Download or read book Imagine Boston 2030 written by City Of Boston and published by . This book was released on 2017-09-08 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today, Boston is in a uniquely powerful position to make our city more affordable, equitable, connected, and resilient. We will seize this moment to guide our growth to support our dynamic economy, connect more residents to opportunity, create vibrant neighborhoods, and continue our legacy as a thriving waterfront city.Mayor Martin J. Walsh's Imagine Boston 2030 is the first citywide plan in more than 50 years. This vision was shaped by more than 15,000 Boston voices.
Download or read book Imagine Boston 2030 written by Boston (Mass.). Office of the Mayor and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This final plan identifies major initiatives that will expand opportunity for all Bostonians, support a vibrant economy, enhance quality of life, and prepare for inevitable climate change. It identifies key areas where we can take action to: enhance the vitality of our neighborhoods, encourage mixed-use growth in the commercial core, expand neighborhoods to provide space for new housing and jobs, create a sustainable waterfront for future generations, and improve access to opportunity in historically-underserved neighborhoods"--letter of transmittal.
Download or read book Imagine Boston 2030 written by and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This draft plan identifies major initiatives that will expand opportunity, support a vibrant economy, enhance quality of life, and prepare for inevitable climate change. It identifies key areas where we can: take action to enhance the vitality of our neighborhoods, encourage mixed-use job centers, provide spaces for new housing and jobs, create a sustainable watefront for future generations, and connect historically underserved neighborhoods to opportunities."--Martin J. Walsh, mayor of Boston.
Download or read book Climate Ready Boston written by Boston (Mass.) and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Climate Ready Boston is coordinated with imagine Boston 2030, the first citywide plan in 50 years, and 100 resilient cities, to guide Boston toward a more affordable, equitable, connected, and resilient future."--Page xv.
Download or read book Go Boston 2030 written by Boston (Mass.). Transportation Department and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book East Boston Tomorrow written by and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "PLAN: East Boston offers the unique opportunity to think about the future of an entire neighborhood and respond boldly to the challenges it faces. It builds on the vision and goals established by “Imagine Boston 2030,” the citywide plan to “boost equity, resilience, quality of life in every neighborhood across Boston.” The recommendations in this plan provide a vision for East Boston for the next 20 years." --Page iv.
Download or read book Housing a Changing City Boston 2030 written by and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This plan envisions a city where all Bostonians, regardless of race, age, economic status, or physical ability can find a place to call home. To achieve this goal, our housing policy must address issues of affordability at the root cause, creating long term solutions for increasing housing supply and preserving our existing units. It must ensure that seniors who wish to remain in their homes are able to do so, while providing resources and support for those who wish to downsize. It must assure Bostons children that they will have a place to study and rest so they can succeed in school, and it must help the city retain a strong middle class while strengthening and stabilizing Bostons neighborhoods. To meet these challenges, this document outlines a plan to produce 53,000 new units of housing. This plan will accommodate the projected 20 percent growth in Bostons households, generate $21 billion in new development, and create 51,000 construction jobs through the year 2030." (pg 1).
Download or read book Placemaking for Green Urban Regeneration written by Israa Hanafi Mahmoud and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-10-19 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book investigates the dynamics and the role of green urban regeneration using nature-based solutions (NBS) in contributing to the cultural aspects of public spaces. In the first part of the book, insights on analytical methods, planning strategies and shared governance examples are given, as well as, an assessment tool, namely public space index (PSI), is given for successfully measuring sociability impact while using a placemaking approach to green urban regeneration processes. In the second part, the case study (Rose Kennedy Greenway of Boston, MA, USA) has been extensively researched during many years of observations and analysis which gives a realistic taste of the implementation of the proposed PSI. The book’s last part reflects on PSI to measure its adaptability and replicability in other contexts, whereas NBS are playing a major role in physical and spatial green urban regeneration in current cities contexts’.
Download or read book Chain of Change written by Mel King and published by South End Press. This book was released on 1981 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chain of Change is a history of the black community in Boston from the fifties through the seventies. Mel King shows how black consciousness and power have developed through the struggles around jobs, housing, education, and politics. For the future he proposes a strategy of community controlled economic development and political representation which is relevant to any major city.
Download or read book The Right Place written by Arturo Bris and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-07-28 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Right Place explains why firms succeed in one country and fail in another, irrespective of their inner drivers, and suggests potential initiatives that governments can take to help the private sector create jobs and, consequently, make their countries more prosperous. The competitiveness race is not unlike a cycling race. If you want to ride fast, you need three things: a good bike, to be in good shape, and a smooth and fast road. In a collaborative model, you might say the business is the bicycle, the business leader is the cyclist, and the road is the government and the external environment. The responsibility of a government is to design and build the best possible road. It turns out that when the road is good, good cyclists suddenly appear and want to race on it. In this book, competition and macroeconomics expert, Arturo Bris, provides the analysis of country competitive performance based on 30 years advising countries on this topic. The typical mistakes that countries make are revealed and the pillars necessary in building a competitive economy: economic performance as a necessary condition for prosperity; government efficiency, so the public sector can create the conditions for a productive economy; business efficiency, so companies can create jobs; and infrastructure, both tangible and intangible, so businesses and individuals can operate efficiently. With contemporary case studies throughout, the book provides an illuminating read for politicians, business leaders and students of macroeconomics.
Download or read book We Built This City Boston written by Tamra B. Orr and published by Fox Chapel Publishing. This book was released on 2024-03-05 with total page 79 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ·Reading Level: Grades 3-6 ·Learn the history of the land where Boston is now located, the history of the Boston marathon, the Algonquin tribe, the fight for independence, catastrophes that happened within the city, the more recent "Big Dig," the timeless architecture and the arts. ·Includes historical and current pictures of Boston, chronology of events in Boston spanning 1614 to today, suggested reading, glossary. ·Features maps of the land and the city.
Download or read book Imagine Boston Waterfront written by Boston (Mass.). Office of the Mayor and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This document, undertaken as par of the City's ongiong citywide comprehensive plan, Imagine Boston 2030, summarizes key challenges and opportunities for Boston's waterfront and sets a vision for the future of the waterfront in response to these challenges and opportunities."--Introduction
Download or read book The Comprehensive Plan written by David Rouse and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-12-30 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The practice of comprehensive planning is changing dramatically in the 21st century to address the pressing need for more sustainable, resilient, and equitable communities. Drawing on the latest research and best practice examples, The Comprehensive Plan: Sustainable, Resilient, and Equitable Communities for the 21st Century provides an in-depth resource for planning practitioners, elected officials, citizens, and others seeking to develop effective, impactful, comprehensive plans, grounded in authentic community engagement, as a pathway to sustainability. Based on standards developed by the American Planning Association to provide a national benchmark for sustainable comprehensive planning, this book provides detailed guidance on the substance, process, and implementation of comprehensive plans that address the critical challenges facing communities in the 21st century.
Download or read book New Metropolitan Perspectives written by Francesco Calabrò and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-05-19 with total page 701 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the role of cities and the urban–rural linkages in spurring innovation embedded in spatial planning, strategic and economic planning, and decision support systems. In particular, the contributions examine the complexity of the current transitional phase towards achieving smart, inclusive and sustainable growth, and investigate the post-2020 UE cohesion policy.The main topics include: Innovation dynamics and smart cities; Urban regeneration – community-led and PPP; Inland and urban area development; Mobility, accessibility, infrastructures; Heritage, landscape and Identity; and Risk management, Environment and Energy.The book includes a selection of articles accepted for presentation and discussion at the 3rd International Symposium New Metropolitan Perspectives (ISTH2020), held at the University of Reggio Calabria, Italy on 22–25 May 2018. The symposium, which addressed the challenge of local knowledge and innovation dynamics towards territory attractiveness, hosted the final event of the MAPS-LED project under Horizon2020 – MSCA RISE.
Download or read book Pedestrians Urban Spaces and Health written by Maurizio Tira and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2020-08-31 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today, citizens advocate greater environmental sustainability, better services and the improvement of urban quality by promoting safer mobility and health. Addressing these issues, Pedestrians, Urban spaces and Health contains the papers presented at the XXIV International Conference "Living and Walking in Cities" (Brescia, Italy, 12-13 September 2019). The contributions discuss town planning issues, look at best practices and research findings across the broad spectrum of urban and transport planning, with particular attention to the safety of pedestrians in the city. The main topics of the book are: Walking experiences Urban spaces and Redevelopment Healthy cities (as Urban resilience and for Weakest users) Pedestrians, Urban spaces and Health is a powerful plea for a multi-disciplinary and comprehensive approach to urban mobility and planning, and will be of interest to academics, consultants and practitioners interested in these areas.
Download or read book Urban Climate Justice written by Jennifer L. Rice and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2023-05-01 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arguing that climate injustice is one of our most pressing urban problems, this volume explores the possibilities and challenges for more just urban futures under climate change. Whether the situation be displacement within cities through carbon gentrification or the increasing securitization of elite spaces for climate protection, climate justice and urban justice are intimately connected. Contributors to the volume build theoretical tools for interrogating the root causes of climate change, as well as policy failures. They also highlight knowledge produced within communities already seeking transformative change and demonstrate meaningful learning from activist groups working to address the socionatural injustices caused by the impact of climate change. The editors’ introduction situates our current climate emergency within historical processes of colonization, racial capitalism, and heteropatriarchy, while the editors’ conclusion offers pathways forward through abolition, care, and reparations. Where other books focus on the project of critique, this collection advances real-world politics to help academics, practitioners, and social justice groups imagine, create, and enact more just urban futures under climate change.
Download or read book Public Service and Good Governance for the Twenty First Century written by James L. Perry and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2020-05-01 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Expert analysis of American governance challenges and recommendations for reform Two big ideas serve as the catalyst for the essays collected in this book. The first is the state of governance in the United States, which Americans variously perceive as broken, frustrating, and unresponsive. Editor James Perry observes in his Introduction that this perception is rooted in three simultaneous developments: government's failure to perform basic tasks that once were taken for granted, an accelerating pace of change that quickly makes past standards of performance antiquated, and a dearth of intellectual capital that generate the capacity to bridge the gulf between expectations and performance. The second idea hearkens back to the Progressive era, when Americans revealed themselves to be committed to better administration of their government at all levels—federal, state, and local. These two ideas—the diminishing capacity for effective governance and Americans' expectations for reform—are veering in opposite directions. Contributors to Public Service and Good Governance for the Twenty-First Century explore these central ideas by addressing such questions as: what is the state of government today? Can future disruptions of governance and public service be anticipated? What forms of government will emerge from the past and what institutions and structures will be needed to meet future challenges? And lastly, and perhaps most importantly, what knowledge, skills, and abilities will need to be fostered for tomorrow's civil servants to lead and execute effectively? Public Service and Good Governance for the Twenty-First Century offers recommendations for bending the trajectories of governance capacity and reform expectations toward convergence, including reversing the trend of administrative disinvestment, developing talent for public leadership through higher education, creating a federal civil service to meet future needs, and rebuilding bipartisanship so that the sweeping changes needed to restore good government become possible. Contributors: Sheila Bair, William W. Bradley, John J. DiIulio, Jr., Angela Evans, Francis Fukuyama, Donald F. Kettl, Ramayya Krishnan, Paul C. Light, Shelley Metzenbaum, Norman J. Ornstein, James L. Perry, Norma M. Riccucci, Paul R. Verkuil, Paul A. Volcker.
