A Different View of Mapping
New platforms are using crowdsourcing and open-source technology to challenge Google’s dominance over how we see the world.
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Social innovations that improve the health and resiliency of cities (more)
Unlocking the Potential of Tactical Urbanism
Many small-scale (but scalable) creative efforts to foster tangible urban change, inspired by the burgeoning “tactical urbanism” movement, have met with success—and yet the movement itself faces limitations. How might this approach continue to evolve so as to effect inclusive, sustainable, and meaningful social and political change at the local level?
The Freedom, Insecurity, and Future of Independent Work
With a growing part of the workforce earning a living independently, we need a new system that provides greater stability and security.
Social Services
From Family Data to Neighborhood Outcomes
By offering better early support for struggling families, child welfare services can reduce the need for more serious interventions down the line and improve the wellbeing of whole neighborhoods.
Plugging Into the Past
An architecture firm is helping bring modern amenities to Beijing’s historical hutong courtyard homes with minimal disruption.
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Dissonance, Harmony, and Compassion
Rose’s bold theory, which offers a new framework for urban planning, could benefit from equally comprehensive recommendations about how to implement it.
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Urban Crisis as Opportunity
Detroit has become a source of inspiration and solutions for other challenged American cities and even other municipalities looking for innovative new models of urban governance.
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Inventive Approaches to Urban Problem Solving
Detroit’s experiences hint at a model where philanthropy and business routinely supplement and complement government.
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Philanthropy as a Catalyst
Foundations aspiring to make a difference in challenged cities have much to offer beyond grantmaking—if they are willing to embrace new roles that may fall well outside their comfort zones.
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Building Economic Flywheels
Concentrating investments along key corridors in the Motor City can generate market activity, but more effort must be made to create self-sustaining momentum that propels communities toward broader prosperity.