Urban Planning BlogThoughts on Urban Planning and DesignEconomics of Sawdust- June 5, 2008 Downturn in the housing market leads to rise in milk prices Alex Tabbrok at Marginal Revolutions observed this curious correlation in Vermont. Recycling is at the heart of the relationship; who would have thunk!http://urbanplanningblog.com/2008/06/05/economics-of-sawdust/ Driving Habits and Oil Price- June 4, 2008 In America, driving habits probably aren&8217;t as inelastic as they are thought to be. This graphic source definitely shows consumers reacting to the oil price hike by cutting down on their driving. This summer given the gas prices is going to be a low-traffic one. We canceled our summer vacation and instead bought a Wii. ...http://urbanplanningblog.com/2008/06/04/driving-habits-and-oil-price/ Buckminister Fullers Dymaxion House- June 4, 2008 If you are in a shipwreck and all the boats are gone, a piano top . . . that comes along makes a fortuitous life preserver, Fuller once wrote. But this is not to say that the best way to design a life preserver is in the form of a piano top. I think that ...http://urbanplanningblog.com/2008/06/04/buckminister-fullers-dymaxion-house/ Evidence-Based Approach to Planning Using Technology- June 3, 2008 Noah Radford, US Director for Space Syntax and PhD candidate at MIT presents an evidence-based approach to the planning and design of buildings and cities using computer modeling technologies. His talk as part of a series on technology, people, place, and space covers documenting the sense of place in today&8217;s cities. I&8217;m sure Google&8217;s StreetView layers ...http://urbanplanningblog.com/2008/06/03/evidence-based-approach-to-planning-using-technolo... |