cities http://www.npr.org cities en Copyright 2013 NPR - For Personal Use Only NPR API RSS Generator 0.94 Tue, 23 Oct 2012 12:41:00 -0400 http://media.npr.org/images/npr_news_123x20.gif cities http://www.npr.org Cities: Salvation Or Infestation? There are lots of lines of evidence telling us our current model for cities is unsustainable. Does that mean cities themselves are the problem and we should all move back to the farm? Tue, 23 Oct 2012 12:41:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/blogs/13.7/2012/10/23/163003052/cities-salvation-or-infestation?ft=1&f=138577399 http://www.npr.org/blogs/13.7/2012/10/23/163003052/cities-salvation-or-infestation?ft=1&f=138577399 There are lots of lines of evidence telling us our current model for cities is unsustainable. Does that mean cities themselves are the problem and we should all move back to the farm?

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]]> The City As Infestation The vast web of geometries traced out in light shows you cities as a kind of infestation. They're like living networks spreading across the planet. Tue, 09 Oct 2012 09:28:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/blogs/13.7/2012/10/09/162506048/the-city-as-infestation?ft=1&f=138577399 http://www.npr.org/blogs/13.7/2012/10/09/162506048/the-city-as-infestation?ft=1&f=138577399 The vast web of geometries traced out in light shows you cities as a kind of infestation. They're like living networks spreading across the planet.

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]]> The City As Engine: Energy, Entropy And The Triumph Of Disorder The second law of thermodynamics is a kind of warning to cities and civilization. No matter how clever we are, disorder, waste and pollution will always follow from our work organizing societies into cities. Tue, 21 Aug 2012 12:03:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/blogs/13.7/2012/08/21/159245386/the-city-as-engine-energy-entropy-and-the-triumph-of-disorder?ft=1&f=138577399 http://www.npr.org/blogs/13.7/2012/08/21/159245386/the-city-as-engine-energy-entropy-and-the-triumph-of-disorder?ft=1&f=138577399 The second law of thermodynamics is a kind of warning to cities and civilization. No matter how clever we are, disorder, waste and pollution will always follow from our work organizing societies into cities.

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]]> Physics And Cities: View From The Street Cities are defined, in large part, by physics. It may not be obvious at first glance. But look closer and you'll see evidence everywhere that humans have used their understanding of physics to design and build the machines we call cities. Tue, 03 Jul 2012 11:38:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/blogs/13.7/2012/07/05/156135548/physics-and-cities-view-from-the-street?ft=1&f=138577399 http://www.npr.org/blogs/13.7/2012/07/05/156135548/physics-and-cities-view-from-the-street?ft=1&f=138577399 Cities are defined, in large part, by physics. It may not be obvious at first glance. But look closer and you'll see evidence everywhere that humans have used their understanding of physics to design and build the machines we call cities.

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]]> July 21st: What's On Today's Show In the first hour of <em>Talk of the Nation</em>, what a 21st century American city might look like, and memories of NASA's space shuttle program. In the second hour, the severity of the country's heat wave, and the 150th anniversary of The Battle of Bull Run. Thu, 21 Jul 2011 11:55:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/blogs/talk/2011/07/21/138575146/july-21st-whats-on-todays-show?ft=1&f=138577399 http://www.npr.org/blogs/talk/2011/07/21/138575146/july-21st-whats-on-todays-show?ft=1&f=138577399 In the first hour of Talk of the Nation, what a 21st century American city might look like, and memories of NASA's space shuttle program. In the second hour, the severity of the country's heat wave, and the 150th anniversary of The Battle of Bull Run.

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