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This section provides news about PASCAL together with significant developments in policy and research relating to the areas of interest to PASCAL. It is based on regular scanning of policy, practice and academic literature, including web-based sources.

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An Urban Lens on the Issue of DEI Initiatives - The Urban Lens Newsletter

American politics is suddenly awash with state-level efforts to prohibit and/or restrict educational activities and administrative reforms that are inspired by the concepts of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI).  A recent review by the Associated Press dated April 18, 2023, identified more than 30 active anti-DEI bills in more than a dozen states.[i]  Several have become law.  More are on their way.

"More Perfect" Solutions to Urban Problems - The Urban Lens Newsletter

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

15-minute cities: responding to the conspiracy theorists | Policies for Places

Oxford and Canterbury, 2 historic cities among several others in the UK who are developing policies to introduce a 15-minute city approach to their future development plans, are running into a barrage of criticism from conspiracy theorists who claim that such proposals amount to ‘environmental lockdown’ designed to confine people to within a certain distance from their homes, and a plot to attack personal freedoms.

Benchmarking 15-minute cities | Policies for Places

As we saw in my previous post the 15-minute city concept has become the basis for city planning in many cities around the world. It offers a vision of urban living based on compact and complete neighborhoods which are vibrant, convenient, connected and equitable.

Invitation to Policies for Places

‘Place’ has always been one of the priority issues for PASCAL.  Readers may be interested to see the new newsletter Policies for Places being developed by John Tibbitt. It carries essays which explore the implications of a range of policies on the notion of place, including essays on learning and place and learning and urban planning.

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14th PASCAL International Observatory Conference - South Africa

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