Word: approachement
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...especially relevant today. “Today, infrastructure is sexy,” he said, explaining that these large-scale projects become fixtures in many cities but that budgeting them remains a big political problem. Some members of the audience, however, were surprised at Flyvbjerg’s approach. “It’s pretty rare to hear people criticize the consequences of engineers with big imaginations,” said Travis P. Dunn, a civil engineering student at MIT. “His perspective is unique...
...University will need to take in order to achieve this goal. He also stressed the severity of climate change—an impending “catastrophe,” he said, if not addressed—and asked the panelists to discuss their opinions on how best to approach the problem. William C. Clark, co-director of the Sustainabilty Science Program at the Harvard Kennedy School, pushed the belief that individual collective action is a critical component of the solution. Clark, who also chaired the task force that drafted Harvard’s emissions reduction plan, explained that...
...While the urban planning experts said they agreed that Harvard should be vigilant of relocation negotiations, several said that the University’s decision to take a hands-off approach is understandable...
Just weeks before the Boston Redevelopment Authority votes on whether to approve Boston College’s 10-year master plan, city officials remain critical of the Jesuit university’s approach to building support for its expansion...
...characterized relations between BC and the city as “strained.” She pointed to BC President William P. Leahy’s call for university alumni and employees to encourage city officials to support the expansion as an example of BC’s mistaken approach to winning over the community...