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Multisolving and Equity
Read more: Multisolving and EquityIn Elizabeth Sawin’s book Multisolving she dedicates an entire chapter to equity, the only element of multisolving that has it’s own chapter highlighting its importance. While we all move through the same systems, we don’t…
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Key to the City
Read more: Key to the CityBook Review Wrapping up the 2024 season of Booked on Planning was an episode with Sara Bronin, author of “Key to the City: How Zoning Shapes Our World.” Sara offers a nuanced perspective on the…
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Multisolving: In Action
Read more: Multisolving: In ActionBy Chapter 9 of Multisolving by Elizabeth Sawin readers have learned all the major concepts of multisolving and the connection to systems with this approach. When put into action there are numerous considerations and many…
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Killed by a Traffic Engineer
Read more: Killed by a Traffic EngineerBook Review Traffic engineering as a field has a somewhat false image that it has been around forever and all the manuals and guidance are steeped in centuries of research and practice, when in fact,…
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Multisolving: Steering Systems
Read more: Multisolving: Steering SystemsElizabeth Sawin in her book Multisolving acknowledges that systems cannot easily be created or destroyed, but that there are ways to steer systems in a better direction. Chapter 8 of her book is devoted to…
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Multisolving: Complex Systems
Read more: Multisolving: Complex SystemsChapter seven of Multisolving by Elizabeth Sawin acknowledges the fact that systems are complex and the behavior of complex systems often leads to people giving up any efforts to try to assert influence. The systems…
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Turf War
Read more: Turf WarBook Review The fight to protect urban neighborhoods from overwhelming development is a topic that resonates widely, especially in dense metropolitan areas. In an episode of Booked On Planning, we cover the fight recounted in…
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How to Remake the World, Neighborhood by Neighborhood
Read more: How to Remake the World, Neighborhood by NeighborhoodBook Review In a 2024 Booked on Planning podcast episode, we explore the impact of caring relationships on transforming communities and addressing systemic issues with Mack McCarter, author of “How to Remake the World, Neighborhood…
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Multisolving: Behavior of the System
Read more: Multisolving: Behavior of the SystemIn Chapter six of Mutlisolving by Elizabeth Sawin she pulls together all the elements of the previous chapters to discuss whole system behavior. She reinforces just how complex and interconnected systems really are and starts…
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Climate Resilience for an Aging Nation
Read more: Climate Resilience for an Aging NationBook Review In a 2024 Booked on Planning podcast episode, we dive deep into a crucial yet often overlooked aspect of urban planning—building climate resilience for aging populations. Our special guest, Danielle Arigoni, author of…
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