A Look at Miami’s Birth, 118 Years Later
The year 1896 is etched deeply into the minds of most Miamians. (Well, if it wasn’t before, it will be now.) That’s the year Miami incorporated and became a municipality — what, […]
Category Archives: Governance + Politics
Public Health Study: Proximity to Sprawl Affects Walkability
A scientific article just published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine reports that a person’s proximity to Miami-Dade’s urban development boundary and central business district impacts walkability, and, by extension, has […]
Understanding Miami’s Metrorail Land Use
Miami’s rapid transit Metrorail train system currently consists of 23 stations running along a nearly 25-mile elevated, heavy-rail, dual-track corridor. Opened in May 1984, Metrorail is operated and maintained by […]
Maps: Miami Sea Level Rise: 1-6 ft
These maps were created in 2013 as part of the High Water Line | Miami project/movement. They illustrate sea level rise at one-foot intervals ranging from one to six feet. The […]
Meet the UDB
As a constantly changing urban region, greater metropolitan Miami must reconcile the seemingly opposed pressures of population growth and real estate development with environmental conservation and municipal service delivery. Growth management […]
Land Use in Miami-Dade County
I recently created some Miami-Dade County land-use maps for another fantastic Miami-based blog: TransitMiami.com. Transit Miami is an online web journal dedicated to Smart Growth-oriented land-use policies, and multi-modal transportation […]
Miami Geographic 