{"id":5545,"date":"2013-02-24T15:25:09","date_gmt":"2013-02-24T20:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/yulelog\/?p=5545"},"modified":"2013-02-24T15:26:28","modified_gmt":"2013-02-24T20:26:28","slug":"the-sunday-diigo-links-post-weekly-194","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/yulelog\/2013\/02\/24\/the-sunday-diigo-links-post-weekly-194\/","title":{"rendered":"The Sunday Diigo Links Post (weekly)"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"diigo-linkroll\">\n<li>\n<p class=\"diigo-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.holovaty.com\/writing\/rip-everyblock\/\">RIP EveryBlock | Holovaty.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"diigo-description\">Sadly, EveryBlock was shut down. Its founder, Adrian Holovaty, comments.<br \/>\nQUOTE<br \/>\nMore than six years ago, I wrote a blog post that got some attention about how newspaper (and, really, journalism) sites needed to change. EveryBlock was an attempt at that kind of change &#8212; in my eyes, a successful attempt. EveryBlock was among the more innovative and ambitious journalism projects at a time when journalism desperately needed innovation and ambition. RIP.<br \/>\nUNQUOTE<\/p>\n<p class=\"diigo-tags\"><span>tags:<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/everyblock\">everyblock<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/adrian_holovaty\">adrian_holovaty<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/citizen_journalism\">citizen_journalism<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/local_news\">local_news<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/localnews\">localnews<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"diigo-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sustainablecitiescollective.com\/jim-russell\/123431\/innovation-and-density?utm_source=hootsuite&amp;utm_medium=twitter&amp;utm_campaign=hootsuite_tweets\">Urban Innovation And Density | Sustainable Cities Collective<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"diigo-description\">And now, a contrarian view of density &#8211; it&#8217;s not magic after all? (But what about walkability in those sprawling places in TX or AB?)<br \/>\nQUOTE<br \/>\nCheaper condos may not be enough to save Toronto or San Francisco. More importantly, sprawling Texas metropolitan regions are becoming more productive. What&#8217;s all this fuss about the magic of density?<\/p>\n<p>Alberta and Texas are attracting a lot of migrants. Birthplace diversity is increasing, rapidly. Up goes productivity and innovation. The magic is migration, not density.<\/p>\n<p>We needn&#8217;t worry about cramming more people into Toronto or San Francisco. The spiraling cost of real estate is forcing relocation, across all incomes. People of modest means are fleeing Los Angeles and putting down roots in San Antonio. Yet the urban core is hollowing out in that Texas metro. San Antonio isn&#8217;t booming, converging in terms of productivity, because of density. Talent is pouring in from elsewhere. People develop, not places.<br \/>\nUNQUOTE<\/p>\n<p class=\"diigo-tags\"><span>tags:<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/walkability\">walkability<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/urbanism\">urbanism<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/density\">density<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/demographics\">demographics<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/population\">population<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/migration\">migration<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/sustainable_cities\">sustainable_cities<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/jim_russell\">jim_russell<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"diigo-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rwjf.org\/en\/research-publications\/find-rwjf-research\/2013\/02\/walkable-communities-and-adolescent-weight.html\">Walkable Communities and Adolescent Weight &#8211; Robert Wood Johnson Foundation<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"diigo-description\">Walkability as a public health issue; lack of walkability as contributor to the obesity epidemic.<br \/>\nQUOTE<br \/>\nKey Findings:<br \/>\n*The odds of a student being overweight or obese decreased if they lived in communities with higher walkability index scores.<br \/>\n*The average prevalence of adolescent overweight and obesity was 15 percent and 12 percent, respectively.<br \/>\n*The mean walkability index across communities was 6.38.<br \/>\n*Key street features associated with reduced prevalence of obesity included increased presence of sidewalks and public transit.<br \/>\nUNQUOTE<\/p>\n<p class=\"diigo-tags\"><span>tags:<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/walkability\">walkability<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/urbanism\">urbanism<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/communities\">communities<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/public_health\">public_health<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/obesity\">obesity<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"diigo-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thisbigcity.net\/why-walkability-isnt-just-about-proximity-to-shops\/\">Why Walkability isn\u2019t Just About Proximity to Shops | This Big City<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"diigo-description\">More walkability.<br \/>\nQUOTE<br \/>\n[Julie] Campoli acknowledges that having destinations nearby is essential for getting more people walking, but she adds to this several other key qualities of walkable urban neighbourhoods:<\/p>\n<p>* Connections \u2013 a fine-grained network of sidewalks and footpaths with plenty of intersections;<br \/>\n*Tissue \u2013 Great architecture with small human-sized buildings, not big boxes!<br \/>\n* Density \u2013 of housing and population;<br \/>\n* Streetscape \u2013 well designed streets with wide sidewalks and crossings, that are easy and safe to walk in;<br \/>\n* Green networks \u2013 plenty of street trees and green spaces.<br \/>\nUNQUOTE<\/p>\n<p class=\"diigo-tags\"><span>tags:<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/walkability\">walkability<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/thisbigcity\">thisbigcity<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/urbanism\">urbanism<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"diigo-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/nextcity.org\/daily\/entry\/book-club-walking-and-talking\">Book Club: Walking and Talking \u2013 Next City<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"diigo-description\">Walkability. All over the web lately.<br \/>\nQUOTE<br \/>\nAs a follow-up to my review about Jeff Speck\u2019s Walkable City, I invited Brendan Crain, communications manager for the Project for Public Spaces, to have an online chat about the new book. Crain has broad experience working to expand civic involvement in planning urban spaces and had his own review of Walkable City published today.<br \/>\nUNQUOTE<\/p>\n<p class=\"diigo-tags\"><span>tags:<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/next_city\">next_city<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/walkability\">walkability<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/brendan_crain\">brendan_crain<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/urbanism\">urbanism<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"diigo-ps\">Posted from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diigo.com\">Diigo<\/a>. The rest of my favorite links are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RIP EveryBlock | Holovaty.com Sadly, EveryBlock was shut down. Its founder, Adrian Holovaty, comments. QUOTE More than six years ago, I wrote a blog post that got some attention about how newspaper (and, really, journalism) sites needed to change. EveryBlock was an attempt at that kind of change &#8212; in my eyes, a successful attempt. 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