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California Governor Signs Law to Curb Sprawl, GHGs | ClimateBiz
The law is the first in the U.S. to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by curtailing urban sprawl and traffic congestion through high-density development near transit corridors.
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The Architecture of Participation
Tim O'Reilly: I've come to use the term "the architecture of participation" to describe the nature of systems that are designed for user contribution.
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Modularity: Small Pieces Loosely Joined
Modularity is one of a handful of factors – including feedback, diversity and redundancy – that bolster social and ecological resilience.
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David Ellerman on Adaptive Landscapes
If evolution is driving you higher and higher on the hill of fitness: What do you do if you are on the wrong hill?
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Marty Kearns: Notes on Network Theory
To "save a network" you can: 1. increase the flow; 2. decrease the complexity; 3. increase the networks ability to do aggregation.
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Detours by Design: Optimizing Traffic Flow | SciAm
Braess’s paradox states that in a network in which all moving entities seek the most efficient route, adding extra capacity can reduce overall efficiency.
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Collaborative Services | EMUDE
The Scenario of Collaborative Services indicates how, through local collaboration, mutual assistance, shared use we can reduce significantly each individual’s needs in terms of products and living space and optimize the use of equipment, reduce travel distances and, finally, lessen the impact of our daily lives on the environment.
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Talking about Design for Resilience
Design is an idealistic enterprise. Design is concerned with how things ought to be.
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Bruno Latour: Five Advantages of "Design"
The decisive advantage of the concept of design is that it necessarily involves an ethical dimension which is tied into the obvious question of good versus bad design.
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