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Transportation Committee CANCELED
COMMITTEE MEETING
Monday, July 6, 2009 12:30pm
The July SPUR Transportation Committee meeting is canceled.
SPUR's transportation committee advocates for a wide range of transportation initiativ...
654 Mission Street,
San Francisco, CA 94105-4015
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COMMITTEE MEETING Monday, July 6, 2009 12:30pm
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The long arc of Bay Area industrial development
LUNCHTIME FORUM
Tuesday, July 7, 2009 12:30pm
Although the Bay Area's industrial economy boomed during the military-based shipbuilding days of WWII, its role as an industrial center began much ear...
654 Mission Street,
San Francisco, CA 94105-4015
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Free to members
$5 for non-members
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LUNCHTIME FORUM Tuesday, July 7, 2009 12:30pm
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Edge cities: redefining suburbia
WALKING TOUR
Wednesday, July 8, 2009 12:30pm
In the 1980s, edge cities pulled jobs from the central cities and remade the suburbs as car-oriented employment centers. Today, those edge cities are ...
654 Mission Street,
San Francisco, CA 94105-4015
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Free to members
RSVP to tours@spur.org
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WALKING TOUR Wednesday, July 8, 2009 12:30pm
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The future of open space
LUNCHTIME FORUM
Thursday, July 9, 2009 12:30pm
The Bay Area leads the nation in open space preservation near its urban core. But the region sits next to the country's most threatened farmland and t...
654 Mission Street,
San Francisco, CA 94105-4015
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Free to members
$5 for non-members
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LUNCHTIME FORUM Thursday, July 9, 2009 12:30pm
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COURSE/CLASS Thursday, July 9, 2009 4:00pm
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Sustainable Development Committee
COMMITTEE MEETING
Monday, July 13, 2009 12:30pm
Addresses issues related to local and regional climate policy, green buildings, waste and water infrastructure, energy policy and more. Contact Laura ...
654 Mission Street,
San Francisco, CA 94105-4015
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COMMITTEE MEETING Monday, July 13, 2009 12:30pm
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Urbanism: The Convenient Solution to the Problem of Climate Change
As individuals, institutions and governments struggle with the implications of global warming and climate change, we are faced with a dizzying array of possible actions.
Continuing to make smart personal and political choices is essential to try and stave off the worst disasters of global warming. But something much bigger needs to happen—a change in the course of business as usual. In this first series of new informative programs at the new SPUR Urban Center, we will focus on what we can do at the community level, from the perspective of good government and good planning, to reduce CO2 emissions. Responding to the legislative context, we will focusing on greener buildings, smarter land use ....
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Critical Cooling
San Francisco can fight global warming through smart changes to local policy.
What can we do to lead the way?
Scientists began warning about climate change for decades before it appeared on front pages and became part of the popular lexicon. Physicists in the 1850s first observed that carbon dioxide absorbs radiative solar heat in the atmosphere and causes a “greenhouse effect,” an important phenomenon that enables the earth to support life. But research in the 1970s and 1980s revealed that other gases — the byproducts of industry — contributed to this effect, and that the earth was slowly warming as their concentration in the atmosphere grew....
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San Francisco can fight global warming through smart changes to local polic...
SPUR REPORT
Adopted by the SPUR Board on February 18, 2009
In the fight against global warming, there are many things San Francisco can do. In this report, SPUR evaluated 42 options for the City to reduce carbon emissions in San Francisco and the Bay Area.
Bringing work back to the city...
SPUR REPORT
Adopted by the SPUR Board on January 21, 2009
How can we bring more jobs into the region's most transit-rich employment center? SPUR proposes a sustainable plan for transit-oriented job growth in the Bay Area.
Before the Disaster...
SPUR REPORT
Adopted by the SPUR Board on January 16, July 16, September 17 and November 19, 2008
We all know "the big one" is coming. But are we ready? It's a question we must confront now, with boldness and with honesty: what will it take to make San Francisco a resilient city?
A guide to our city's privately owned public open spaces...
SPUR REPORT
Adopted by the SPUR Board on November 19, 2008
Dozens of office buildings in San Francisco include privately-owned public open spaces -- or "POPOS." Some are merely provisional, while others are hidden gems.
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