City Planning

Submitted by Debi Keshian on Wed, 2016-07-13 00:00

Jaap Vos gave us a presentation about human systems.  Society changes quickly and we have no developed accurate methods to understand the inner working of our populations.  We don't know relevant information about what people value.  Once we start to get an understanding people move or change values.   In this picture Jaap points out how population shifts and actual counts of people only occurs in a census.  So there is a lot of guess work.  He suggested that we might ask people as they get their driver's license what they value and why they moved to the area.  With a little bit of data we can plan cities that meet our needs.  

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Dawn Estrella's picture

It is a very intriguing suggestion that we should ask about what people value in a place when driver's licenses are obtained. I can see how that would help tap into the desires of transplants, but how about people who move locally? People usually just update their address when they move, they don't necessarily go into the DMV. I wonder if a better way to collect that data would be to collect when someone signs up for a utility...that might get a more representative sample of the population.

i listened to an interesting piece about how we have become better at protecting the boise river.  We. No longer use it as a dump site and have worked to make it accessible to all in the boise area. It is interesting how we continue to use our rivers for dumping all kinds of stuff from agriculture to who knows what. We do so without a long term plan.  We have to very smart as the ( I hate to say it ) elections come closer so we have people who have the waters in mind.  Helping others understand  the need for continued safe water fro the water shed is key.  We all love the Boise river and the snowy hills so let's keep them great.

Monica Mattinson's picture

I feel like the Boise River is being way more protected than in years past. I was horrified to hear that sewer and bad water would flow down. I certainly hope the people of Boise realize what a special eco system we have here. I feel so blessed to live so close to nature. The river and the Foothills are really spectacular.