids and communities. In a withering critique of the creative class and it’s vibrant urban neighbourhoods (VUNs), Benjamin...

This weekend, thousands of people will take to streets around the world. It won’t be in protest, but rather to celebrate their neighbourhoods. Inspired by the grassroots activism and the...

...recently prepared a Net Zero Neighbourhoods Report to lead the way in designing these neighbourhoods. This report presents strategies for a new approach to city planning and development and advocates...

...otherwise allow. The addition of these units is a form of small-scale urban infill, adding “hidden density” to neighbourhoods without obtrusive changes to the neighbourhood character. Units are either added...

...Strategy which was developed by IBI Group. Previously underutilized and lacking well-defined programming, the selected parks are located in Saheed Nagar, one of the oldest neighbourhoods in the area. With...

...seek billion-dollar solutions or small-scale improvements, the Nordic context offers useful insight. Sørenga, Oslo. Photo Credit: Katrine Lunke/Wikimedia Commons Creating Neighbourhoods that Consume Less Beyond transport, improved building performance offers...

...suburbs either. Instead, to fulfill their desire for urbanity, city neighbourhoods outside the downtown core are the primary destination. To live affordably near work and/or school, with plenty of spaces...

...a 134 per cent increase in the number of children living in Vancouver’s downtown neighbourhoods from 2001 to 2011, according to UBC sociology professor Nathanael Lauster. To accommodate some of...