Multimedia | film profile
Sprawling from Grace
This film criticizes America’s suburban sprawl and its dependence on oil as being unsustainable for the future.
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Multimedia | film profile
The Human Scale
This film criticizes the twentieth-century urban planning model of megacities and argues for a return to a human scale of design.
Arcadia
Alistair Knox (1912–1986) and the Birth of Environmental Building in Australia
Environmental building in Australia as a form of communing with nature.
Multimedia | book, full-text
Harvest of the Suburbs, An Environmental History of Growing Food in Australian Cities
Drawing on sources ranging from gardening books and magazines to statistics and oral history, Andrea Gaynor’s book challenges some of the widespread myths about food production in Australian cities and traces the reasons for its enduring popularity.
Multimedia | film profile
"The Challenge of Sustainable Planning for US Metropolitan Areas"
Charles Hoch, Professor Emeritus of urban planning and policy at the University of Illinois, talks about the challenges of regional planning in the United States. As opposed to Europe where spatial planning prevails, the notion of urban planning is more dominant here, and Hoch uses the Chicago region as a case study.
Multimedia | film profile
"Urban Transformation: Spaces in the Sky"
Belinda Yuen, a town planner and expert in mass housing, presents an account of Singapore’s public housing, the evolution of concepts and strategies for high-rise urban planning, and the diverse common spaces that have been designed for a higher quality of life.
Exhibition chapter
A Walk Through the Ruins (India) | A 360º Visual Journey
In this chapter from the virtual exhibition “Global Environments: A 360º Visual Journey,” Vikas Lakhani’s 360° video takes the viewer on a walk through the villages of Vondh and Adhoi, in the Kutch region of Gujarat that was devastated by a 7.7 Mw earthquake on 26 January 2001. It explores the traditional housing the meaning of development in the region where the ruins of these villages stand as memorials and symbols of failed government relocation policies.
Exhibition chapter
Suburbanization | CB&Q Railroad
This is Chapter 12 of the virtual exhibition “Promotion and Transformation of Landscapes along the CB&Q Railroad” by environmental historian Eric D. Olmanson. The chapter focuses on the role of passenger rail for the process of suburbanization.
Arcadia
The Equestrian Suburb of Latine Los Angeles
This article explores how Latine residents fashioned the identity and environment of the suburban community of Avocado Heights through equestrianism.
Multimedia | podcast
Interview with Malcolm Harris, author of Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism, and the World
In this episode from the New Books Network podcast, Malcolm Harris is interviewed on his recent book, Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism, and the World.