Urban Forests Are the Stroads of Urban Environmental Policy

In this episode of Upzoned, co-hosts Abby Newsham and Chuck Marohn discuss the balancing act of building density in a place without wasting natural resources like mature trees.

Podcast, Top StoryStrong TownsNovember 27, 2024upzoned, podcast, street trees, stormwater, urban design

We Can't Afford to Maintain Our Water and Sewer Infrastructure...Unless We Build More Productive Places

Over the last 40 years, the federal government’s share of spending on water infrastructure dropped from 63% to 9%. That means it’s up to local communities to figure out how to pay to repair or replace all that aging infrastructure.

Top StoryAndrew D. MorrisDecember 1, 2020water, stormwater, sewers, infrastructure, infrastructure maintenance

Land Use and "The Cobra Effect"

When an attempt to solve a problem ends up making the problem worse, that’s The Cobra Effect. It’s also a pretty good description of the decisions that are slowly bankrupting many of our towns and cities.