Episode 3: Urban Planning with the Department of Doing
Civil Conversations
English - September 25, 2018 04:00 - 50 minutes - 23.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsSociety & Culture Education civil engineering engineering transportation city planning urban construction building structural civil city Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
This week, I chat with Ms. Wendy Thomas and Mr. Andrew Persons of the acclaimed Department of Doing, the planning and building department in Gainesville, Florida. This recently formed department is focused on a ‘citizen-centered’ approach, and has ambitious goals for transforming both the city and how planning works.
We tackle the definitions and roles of planning, exciting (and sometimes controversial) projects in Gainesville, and the absolute necessity of civil engineers in this field. As always, thank you to our guests and to our listeners!
Show Notes:
Department of Doing
The Standard
Why are developers only building luxury housing?
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Music by Poddington Bear, Image from Perkins+Will.
Next week, we go underground into the foundations of civil engineering -- geotech. Thank you for listening to this civil conversation!