Outdated Concepts Dominate Planners’ Thinking

Posted: April 3, 2015 | Author: | Filed under: Housing, Planning, Uncategorized | Tags: , | Leave a comment

‘The Death and Life of Great American Cities’, the classic 1961 book by Jane Jacobs, is probably even more relevant today — the mark of a great book. She emphasises that visual order is very different from functional order, a lesson which our planners and politicans have not heeded:

Housing Is Not A Single Issue!

PDR

 

Taking a Break

Posted: August 7, 2014 | Author: | Filed under: Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Ecopoliticstoday will be dormant for a while due to other pressing commitments.

We hope to be back before long.

Thank you for reading.

The Week’s Environmental News

Posted: June 23, 2014 | Author: | Filed under: Eco Politics, Uncategorized | Tags: | Leave a comment

The week’s round-up of environmental news reblogged from Under the Pecan Leaves:

http://mylandrestorationproject.wordpress.com/2014/06/20/environment-news-613-619/

 

 

Environment News This Week (4/23-4/29)

Posted: May 30, 2014 | Author: | Filed under: Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Excellent round-up of environmental news from Under the Pecan Leaves

New houses are not solid foundations for our economy

Posted: June 7, 2012 | Author: | Filed under: Carmarthenshire, Housing, Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Houses without jobs — planning for yesterday, not tomorrow:

http://westwalesnewsreview.wordpress.com/2012/06/07/too-many-houses-not-enough-jobs-carmarthenshires-dubious-future/

Construction jobs are a short-term fix not a long-term basis for a sound economy. Ask Spain.