...from urban planner Andres Duany.

Duany and his wife, Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, are basically the founders of so-called "new urbanism," which is actually a rediscovery of traditional urbanism. In case you missed it when I posted it before, here's Part 1 of a 9 part lecture from the early '90s, delivered here in San Antonio, which focuses on the basics of traditional urbanism:



Which is a great primer for understanding "the transect," covered in this 2-hour lecture delivered in Vancouver:



And also covered in this two-hour lecture delivered in Houston (starts at 5:23):



Which is necessary background to grasping his concept of "the theory and practice of agrarian urbanism" (Part 1 of 8):



Yes he's talking his book on climate change, so get over it. Because the economic reset, that we hash over interminably here at TF -- all on its own -- will require changes of the magnitude that Duany is outlining. That, and this...

New Orleans (Katrina; opting out of the nanny state) and Haiti (earthquake; help the middle class) aftermaths...