In their 1987 article in Planning magazine, “The Great Plains: From Dust to Dust,” Deborah and Frank Popper proposed a plan to transform the Great Plans into a 10-state national reserve. Their proposal prompted a wave of letters to the editor, inspired a musical, and spared a spirited national conversation later captured in Ann Matthews’ Pulitzer prize nominated book Where the Buffalo Roam. The Poppers sat down with Maxwell Hart of Planning magazine earlier this summer to reflect on that article, the response, and how planning has changed over the last three decades.
Zhang et al. Study Street-View Greenspace and Exercise
GPS-based street-view greenspace exposure and wearable assessed physical activity in a prospective cohort of US women Abstract Background Increasing evidence positively links greenspace and physical activity (PA). However, most studies use measures of greenspace, such...