Word: urbanism
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Summers called Altshuler, who is Stanton Professor of Urban Policy and Planning, “an outstanding scholar, a distinguished public servant, and an able administrator...
...Altshuler has spent a lifetime working on issues of the built environment,” he said, referencing the new dean’s background in urban planning. “He has as good of an understanding of it as anyone...
...doubt simply waiting for the election-weekend ban on all vehicle traffic to be lifted in order to launch a new wave of car bombings, to the radical Shiite populist Moqtada Sadr who kept a low profile over the election period but retains substantial support among restive Shiite urban youth - will no doubt be looking for opportunities to pursue their own agendas...
...deals inked last fall that paired Elizabeth Arden scent Halston Z-14 with icon Jeff Gordon and Avon with phenom Kasey Kahne. Women make up 40% of NASCAR's 75 million viewers, but they aren't the prime target. The new marketers are going after the increasing number of urban and urbane male fans who gel and spritz--and might be swayed by racing's coolest stars. Kahne, a West Coaster with model looks, and rising star Vickers, a self-styled metrosexual, embody an emerging racing demographic. They're "fun, accessible, youthful," says a Garnier rep, perfect...
...much easier option for residents than navigating individual city agencies. And now a few cities like Chicago, Dallas and Chattanooga, Tenn., are not only answering 311 calls but also analyzing the larger patterns that emerge from them. In those places, 311 has become a direct line into the urban consciousness--a way of harnessing the collective needs of an entire population to make a city work better. That is urban reform at its most elegant...