Jane Jacobs' activism

The writer Jane Jacobs has always taken a high interest in urban planning, emphasizing the necessity to take into account community's needs.

She was particularly involved in redevelopment projects such as the ones concerning the Greenwich Village and Toronto, where she participated in demonstrations against changes that did not focus on community, but on individual interests of the 'master builders'.

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Sound and the city

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Deep dives on cities, architecture, design, real estate, and urban planning. In London's Kew Gardens grows the Encephalartos woodii -a cycad brought from South Africa in 1899. It's the only member of its species ever found, but my thoughts about the threat to biodiversity from the climate crisis are quickly interrupted by yet another plane droning overhead.

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Rising Noise Around Us

Cities have a noise pollution problem, which is largely unaddressed.
Noise complaints regarding the high decibel levels of traffic, airplanes, and even helicopters are getting more fre...

Effect Of Noise on Children

According to the United Nations, about two-thirds of the world's population will be living in cities by the next 30 years.
The World Health Organization recommends classrooms to be not louder than 35 decibels, which is never the case in big cities.
Children are facing disruption in their learning, and research points out that those who study in a noisy place are 11 months behind the ones who are studying in quieter places in the same vicinity.

Living In Noise

Most of the city planning is done so that the affluent neighborhoods are in quieter areas.

However, this is also nullified when the ultra-rich who travel frequently stay close to the transit hubs (like Airports), being exposed to high decibels of noise.

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Master the Fundamentals: Why Old Ideas Are a Secret Weapon

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A series of explosions shook the city of St. Louis on March 16, 1972. The first building fell to the ground at 3 p.m. that afternoon. In the months that followed, more than 30 buildings would be turned to rubble. The buildings that were destroyed were part of the now infamous housing project known as Pruitt-Igoe.

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Old Fundamentals

There is a tendency to undervalue old ideas and fundamental wisdom, based on an assumption that old ideas will provide an average result.

In reality, old fundamentals are those great and...

Executing Of Old Ideas

While fitness fads come and go, the fundamentals of basic weight lifting or daily walk remain strong.
Companies executing fundamental selling practices, like making more calls to increase sales, seem to do better.
Old books offering time-tested knowledge are still in print, while newer bestsellers disappear after a short time.

Implementing fundamentals is often the difference between success and failure.

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City life damages mental health in ways we’re just starting to understand

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Scientists are just beginning to probe how air pollution and other physical aspects of the world around us contribute to psychiatric problems.

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City Life and Mental Health

New studies show that our physical surroundings affect our mental health as well, in a greater degree than previously known. The people living in big cities face a nearly 40 percent higher...

Bad Air Around Us

Air pollution is causing various respiratory and cardiovascular problems among the population, killing millions every year.
Lack of breathable air is also an enabler of depression, anxiety and certain psychotic experiences.

Unknown Dangers

The one terrifying aspect of how the space we live affects our health is that many of the bad effects aren't even fully known to us, like mood swings, neuron damage, chemical imbalance and many brain-altering effects, that are yet to be fully studied.