Risky routes: the world’s oil chokepoints

Risky routes: the world’s oil chokepoints

by | Sep 20, 2016 | Energy

Robin Mills is head of Qamar Energy and a non-resident fellow at the Brookings Doha Center. His report, “Risky Routes: Energy Transit in the Middle East,” was published by Brookings in April 2016. It charts the whole spectrum of risk, from a temporary diminution of...

Transportation plan for Cook County

by | Aug 19, 2016 | Planning

Cook County led the way in planning and building the expressways that now run through the heart of the city. I reported on the county’s first comprehensive transportation plan since 1940, writing for BuiltWorlds. The new plan is about walking and bicycling and...
Baku

Baku

by | Aug 14, 2016 | Cities

I have enjoyed travelling in the Caucasus region and sometimes visiting the city of Baku. I met two planners there who helped me to see the rich historic layers of the city, in Baku at a Crossroads for Planning magazine.
Masdar City combines ancient practice and modern technology

Masdar City combines ancient practice and modern technology

by | Aug 13, 2016 | Planning

Masdar City in Abu Dhabi is a very interesting attempt to build a low-carbon sustainable city in the Middle East. Far from creating a sudden Utopia, the planners are gradually assembling the elements of the city and learning a lot along the way. Their “greenprint” for...

Frontier of form-based codes

by | Aug 13, 2016 | Planning

Planning codes are interesting when applied in regional schemes, so I wrote this article for the APA Regional newsletter, Frontier of form-based codes. Whether the ‘floating zone’ towns and villages ever get built as planned is another story.