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  • Crime and blight still remain

    February 22, 2014 |

    Fayetteville Observer |

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    Response Location: United States, Atlanta, Georgia

    Civic leaders in the U.S. struggle to effectively help their distressed neighborhoods. East Lake, Atlanta, created a replicable model that mixes residents of differing socio-economic status, and focuses on education and health in the area.

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  • Cities in motion: how slime mould can redraw our rail and road maps

    February 18, 2014 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: Japan, Tokyo

    The twenty-first century city is a complex organism, and simulating it to anticipate traffic and transportation congestions can be problematic for urban planning. Researchers around the world from Japan to England have used slime models to simulate traffic and transportation patterns, observing realistic growths, congestions, and re-routing opportunities. Biomimicry demonstrates an unconventional but useful process to understand the pulse of the urban environment.

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  • The Robots That Saved Pittsburgh

    February 04, 2014 |

    Politico |

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    Response Location: United States, Pittsburgh

    Post-industrial cities can re-platform their economies by fostering institutions that drive innovation and attract both financial and human capital. By promoting long-term collaboration between universities, cultural institutions, and entrepreneurs, Pittsburgh has undergone a three-decade-long urban reinvention. With Carnegie Mellon University as an anchor, the city’s robotics research sector has attracted investment from government projects and venture capital, creating a ripple effect of growth and urban development.

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  • Smaller-Town Startups: 'Stopping the Brain Drain' in South Carolina

    January 25, 2014 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: United States, Greenville, South Carolina

    The "Next" Project in Greenville, South Carolina brings local government and companies together to create a business incubator to encourage new startups to launch -- and stay -- in the area. One such business, called the Iron Yard, acts as a sort of code academy, offering a 3-month bootcamp and guaranteeing that graduates of their program will find a job in the industry. So far, they've followed through on that guarantee.

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  • Using Giant Mirrors to Light up Dark Valleys

    October 22, 2013 |

    The Atlantic |

    Photojournalism |

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    Response Location: Norway, Rjukan

    Small towns located deep in the valleys of steep mountains, like Rjukan, Norway, and Viganella, Italy, can be cut off from sunlight for almost half a year but computer-controlled mirrors are helping to change that. The tailor-made, computer-driven motors on giant mirrors track sunlight throughout the day.

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  • How to Design a City for Women

    September 06, 2013 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: Australia, Vienna

    Gender mainstreaming is the practice of creating “laws, rules and regulations that benefit men and women equally. The goal is to provide equal access to city resources.” Since the 90s the city of Vienna has adopted this into their urban planning, building things like apartment complexes for women, parks, and public transit that takes into consideration a women’s routine. In total, more than 60 projects to date have been built around this concept. “Once you’ve analyzed the patterns of use of public space, you start to define the needs and interests of the people using it," she explains. "Then planning can be

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  • As Detroit Flounders, Its Art Scene Flourishes

    August 06, 2013 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

    In 2013, Detroit filed for bankruptcy because of a poor economy. While the city’s industrial businesses have floundered, the art scene has thrived, bringing in new sources of income through art galleries and investments in contemporary art. This new art scene is one factor to measure Detroit’s recovery and prospects of growth for the future.

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  • The pop-up designs changing the city landscape

    August 03, 2013 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: United Kingdom, London

    Pop-ups, temporary constructions intended to enliven public places, can often be used as temporary structures and events as marketing tools, and as camouflage for their larger and less charming permanent developments. But young architects in London, their talent and energy outrunning their employment opportunities, initiate, design and build pop-ups as glimpses of what a better city – more open, more social, more pleasurable, more surprising – might be

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  • Street Fight

    August 01, 2013 |

    Bklynr |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Public-private partnerships, nonprofit organizations, and community members themselves come together to make Brownsville, a neighborhood in NYC, a more collaborative, friendly and safe place. Though the neighborhood has seen decades of poverty and crime, organizations, police and government officials put on events like street fairs and community forums in order to make the community feel safer and provide services and support. The community has also offer anti-violence support for youth, using a comprehensive approach to uplift the Brownsville community.

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  • Hot, Crowded and Smart

    July 22, 2013 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, San Antonio, Texas

    For the past three years, water levels in the San Antonio Edwards Aquifer have decreased to uncomfortable levels and drought periods may continue as the population booms. The San Antonio Water System organization has set up rules to limit water use and has recycled water for conservation frugal innovation.

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