Martin Zimmerman

Martin Zimmerman writes from Charlotte, North Carolina, and is a frequent contributor to Urban Land on a range of smart growth, urban place-making and multi-modal transportation topics. His work has also appeared in numerous publications including the Washington Times, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, APA Planning, Urban Ecology, Landscape Architecture and Preservation magazines. He currently directs the City Wise Studio USA. He can be reached at [email protected].

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Resilience and Sustainability
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Development and Construction
Arrival City: How the Largest Migration in History Is Reshaping Our World
Veteran British journalist Doug Saunders, in his thought-provoking, painstakingly researched, and gripping book Arrival City, examines the receptor communities for those fleeing the crushing subsistence of a farm economy, which are stereotyped as dead-end zones with no prospect of change or upward mobility. Read a review of the book, and find out why Saunders believes this view of such places is wrong.
October 12, 2011
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Martin Zimmerman
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Default Category
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Economy, Market & Trends
Proactive in Print - Dry Run: Preventing the Next Urban Water Crisis
September 8, 2011
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Martin Zimmerman
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Public Spaces
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Design and Planning
In Print: Jan Gehl
Because of the continued appeal of his unfettered approach to pedestrian-based design, Copenhagen architect and urban designer Jan Gehl has become something of an international celebrity. Read reviews of two of his books, Life Between Buildings, more or less a reprint of his first text published in Danish in 1971, and Cities for People, a Planetizen top ten selection from 2010.
July 20, 2011
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Public Spaces
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Industry Sectors
Urban Green: Innovative Parks for Resurgent Cities
In Urban Green, author Peter Harnick asks fundamental questions about which kinds of parks to build, how much to build, for whom to build, and where the parks should go. Read what he considers essential in order for park advocates to move “to the point where a mayor’s traditional directive to a park superintendent—‘do more with less’—is replaced with the liberating permission to ‘do more with more.’”
May 2, 2011
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Martin Zimmerman
Infrastructure
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Economy, Market & Trends
Vancouver: Going for the Green
While the transportation component of Vancouver’s Winter Olympics is being watched closely by planners of the 2012 summer Olympics in London, Vancouverites saw the event also as an opportunity to reframe the city’s long-range transport picture, particularly in the context of a greener future.
March 1, 2010
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