Comments on: The Housing Bubble and Urban Design http://thecityfix.com/the-housing-bubble-and-urban-design/ Sustainable Urban Mobility Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:00:19 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5.2 hourly 1 By: Immigration Impact » Blog Archive » Hate Group Blames Immigrants for Potholes http://thecityfix.com/the-housing-bubble-and-urban-design/comment-page-1/#comment-383 Immigration Impact » Blog Archive » Hate Group Blames Immigrants for Potholes Thu, 15 Jan 2009 21:35:09 +0000 http://thecityfix.com/the-housing-bubble-and-urban-design/#comment-383 [...] past about which infrastructure projects to fund in which locales, how best to manage urban and suburban growth, how to develop effective systems of mass transit, etc.  For instance, the planning decisions [...] [...] past about which infrastructure projects to fund in which locales, how best to manage urban and suburban growth, how to develop effective systems of mass transit, etc.  For instance, the planning decisions [...]

]]> By: UrbanWorkbench http://thecityfix.com/the-housing-bubble-and-urban-design/comment-page-1/#comment-381 UrbanWorkbench Thu, 21 Feb 2008 17:47:15 +0000 http://thecityfix.com/the-housing-bubble-and-urban-design/#comment-381 Developers up here are getting edgy about what the US situation means for Canada. Atlanta sounds like a good warning to cities to promote infill development before expanding infrastructure such as roads, storm, sewer, water and cables out to these far flung burbs. For the bigger cities in Canada, I think things will continue as usual. But in rural areas and smaller centres the shift to a locally sustainable economy, (ie one that doesn't rely on the US for export potential) is essential. Developers up here are getting edgy about what the US situation means for Canada. Atlanta sounds like a good warning to cities to promote infill development before expanding infrastructure such as roads, storm, sewer, water and cables out to these far flung burbs.

For the bigger cities in Canada, I think things will continue as usual. But in rural areas and smaller centres the shift to a locally sustainable economy, (ie one that doesn’t rely on the US for export potential) is essential.

]]> By: Ethan Arpi http://thecityfix.com/the-housing-bubble-and-urban-design/comment-page-1/#comment-382 Ethan Arpi Thu, 21 Feb 2008 15:09:48 +0000 http://thecityfix.com/the-housing-bubble-and-urban-design/#comment-382 This summer, I was flying into the Atlanta airport, and on the outskirts of the city were numerous developments where all critical infrastructure had been laid - roads, power lines, sewer systems (well, i couldn't see those but I assumed they were already in) - but there was absolutely no sign of any housing being built. It was quite spooky to see development after development just sitting there incomplete. This summer, I was flying into the Atlanta airport, and on the outskirts of the city were numerous developments where all critical infrastructure had been laid – roads, power lines, sewer systems (well, i couldn’t see those but I assumed they were already in) – but there was absolutely no sign of any housing being built. It was quite spooky to see development after development just sitting there incomplete.

]]> By: UrbanWorkbench http://thecityfix.com/the-housing-bubble-and-urban-design/comment-page-1/#comment-380 UrbanWorkbench Thu, 21 Feb 2008 04:36:30 +0000 http://thecityfix.com/the-housing-bubble-and-urban-design/#comment-380 Thanks for these links. As an observer living in rural BC, seeing the demand for lumber dropping and mills closing on this side of the border, the housing bubble looks like the precursor to all the bigger problems of global food and water shortages, peak oil and global warming. Many people will be affected by the bubble, houses lost to lenders, jobs lost to slumps in demand, but ultimately the nations can limp away from this one. The next ones will likely hit harder. There typically aren't riots when people lose their houses to the bank, however, when the trucks stop delivering food to the supermarkets there'll be trouble brewing. Thanks for these links. As an observer living in rural BC, seeing the demand for lumber dropping and mills closing on this side of the border, the housing bubble looks like the precursor to all the bigger problems of global food and water shortages, peak oil and global warming. Many people will be affected by the bubble, houses lost to lenders, jobs lost to slumps in demand, but ultimately the nations can limp away from this one.

The next ones will likely hit harder. There typically aren’t riots when people lose their houses to the bank, however, when the trucks stop delivering food to the supermarkets there’ll be trouble brewing.

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