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#ForewordFriday: It's Complicated Edition

This bear is excited to learn about landscape architecture this weekend from its den outside the Colorado Convention Center.
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#ForewordFriday: Making Cities More Fruitful

Orange trees in Berkeley, California. The remarkable absence of fallen fruit proves that public produce is prized in some communities.

Meet the Author: Q & A with ... Jan Gehl!

Editor's note: One of the perks of working at Island Press is being able to talk with the scientists, planners, and other people tackling environmental problems. So today we're beginning a new series to introduce you to some of the authors behind our books by sharing Q & As we've conducted over the past several years. We hope you enjoy! If there's anyone you'd particularly like to hear from, leave a comment and we'll see what we can do.
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Who Bikes and Walks? And Why?

Cross-posted with permission from the Alliance for Biking & Walking's blog. Does everybody walk and bike, or are there differences in gender, income, age, and race? In this excerpt from the 2014 Benchmarking Report, we take a look at who bikes and walks in the United States. How much do people bike and walk? First, it's important to understand where our data com

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