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Exploring the economics of gentrification | Marketplace.org - 2 views

www.marketplace.org/...oring-economics-gentrification Urban environments gentrification
shared by James Mattiace on 02 Dec 14 - No Cached
  • James Mattiace on 02 Dec 14
     
    A week long exploration of Gentrification  in Northern LA.  This is the landing page, you can the links from here.  The radio story is worth the 4 mins listen.
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Google Street View Captures Stunning Images of American Poverty Too | Motherboard - 3 views

motherboard.vice.com/...ges-of-american-poverty-too--2 Urban environments Urban stress google street view poverty
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  • James Mattiace on 17 Jun 13
     
    Interesting take on the voyeurism and imagery of Google Earth.
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37 Things to Consider Before Moving to Portland | Estately Blog - 0 views

blog.estately.com/...ider-before-moving-to-portland Urban environments The sustainable city portland Urban populations
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  • James Mattiace on 12 Jun 13
     
    Yep.  Urban pull factors, stages in the life cycle, and just plain fun,
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The Big Squeeze: Can Cities Save The Earth? : Krulwich Wonders... : NPR - 2 views

www.npr.org/...eeze-can-cities-save-the-earth Urban environments Urban populations population density
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  • James Mattiace on 17 Apr 13
     
    If the world lived in one city  
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Pub brewhaha | Local News | The Register-Guard | Eugene, Oregon - 2 views

www.registerguard.com/...ield-downtown-brewing.html.csp Urban populations redevelopment urban renewal regeneration niche tourism oregon
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  • James Mattiace on 04 Mar 13
     
    Urban renewal through brewpubs.  Springfield, Oregon; ugly sister to university town Eugene. The original home of The Simpsons.  Lots of great connections to syllabus.  Also ties in to niche tourism.
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Decoding Paris | Making sense of Paris one blog at a time - 2 views

decodingparis.wordpress.com Urban environments Urban land use city planning paris
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  • James Mattiace on 12 Feb 13
     
    Lots of great background on why things look the way they do in Paris.. The article on arrondissements was particularly good.
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Commuters' wasted time in traffic costs $121B - Yahoo! News - 2 views

news.yahoo.com/ffic-costs-121b-060227096.html traffic sprawl congestion Urban stress
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  • James Mattiace on 05 Feb 13
     
    Congestion and traffic impacts
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Combatting Extremism in Casablanca - TIME - 0 views

www.time.com/...0,8599,1910565,00.html Urban environments Urban land use deprivation
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  • James Mattiace on 12 Nov 12
     
    Deprivation in Casablanca suburb, linked to Chicago
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532 Suburbs - 3 views

52suburbs.com
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  • James Mattiace on 14 Oct 12
     
    A misnomer, not all are suburbs, but an interesting idea, great photos, and good example of geographic inquiry.
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Odd Things Happen When You Chop Up Cities And Stack Them Sideways : Krulwich Wonders...... - 2 views

www.npr.org/...cities-and-stack-them-sideways
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  • James Mattiace on 16 Sep 12
     
    different view of city blocks. New York, Paris, Berlin, 
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The Geography of How We Get to Work - Richard Florida - National - The Atlantic - 1 views

www.theatlantic.com/...240258 transport urban
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  • James Mattiace on 23 Jul 11
     
    summarizes home-work transport patterns. 
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NY Times, Primary Elections, Anti Urban Bias - 0 views

www.nytimes.com/...01leonhardt.html Urban environments counter urbanization elections IB
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  • James Mattiace on 07 Jun 11
     
    Example of American anti-urban bias using Presidential primaries.
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