Solarpunk Urbanism

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A community to discuss solarpunk and other new and alternative urbanisms that seek to break away from our currently ecologically destructive urbanisms.

Henri Lefebvre, The Right to the City — In brief, the right to the city is the right to the production of a city. The labor of a worker is the source of most of the value of a commodity that is expropriated by the owner. The worker, therefore, has a right to benefit from that value denied to them. In the same way, the urban citizen produces and reproduces the city through their own daily actions. However, the the city is expropriated from the urbanite by the rich and the state. The right to the city is therefore the right to appropriate the city by and for those who make and remake it.

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Street trees are planted incorrectly in many cities! (inv.vern.cc)

submitted 1 year ago by Rozauhtuno@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/urbanism

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Additionally: 99% of the time they specifically plant non-fruiting trees.

Let communities grow their own food!

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[–] tacoface 2 points 1 year ago

Paving stones/cobbles seem to work much better than concrete and asphalt. They are very durable (stone), can be put down in different patterns, and if you need to do maintenance on underground stuff you can just rip them up and then replace the same stones when you’re done. They also appear to be more frost stable.