Building on my previous blog post The spatial dynamics, planning background and many contrasts of San Francisco, it is a fact that the downtown of the city has been enormously hit by the pandemic and the decline is more than obvious. San Francisco’s recovery is falling behind most major American cities and the metrics are…
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A coherent vision for the city of San Francisco
Building on my previous blog post The spatial dynamics, planning background and many contrasts of San Francisco, a new approach to place-branding is suggested aiming to reimagine the city in a more resilient way. San Francisco is a special place, with rich history traced back to 1776. It is the finance capital of the West…
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Spatial framework for Ilion municipality, Greece
In September 2020, I published the blog post Is it time for a planning upgrade? | Using UK planning tools as an inspiration towards a decentralised Greek planning system. This blog post was about the centralised planning system in Greece, the reasons that led to it and proposals that could potentially shift the planning system…