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Thoughts on urban anthropology, our urban history, and the future of cities. Self-published articles below, including Medium posts (also found here) and articles originally published elsewhere. For interviews and other media, head over to my work page.

Posts in Density

On Placemaking: An Anthropologist's Perspective

On Placemaking: An Anthropologist's Perspective

Anthropology, Architecture, Cities, Density, Design, Green Space, History, New York City, Pedestrians, Planning, Public Space, UrbanismKatrina Johnston-ZimmermanMarch 13, 2015

Livable Portland? A New Plan

Livable Portland? A New Plan

Architecture, Cities, Density, Design, Europe, Maps, Neighborhoods, Pedestrians, Placemaking, Planning, Portland, StreetsKatrina Johnston-ZimmermanOctober 1, 2013

The Normalization of Livable Cities

The Normalization of Livable Cities

Anthropology, Bicycling, Cities, Density, Design, Europe, Global, Health, Ideas, Neighborhoods, Politics, Portland, Public Space, Statistics, Streets, Transportation, UrbanismKatrina Johnston-ZimmermanAugust 5, 2013

Four Lessons from the 50th International Making Cities Livable Conference

Four Lessons from the 50th International Making Cities Livable Conference

Density, Design, Events, Health, History, Ideas, PortlandKatrina Johnston-ZimmermanJune 30, 2013

The Most Influential Architect You've (Probably) Never Heard Of

The Most Influential Architect You've (Probably) Never Heard Of

Anthropology, Architecture, Books, Cities, Density, Design, Global, Health, Research, Urbanism, VideoKatrina Johnston-ZimmermanJune 16, 2013

An Occupied Anniversary: Public Space One Year Later

Architecture, Cities, Density, Design, Landscape, Politics, Portland, Public Space, UrbanismKatrina Johnston-ZimmermanOctober 6, 2012

City Growth, and "What's a City?"

Census, Cities, Density, Exurbia, Graphics, Population, Research, Statistics, Suburbia, Transects, UrbanismKatrina Johnston-ZimmermanJuly 24, 2012