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These maps illustrate what a century of climate change could do to the US. Some cities bring daylight to local rivers. Modest densification may have wide-reaching results on housing.

These maps show how climate change could impact the US: There are some inevitabilities about how climate change will impact the US over the next 100 years: increased temperatures, an increased population, and rising sea levels. But researchers at the McHarg Center created an online collection of maps called “The 2100 Project: An Atlas for A Green New Deal ” to do a deep dive into what the country might look like a century after climate change takes hold. (Sarah Holder | City Lab)

A city in England is ‘daylighting’ urban rivers: In Bradford, England, over 25 kilometers of streams have been covered and relegated to culverts to make way for centuries of urban growth. Now there’s a been push to ‘daylight’ these rivers, wherein a culvert is uncovered to once again become open water. In some areas, this has led to new habitats, reduced flood risk, and new amenities. (David N Lerner | The Conversation)

A modest densification proposal: Across 17 metro areas, simply allowing 10% of single-family lots to house two units instead of one could yield almost 3.3 million additional housing units to the existing housing stock. In the Los Angeles metro area, rezoning 20% of lots into two instead of one dwelling unit could add 775,000 homes. Under a number of scenarios, modest densification could exceed what is needed to slow housing price growth over the long term. (Issi Romem | Zillow)

Indonesia’s $40B subway program: Indonesia is preparing to spend tens of billions to extend Jakarta’s metro network, potentially reigniting a rivalry between China and Japan over building the project. The spending plan is part of President Joko Widodo’s ambitious plan to create a $7T economy by 2045, including a $455B infrastructure plan. The plan for the Jakarta metro includes adding six lines to the system, with 230 kilometers constructed by 2030. While Japan was awarded the first subway line in the capital, China secured Indonesia’s first high-speed rail line. (Harry Suhartono | South China Morning Post)

This app rewards you for not driving: Miami’s new transit app Velocia awards users free rides when they use any transportation option that is not a private vehicle. The app stems from a public-private partnership between Miami-Dade transit, Bolt e-scooters, City Bikes, Getaround car-sharing, and SwiftSeat carpooling. Users can pair any of these services with their Velocia app. (Kristin Toussaint | Fast Company)

When walls talk, and lie: A trend is growing in cities worldwide, where everything but the facade of a historic building is demolished and a new building is constructed behind it. This is known as facadism. One of the most famous examples of this is the White House, where the entire building was rebuilt in 1948 behind the original 1800s facade. Some architects and urban planners are not fond of the practice. (Niall Patrick Walsh | ArchDaily)

Quote of the Week

“I think the central theme of the book is really questioning what we think of as technology and saying nature can be adapted and form a technology that we can apply to the way that we live in this world. All of them have been born out of people living in their environment, using what we call, in ecological sciences, ‘symbiosis’ as a fundamental process to which they build and live.”

Julia Watson of Harvard’s Graduate School of Design and Columbia University in CNN discussing how nature can form the basis of future cities.

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