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Powerpoint- Setback Speech, Michael Lewyn Jun 2017

Powerpoint- Setback Speech, Michael Lewyn

Michael E Lewyn

Setback regulations often require that all buildings be a certain amount of feet (usually about 25-50 feet from the street).  As a result of these zoning rules, all destinations outside the most urban areas have to place either parking or useless green spaces between the street and a store, office building or residence.
 
I argue that these regulations make walking more difficult, for four reasons.  First, pedestrians have to waste time walking through these empty spaces.  Second, walking through a sea of parking is simply no fun.  Pedestrians tend to enjoy shade and a sense of enclosure, so they …


Local Demographic Change: The Limitations Of National, State And Local Data, Jaap Vos Oct 2014

Local Demographic Change: The Limitations Of National, State And Local Data, Jaap Vos

Jacobus J. "Jaap" Vos

This presentation shows the limitations of readily available data in informing planning decisions.


On Foot And By Bike: Who Uses The Greenbelt?, Jaap Vos Oct 2014

On Foot And By Bike: Who Uses The Greenbelt?, Jaap Vos

Jacobus J. "Jaap" Vos

This presentation provides a quick preview of the initial results of the City of Boise's 2014 annual Greenbelt user survey. In addition is provides insight in the logistics that are involved in pulling of the survey without glitches.


"Wage Deserts:" An Exploration Of Geographically Concentrated Poverty In Philadelphia, Pa Using Census Lehd Data, Laura Wolf-Powers, Shiva Kooragayala, Katie Nelson, Joshua Warner Sep 2014

"Wage Deserts:" An Exploration Of Geographically Concentrated Poverty In Philadelphia, Pa Using Census Lehd Data, Laura Wolf-Powers, Shiva Kooragayala, Katie Nelson, Joshua Warner

Laura Wolf-Powers

This presentation develops the idea of a "wage desert," a census tract in which more than 80% of wage earners are earning less than a self-sufficiency wage. It was an invited presentation at the Census Bureau's annual LED Partnership Workshop in September, 2014.


Teaching Planners To Deal: The Pedagogical Value Of A (Simulated) Economic Development Negotiation, Laura Wolf-Powers Mar 2012

Teaching Planners To Deal: The Pedagogical Value Of A (Simulated) Economic Development Negotiation, Laura Wolf-Powers

Laura Wolf-Powers

No abstract provided.


Getting Started In Evaluation Consulting: Questions To Ask And Answer Along The Way, Judah J. Viola, Nov 2011

Getting Started In Evaluation Consulting: Questions To Ask And Answer Along The Way, Judah J. Viola,

Judah J. Viola, Ph.D.

This PowerPoint presentation includes a four phase approach to considering the main questions you'll need to ask and answer before taking the leap needed to begin working as an independent evaluation consultant.


Ecuador: De Isla De Paz A Plataforma Internacional Del Delito, Fernando Carrión Mena Arq. Jul 2011

Ecuador: De Isla De Paz A Plataforma Internacional Del Delito, Fernando Carrión Mena Arq.

Fernando Carrión Mena

Exposición desarrollada en el marco de la Reunión Mensual de Quantum, Quito, julio 2011


En El Límite De La Vida: La Violencia Fronteriza, Fernando Carrión Mena Arq. Jun 2010

En El Límite De La Vida: La Violencia Fronteriza, Fernando Carrión Mena Arq.

Fernando Carrión Mena

Ponencia presentada en el marco del Seminario Internacional "Es posible gobernar la ciudad en zonas de frontera", organizado por IRDC y FLACSO Ecuador, Quito 22.06.2010


Lo Político De Las Políticas En Seguridad Ciudadana, Fernando Carrión Mena Arq. Jun 2010

Lo Político De Las Políticas En Seguridad Ciudadana, Fernando Carrión Mena Arq.

Fernando Carrión Mena

Ponencia presentada en el marco del Seminario Nacional de Seguridad Nacional organizado por la Secretaría Nacional de Inteligencia de Ecuador, evento desarrollado en Guayaquil (Ecuador) el 18 de junio de 2010


Violencia Y Seguridad: Dos Caras De La Misma Moneda, Fernando Carrión Mena Arq. Jun 2010

Violencia Y Seguridad: Dos Caras De La Misma Moneda, Fernando Carrión Mena Arq.

Fernando Carrión Mena

Ponencia presentada en el Curso Seguridad Ciudadana y Violencia Urbana organizado por la Federación Argentina de Municipios, en Buenos Aires (Argentina), el 16 de junio de 2010


La Ciudad, Los Municipios, Las Universidades Y La Movilidad, Fernando Carrión Mena Arq. Jun 2010

La Ciudad, Los Municipios, Las Universidades Y La Movilidad, Fernando Carrión Mena Arq.

Fernando Carrión Mena

Ponencia presentada para la organización Ciudad Nuestra de Perú, en Lima, el 07 de junio de 2010


Construyendo Bicentanarios, Fernando Carrión Mena Feb 2009

Construyendo Bicentanarios, Fernando Carrión Mena

Fernando Carrión Mena

Presentación desarrollada en el marco de la conferencia internacional "Construyendo Bicentenarios en Latinoamérica en la época de la globalización", organizada por el Observatorio Latinoamericano del New School de Nueva York el 26 y 27 de febrero de 2009