Build a City
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Build a City Assignment documents (Planning Worksheet - which has the links to best articles to start with! and Project Info page)
Resources from Ms. Kim on the Planning Worksheet:
Most sustainable city! Perfect city?
Top 10 Sustainable Cities Sustainable Cities crash course
What is sustainable? How cities go carbon neutral
China's floating cities Natural Resources Defense Council
Library Research Resources
Save links you find/use to add all sources to your Noodletools! Use How to Cite Websites.
Join the Noodletools Project Inbox - Kim Build a City - Then I will comment, you correct, + do in text citations with my librarian help
Energy - Five Ways Cities Adapt for Greater Energy Resilience (by the International Energy Forum)
Food - Urban Agriculture by the USDA
Nature - Green Urban Planning - top portion focuses on green areas. The rest covers most all topics on your Build a City assignment so be sure to scroll down. Author info - Daniel H Braff
Urban Planning from Making Nature's City - scroll and click on the 5 pictures for main strategies
Transport - Seattle Transportation Plan - scroll to view the goals and then Plan Elements
Waste - Why Cities Need to Advance toward Zero Waste and 5 ways USC researchers are working to reduce waste
Public Safety - Kirkland's Comprehensive Plan Public Services Element scroll to see sections to consider using. Tacoma's Community Safety Action Strategy (open the 4 gray buttons in the middle of the article). Plus use this page for key items to consider and links to articles (one way AI can actually be useful)
Public Education - Elements of Successful Schools (US School Board org's research - their website is working) and Harvard's What Makes a Great School.
Public Joy! - Cities and Happiness article. And Well-being through Collective Joy from the Univ. of Pennsylvania Master of Applied Positive Psychology Magazine. Build Better Cities (Part 2) unblocked here and part 1 unblocked here
C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group is a group of 96 cities around the world that represents one twelfth of the world's population and one quarter of the global economy. Created and led by cities, C40 is focused on fighting the climate crisis and driving urban action that reduces greenhouse gas emissions and climate risks, while increasing the health, wellbeing and economic opportunities of urban residents. Scroll to the bottom of this page for sections on Buildings and Construction, Clean Energy, Food, Transport, Urban Planning and Design, and Waste!
Not finding what you need from the links above and on the assignment and planning worksheet?
Using the Databases and eBooks from Home? View the Digital Resources Logins and Passwords page. You'll need to sign in with your @apps to view.
Search terms to try: human-centric city design, urban health, sustainable urban development, walkable communities, built environment, housing and regeneration projects, walkable urbanism, thriving places, considerate urbanism, urban green infrastructure to improve the air quality,
Add these terms to urban planning - social impact, social value, liveable, walkable, community wealth, community wellbeing, social sustainability, equitable, diverse,
Remember to find CURRENT articles - so look for dates within the last 10 years....
Databases - they provide tens of thousands of reliable articles for research and they cite themselves into your Noodletools correctly with a cllick of a button!
GIC: High School - Use a variety of search terms (such as those above) Here's a sample article "Why health and wellbeing should be at centre of urban planning". Limit to last 10 years, and look in the NEWS articles first.
Free Websites - make sure they are known sites reliable/accurate like these from my Urban Planning nerd husband...
Strong Towns - Contains important considerations (top row) and many articles on related topics. This page has videos if you prefer learning that way.
People Oriented Places movement - Movement prioritizes people and communities over vehicles and infrastructure. Article - Planning Cities with People Oriented Design. Planning designed to improve the quality of life for residents and visitors> Sample article "People-Oriented Cities: Mixed-Use Development Creates Social and Economic Benefits". Local org - Bothell for People Oriented Places BoPop's reading list page. Mrs. Westerbeck's husband is an architect, developer, and member of Bothell's Planning Commission, and BoPop's founder.
Not Just Bikes (you tube videos - Stories of great urban planning and urban experiences from the Netherlands and beyond)
City Nerd - (you tube videos - CityNerd is a channel and community that embraces all things cities and transportation, approaching things with a profound love for urban environments and an analytical bent)
City Beautiful (you tube videos - City Beautiful is a YouTube channel dedicated to educating everyone about cities and city planning topics such as transportation, land use planning, and urban design)
Trouble finding great sites, try this. Your search terms site:edu or site:gov (.Edu sites are generally college sites/resources. .gov sites are government)