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Mar 29 Amsterdam: A Modest Proposal to Eliminate 11,000 Urban Parking Spots [1]

2019

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Mar 5 Norway: Oslo Is (Almost) Car-Free -- And Likes It That Way [2]

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Jan 9 Urban sustainability UK: Urban co-design for better wellbeing and health: Healthy New Town [3]

2018

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Paris: The city turning streets into gardens, Nov 22 [4]

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US news: How renters are becoming co-owners and co-developers, Nov 8 [5]

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Norway builds world's tallest timber tower, and it's both environmentally friendly and fire resistant, Sep 5 [6]

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Los Angeles Tests the Power of ‘Play Streets’, Apr 29 [7]

2017

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Australia: Young people want walkable neighbourhoods, but safety is a worry, Dec 17 [8]

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London news: London Mayor Seeks Revival of Public Drinking Fountains, Dec 4 [9]

It's happening: Oxford Street will be pedestrianised next year, Nov 6 [10]

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In Morocco, a blue tourist town is turning green, Nov 14 [11]

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The European cities leading the way in car-free living, Oct 14 [12]

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Oregon Depave picks away pavement to create green space, Oct 11 [13]

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Oxfordshire: Oxford aims for world’s first zero emissions zone with petrol car ban, Oct 12 [14]

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How a city in Spain got rid of its cars, Aug 30 [15]

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Germany: How Essen has thrown off its heavy industrial past to become a model of sustainability, Jun 26 [16]

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Eco-friendly ‘green’ district launched in Detroit, Jun 7 [17]

An Informal Settlement in Puerto Rico Has Become the World's First Favela Community Land Trust, Jun 1 [18]

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Quebec: Meet Montréal’s New Wave of Activist Developers, May 30 [19]

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Netherlands: Experimental City: How Rotterdam Became A World Leader In Sustainable Urban Design, May 12 [20]

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Sweden: Stockholm Starts a Friendly Rivalry Over Car-Free Planning, May 12 [21]

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Ohio: Kenmore prepares for 3rd Akron Better Block this summer, May 12 [22]

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In Berlin, a Model for Creative and Affordable Housing, Apr 12 [23]

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Texas: Overcoming Stigma: One Event at a Time, Mar 31 [24]

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The Future of Portland’s Skyline Is Made of Wood. Yes, Wood. Mar 20 [25]

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Detroit: Public, not private, interests now rule riverfront plan, Mar 11 [26]

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Maryland: Upcycling Baltimore's vacant buildings tackles both empty houses and unemployment, by @eillieanzi, Feb 27 [27]

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New Municipalism in Poland, Feb 17 [28]

2016

101 small ways you can improve your city, Sep 22 [29]

Would you live in a wooden skyscraper? Sep 22 [30]

The future of housing is here: CC Talks with the Open Building Institute, Aug 2 [31]

How to win back the city: the Barcelona en Comú guide to overthrowing the elite, Jun 22 [32]

More than just a flood defence: how Vejle built a blueprint for resilience, May 19 [33]

The Principles of Ethical Redevelopment, Mar 10 [34]

City as a Commons: Flint to Italy, 200 activists flock to Bologna to how the commons can be incorporated into city governance, February 8 [35]

2015

How do you create a city for all? The answer lies in West Norwood, Dec 2 [36]

Cities are finally treating water as a resource, not a nuisance, September 1 [37]

Interviewed: Professor Christian Iaione on the City as Commons, February 17 [38]

7 Cities That Are Starting To Go Car-Free, January 13 [39]

2014

Three Rules for Starting a Neighborhood, December 2 [40]

Cities Partner with Rural Communities to Protect Water, The benefits of recognizing watersheds as commons around the globe, january 17 [41]

2013

How to Design Our Neighborhoods for Happiness, Jul 26 [42]

2012

CarbonCure makes concrete go green ‘without compromise’, [43] September 17

Smart Booth Transforms Lowly Phone Booth Into Solar Powered Community Hub, May 16 [44]

Transforming derelict buildings into vertical gardens, February 21 [45]

2011

2011: Design, Download And Print Your House With WikiHouse, [46] August 20

2010

2010: Emergent Urbanism, or ‘bottom-up planning’, [47] February 14

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CASwiki news articles have a focus on news of community action for sustainability. This article is an offshoot from Urban sustainability and is for news and comment in that global or international context.

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2019

Happy space, Jan [48]

2018

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Dec 20 Urban sustainability UK: Timpson says a locally-driven approach needed to rejuvenate high streets. Retail industry experts have called for a community-focused approach to tackling the challenges facing high streets and town centres. Dec 20 [49]

Create Streets say: We don't want NIMBYs, but YIMBYs and BIMBYs (Y for "Yes", B for "Beautiful"), Oct 15 [50]

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A City That Takes Climate Change Seriously: Paris, Oct 10 [51]

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Oxfordshire: This disastrous new project will change the face of Britain, yet no debate is allowed, George Monbiot, Aug 22 [52]

Why 'urban villages' are on the rise around the world, Feb 1 [53]

2017

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Austria: What could Vienna’s low-cost housing policy teach the UK? Dec 12 [54]

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Germany: Essen's experiment: can going green revive a post-industrial city economy? Oct 6 [55]

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Vancouver: Building the world’s greenest city, Sep 19 [56]

Where is the world's most walkable city? Sep 12 [57]

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Berlin's Holzmarkt Shows the Incredible Potential of Urban Villages, Aug 23 [58]

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Israel: New Report Highlights the Role of Sharing in Promoting Urban sustainability, Jul 24 [59]

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How Madrid's residents are using open-source urban planning to create shared spaces – and build democracy, Jun 27 [60]

Public Spaces: 10 Principles for Connecting People and the Streets, Jun 9 [61]

What About the People? Unlocking the Key to Socially Sustainable and Resilient Communities, Jun 6 [62]

WikiBlock: Build your own urban furniture, May 31 [63]

Good Design Isn't Enough to Build a Successful Public Space, Mar 31 [64]

6 Groundbreaking Community Land Trusts and Housing Co-ops from Around the World, Mar 13 [65]

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To engage citizens in planning technology must be matched with a participatory culture, Mar [66]

The Fab City: It's More Than Just a City Full of Fab Labs, Feb 6 [67]

2016

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Rio de Janeiro: The Favela as a Community Land Trust: A Solution to Eviction and Gentrification? Nov 15 [68]

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