Shrinking Cities Research Café: Extracting comparative lessons from shrinking city case studies from North America and Europe

Separate from the AESOP/ACSP Conference and events, the Metropolitan Institute co-hosted a Shrinking Cities Research Café.  This was an informal gathering of scholars with the goal of engaging in cross disciplinary discussions about how to improve and enhance the art of comparative case studies from Europe and the United States shrinking cities as a way
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Urban Resilience and Urban Regeneration

AESOP/ACSP Joint Congress 2013 Planning for Resilient Cities and Regions July 15th -19th 2013 University College Dublin | Ireland The 2013 Joint Congress hosted by AESOP and ACSP focused on resilience, a focal issue which has become a new banner for various societal and related planning efforts in cities and regions across the globe. These
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Director Schilling Participates in Congressional Briefing

On Wednesday, July 31st, Director Schilling participated in a panel at a Congressional educational briefing, “From Vacant Lots to Vegetable Plots: Converting Brownfields to Urban Wealth.” The briefing, co-sponsored by the House of Representatives Urban Caucus and American Society of Agronomy (ASA), Crop Science Society of America (CSSA), and Soil Science Society of America (SSSA),
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Dr. Margaret Cowell assists on final report: “DC Innovation Strategy for Saint Elizabeths” for DCOP

Virginia Tech researchers working on a two-year project recently completed a final report, “DC Innovation Strategy for Saint Elizabeths,” for the District of Columbia’s Office of Planning (DCOP). The report is the result of collaboration between Dr. Margaret Cowell, Virginia Tech’s Urban Affairs and Planning Program (with assistance from MURP student, Alanna McKeeman), Dr. John
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