Planning

Organically grown needs local procesing too

The growing demand for locally grown food and farming is a great boost for both organically grown produce, local economy and preservation of farm land. Demand for organically grown local food and small farming are part of a growing food trend in the U.S. But, as Steph Larsen writes, the trend is going to need [...]

Are social networks enhancing or diminishing public participation?

Planning

The participation process is influenced by many forces and trends, such as: economic impacts and the speed of social change, diminishing resources and the overall effects of suburbanization, shift in values, impacts of information technology. The impacts of technology are a particularly interesting means of participation and fairly untested ground with many surprises. The traditional [...]

Water as the new gold

Planning

Human civilization has historically flourished in areas with easy access to water. There are many regulations such as Riparian Water Rights or the Right to Water law, regulating water use as a human right, “right to equal and non-discriminatory access to a sufficient amount of safe drinking water, to sustain life and health”. The drinking [...]

Danish Community Gardens

Planning

By chance, I came across few articles about community gardens in Denmark, garden colonies to be exact, called kolonihave. Although I am not really a gardener, and my family swears that the plants cry when I approach, I was charmed by the photos and the community feel they project: colorful, cute structures, from tool sheds [...]