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Blue Collars In Green Cities: Exploring Transit Oriented Manufacturing, J. Mark Pendras, Yonn Dierwechter
Blue Collars In Green Cities: Exploring Transit Oriented Manufacturing, J. Mark Pendras, Yonn Dierwechter
Urban Design
The theme of Blue Collars in Green Cities seeks to advance inclusive urban economies by confronting longstanding tensions between planning for urban sustainability and planning for urban industry. The legacy of industrial pollution and the erosion of industrial jobs have contributed to perceptions of urban industry as incompatible with vibrant green city visions and healthy urban environments. Consequently, various forms of urban sustainability planning—land use, transportation, economic development—have either ignored or actively discouraged industrial sectors. The resulting antagonisms between industrial interests and sustainability advocates threatens to stall progress in both areas. The 2020 MACP Studio project starts from the assertion …
Urban Waterfronts And Planning For Industry, Anne Taufen, J. Mark Pendras
Urban Waterfronts And Planning For Industry, Anne Taufen, J. Mark Pendras
Urban Design
The 2019 studio and this report foreground two main issues. First, WE NEED INDUSTRY. The jobs and economic prosperity that are created through industrial development are essential to the sustainability of this region. People need reliable, living-wage employment in order to provide for themselves and their loved ones; contribute to the local housing, service, and retail economies; make use of their intrinsic capacities; and give back to the communities of which they are a part. Industry is the act of working hard, as well as a certain kind of production and manufacturing economy. People in the South Sound want and …