Planning
Earth Day Celebration: Amsterdam-Noord’s Experimentation with Circular Development
by Holly Hixson
It’s no secret that increasing sustainability is of utmost importance for every sector involved in operating and maintaining life in cities. While cities occupy only three percent of the world’s total land mass...
Transportation
15 Must-Read Urbanism Books Written by Women
by Renée Elaine Sazci
When you search the Top 100 urban planning and development, architecture, or built environment books on Amazon you may notice the abundance of male voices, male authors. This book list is meant for men and wome...
Development
Book Review of “Infinite Suburbia” by Alan Berger, Joel Kotkin, and Celina Balderas Guzman
by Lynn Coppedge
“Infinite Suburbia,” a collection of essays edited by Alan Berger, Joel Kotkin, and Celina Balderas Guzman, challenges the suburban notion that Lewis Mumford once described as “a multitude of uniform unidentifi...
Architecture
Top 10 Landscape Architecture Jobs Search Websites
by Renée Elaine Sazci
In 2014, The Global Grid first published the Top 10 Landscape Architecture Jobs Search Websites ranking. We reviewed that year’s ranking and continued our search for the best job boards and websites to aide in ...
Housing
Book Review of “The New Urban Crisis” by Richard Florida
by Karsen Maruca
In "The New Urban Crisis: How Our Cities Are Increasing Inequality, Deepening Segregation, and Failing the Middle Class - And What We Can Do about It," author Richard Florida identifies and wrestles with one of...
Landscapes
Top 20 Landscape Architecture Websites of 2018
by Renée Elaine Sazci
In celebration of April's World Landscape Architecture Month (#WLAM2018), we are giving our 2018 annual ranking of the top 20 most visited landscape architecture websites an early start (2017 was published in O...
Economy
City Branding: What Role in Placemaking? #TheGlobalGrid Pre-Chat Post
by Sarah Essbai
Cities around the world are competing to attract talent, investment, and business; the pillars of economic success and growth. The effects can be found in planning documents, economic development strategies and...
Technology
Autonomous Driving: Are Cities Ready? #TheGlobalGrid January Twitter Chat Recap
by Sarah Essbai
On Wednesday, January 17th, we hosted #TheGlobalGrid inaugural Twitter chat of 2018. Autonomous driving was the highly requested topic of the month and for good reason. We’ve all heard of the self-driving cars'...
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