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Empowering Community Voices: Enhancing Transparency in Urban Development Funding

Urban development initiatives are vital for the growth and prosperity of communities, encompassing a wide array of projects from infrastructure enhancements to environmental conservation efforts. Yet, the realization of these projects hinges significantly on funding, predominantly derived from tax dollars. Despite the critical role tax revenue plays, the allocation of these funds has often been…
Bridging Communities: The Role of Political Decisions in Urban Planning

Political decisions in urban planning are crucial, influencing the fabric of our cities and the well-being of their inhabitants. At the core of these decisions lie factors such as funding sources and budget allocations. However, transparency in these processes often falls short, leaving communities feeling disconnected from decisions affecting their daily lives. Yet, there’s hope…
Participatory processes in Strategic Planning

In the context of urban development, strategic planning plays a crucial role in shaping how a city will grow and develop over time. It addresses complex challenges such as land use, housing, transportation, infrastructure, and sustainability. The aim is to create a cohesive plan that promotes economic prosperity, environmental sustainability, and quality of life for…
Planning Decisions: Enhancing Urban Development through Participatory Processes

Urban planning is a critical means to shape our cities and communities, ensuring that growth and development are sustainable and beneficial for all stakeholders involved. By engaging in different types of planning decisions and integrating participatory processes, cities can create more inclusive and effectively manage urban environments. Here, we explore the various types of planning…
Effective Community Engagement in Public Space Allocation: Modes, Merits, and Challenges

Urban planning is a complex field that requires the balance of diverse interests, robust planning, and deep community engagement. Public space allocation is a critical part of this, as it impacts how citizens interact with their environment daily. Various methods of community engagement have been employed to ensure that public spaces serve the broad community…
Making Environmental Decisions related to Transportation in Cities

The article explores the intricate challenges of urban transport planning and its critical role in sustainable development. Urban areas are increasingly burdened by the heightened mobility of both people and goods, leading to air and noise pollution, escalated energy consumption, and fierce competition for public space. Effective urban transport planning is essential to maintain cities…
A Data-Driven Approach to Community Engagement: How myBloc is Leading the Way

In our present-day world, where digital technology plays an ever-growing role in shaping our interactions, it is critical that digital technology be equipped with features that increase accountability. myBloc puts accountability at its forefront. It is not enough to design engagement tools that collect data from communities(Read & Atinc, 2018). Community Engagement tools also need…
Transforming Urban Mobility: Curb Management, Micromobility, Complete Streets, and Beyond

Abstract: Urban areas worldwide are facing unprecedented challenges related to transportation and mobility. Traffic congestion, environmental concerns, and the need for sustainable transportation options have placed increased importance on effective curb management. This essay explores the complex landscape of curb management and its intersections with key planning concepts such as micromobility, complete streets, transit-oriented development…
De-commodifying Real Estate in Atlanta with “The Guild”

Those who use academia to learn a craft, only to step out and use the craft to reinvent an equitable process of getting things done in the real world, restore my faith in education. My study of their work (918 Dill Ave) is to get a closer understanding of what such translation means and to…