For extreme events, we can't measure risk, but we can measure fragility. Cities that want to protect themselves from extreme events need to become less fragile. They need to adopt a Strong Towns approach.
Read MoreWe at Strong Towns wish you and your families a happy Labor Day!
Read MoreThis week, we countered popular arguments about Houston's flooding and shared some unique perspectives on how to build Strong Towns.
Read MoreThe kind of development America needs happens at the scale of strong citizens.
Read MoreThe Strong Indy group offers advice on how to organize your neighbors to build strong towns.
Read MoreChuck Marohn and urban affairs journalist Scott Beyer discuss their overlapping and diverging viewpoints on government regulations, zoning and housing affordability issues.
Read MoreWhat will happen to this historic working class neighborhood in Cedar Rapids, IA?
Read MoreAnyone suggesting that more wetlands or more pervious surfaces would have done anything to mitigate what has happened in Houston is lacking a proper sense of scale.
Read MoreThese 5 harmful myths about Houston's land use planning need to be put to rest.
Read MoreA new street is being completed. Does it need bike lanes to be safe for cyclists or is it okay without them?
Read MoreOn September 12, we're hosting a live webcast with Molly Rockamann of EarthDance Organic Farm School in Ferguson, Missouri.
Read MoreA hierarchical zoning model would allow greater development flexibility and remove needless rules from our zoning codes. Here's how to do it.
Read MoreChuck and Rachel discuss Chuck's recent event in Tulsa, OK and recent article, "Autism, PTSD and the City."
Read MoreIs there an empty lot in your neighborhood you dream of filling? Use these simple steps to sketch, model and render a new building in the space.
Read MoreMany towns seem to be under the false impression that if you back a dump truck of development money into an area that is not ready for it, it will instantly lift the neighborhood.
Read MoreMy plan was always to leave Oklahoma for lovely, liberal Portland. It didn’t work out that way, but I got something much better by hanging around.
Read MoreAlong a quiet stretch of the Allegheny River in Western New York, a small farm run by the Franciscan Sisters of Allegany strives to change how the surrounding community feeds itself.
Read MoreWhat does it mean to grow incrementally? What are the advantages of this manner of development? Chuck Marohn will lead an open discussion about these questions on Thursday.
Read MoreAdvancements in cognitive science are challenging how we think about urban design.
Read MoreThis week was all about place. We talked about historic places, manufactured downtowns, promising suburbs and more.
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