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November/December 2014 Better Cities & Towns
The final issue of BC&T for 2014 emphasizes the growing demand for more urban living. This issue explores the advantages of placemaking in local economies; the growing housing market demand to live in walkable neighborhoods, both urban and suburban; an upward trend of corporations moving to urban sites; and the dramatic shift of the young and educated to urban centers.
Other articles highlight a new urban bridge-trail in Philadelphia, the form-based code-fueled transformation of Redwood City, and a book review of the uniquely entertaining Urban Acupuncture by Jamie Lerner, the renowned three-time former mayor of Curitiba, Brazil. "Lerner offers his views of urban planning worldwide in a simple, evocative language," says Steuteville. Lerner is well known in urban planning circles for his successful urban policy initiatives including the implementation of the world's first Bus Rapid Transit system. Read on!