The Bridge

The National Academy of Engineering produces a quarterly publication called The Bridge - - free.  Just call or e-mail and they will add you to the list.  This quarter has the theme - - Urban Sustainability.  All the articles are great - - fresh ideas to old and new problems.

What I found interesting are the new words and phrases in the articles - - the innovation of a new language to discuss the complex issues of sustainability.  Provided below are several of my favorites:

Urban Genome Project

Urban DNA

Global City Indicators

CityOne

Connected Urban Development

Decision Theater

Owning the Urban Agenda

EcoMaps

Multipurpose Systems

Hybrid Systems

Grey. Black, and Yellow Water

Service-Based Financing

Social Context

Silo-ed

Infrastructural Ecologies

Multipurpose, Synergistic Systems

Mono-functional Facilities

Co-Locate

Logistical Benefits

Leverage Natural Processes

Acupunctual Approach

Megaregions

City-Regions

Cross-Case Analysis

Triggers/Actors/Linkages/Barriers/Pathways

Mainstreamed

Urban Mining

Urban Ore

Urban Mining Stock

Abandoned/Comatose/Hibernating Stock