Once again, the Danes are named the happiest people on the planet.
Why is this? and what can we learn from their success?
Some folks say it’s the bikes. In Copenhagen, one third of commutes happen on bikes, one third on public transportation, one third in automobiles.
This clip from “Contested Streets” shows some of what makes [...]
Danish Happiness and the City 07.04.08
CEOs for Cities report: “Driven to the brink” 05.06.08
A striking graph from the CEOs for Cities report, “Driven to the brink” on gasoline prices and land use planning. (press release and full document).
(via Steve Davis at Smart Growth around America).
Canadian Nation Building 05.03.08
Andrew Potter of the Ottawa Citizen interviews Nicolas Papadopoulos of Carleton’s Sprott School of Business about nation building and Canada.
Papadopoulos argues that branding is increasingly important as nations, cities and regions compete for talent, investment, students, tradespeople, and the like. There are shortages abound in all of these, sometimes because of misallocations and sometimes because [...]
Currently Reading 04.14.08
With the weather so nice, I hung around outside instead of blogging this weekend. Terrible, I know.
So, here’s an update on some books I’m reading right now.
Emergence: The Connected Lives of Ants, Brains, Cities, and Software - Stephen Johnson
The New City: How the crisis in Canada’s urban centres is reshaping the nation - John [...]
Links 00003 01.12.08
Calgary’s just released Economic Development Strategy - Rather progressive report outlining recommendations for the future of Calgary. Like most sensible reports they receive, the City government will likely ignore it.
The origins of the Federation of North American City States - Speculative social fiction from All About Cities
Original SimCity goes open source! - Blast [...]
Links 00002 01.09.08
A New American Holy War [Newsweek]: “The skirmish pits Huckabee against Romney in a story of hardball politics and high-minded history, of shadowy slurs and noble principles.”
Wired on the human brain’s unused sensory capacity “Figure out how to change the sensory data you want — the electromagnetic fields, the ultrasound, the infrared — into something [...]
Richard Florida begins blogging for the Globe and Mail 10.28.07
Richard Florida has a new blog over at the Globe and Mail. He’s started writing a column for them, although I’m certainly more excited about the blog.
Florida, an American economist focusing on urban studies wrote the renowned Rise of the Creative Class. More recently, he’s moved to the University of Toronto to become head [...]
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