Category Archives: planning

Yay! I got by the Polis urban blog. It is a nice interview. Please read! Thanks to Hector Fernando Burga.

One of the core challenges of urban planning is to sift through complex, entangled social-political-economic-environmental-political problems to find policies that are feasible and really helpful. One of those policies is the promotion of good sidewalks: no trip-hazards, no projecting hardware … Continue reading →

Michael asks, “I’d love to understand more about how the average citizen such as myself can be part of the planning in my community. Planning affects just about everyone, and I feel that if I had more of a clue … Continue reading →

09 Novem ber 2007 / 18 Aqrab 1386 Last spring I pointed out that Kabul now has an address system in the form of Google Earth coordinates. On Wednesday I saw a presentation of USAID’s Land Titling and Economic Reform … Continue reading →

Presented at the Center for Policy and Human Development, Kabul University, 07 November 2007 Some Background Thank you doctor Wardak for giving me the chance to explore the idea of urbanization and human development in Kabul. First I need to … Continue reading →

14 October 2007 / 22 Mizan 1386 And now for something completely different: the Lotus Temple. The mood for me was set by this couple: I think they may be in their eighties. They held hands as they walked towards … Continue reading →

13 October 2007 / 21 Mizan 1386 As with photos in Europe in July, this page is for urban planning students, showing some features of two neighborhoods in New Delhi. This is the edge of the Nizamuddin disrict, which is … Continue reading →

12 October 2007 / 20 Mizan 1386 Chandi Chowk is now the name of the road that leads due west from the Red Fort (Lal Qila) through the the core of Old Delhi. I know “chowk” from Dari as ‘crowded … Continue reading →