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October 2009 - Planetizen publishes a list of the top 100 urban thinkers, as voted on by visitors to the website [17] April 2011 - Planetizen publishes a list of the top 25 thinkers in urban planning and technology [18] May 2011 - Planetizen publishes 2012 ranking of graduate-level urban planning] programs [19]
#71 on Planetizen's list of the Top 100 Most Influential Urbanists of All Time [7] In popular culture
(Top) 1 Early life and education. 2 Career. 3 Awards and recognition. 4 Bibliography. ... 2023: The 100 Most Influential Urbanists by Planetizen [7] Bibliography. Books
This is a list of urban theorists notable in their field, in alphabetical order: . Christopher Alexander (1936-2022); Donald Appleyard (1928-1982); Michael E. Arth; Christopher Charles Benninger (1942)
New urbanists support regional planning for open space, appropriate architecture and planning, and the balanced development of jobs and housing. They believe these strategies are the best way to reduce the time people spend in traffic, to increase the supply of affordable housing, and to rein in urban sprawl .
The most common planning degree is at a graduate level (per Planetizen's global program directory); [2] there is not one standard naming convention for the degree and each generally reflects the geographic focus of the specific program (e.g. regional, urban, city, and/or town planning). There are fewer bachelor's degree programs in urban planning.
In 2011, he coined the word "stroad," a street/road hybrid, which has become popular among urbanists and planners. [11] [12] [13] According to Marohn, stroads are the "futon" of transportation alternatives. "Where a futon is an uncomfortable couch that also serves as an uncomfortable bed, a STROAD is an auto corridor that does not move cars ...
Jennifer Keesmaat (born 1970) [1] is a Canadian real estate developer and urban planner who served as Chief City Planner of Toronto from 2012 to 2017 [2] [3] and the runner-up in the 2018 Toronto mayoral election to Mayor John Tory, where she won 23.6% of the vote and lost to Tory in each of Toronto's 25 wards.