Michael Mehaffy
Michael Mehaffy, Ph.D., is a development consultant, researcher, planner, designer, author, and president of Structura Naturalis Inc., his consultancy. He has held ten university appointments in eight countries in research and/or teaching, including most recently as Senior Researcher at the University of Notre Dame. He is a Fellow of the Congress for the New Urbanism and the Urban Guild.
Public space, identity politics, and civic collaboration
All politics is local—and to that we could add, all politics is rooted in the public spaces we share at the local level.
Cities are like brains—immense networks of connective tissue
Intriguing lessons for urbanists are coming, surprisingly, from neuroscience. Understanding the underlying structure of cities can help us to formulate better urban policies and practices.
Public space, identity politics, and civic collaboration
All politics is local—and to that we could add, all politics is rooted in the public spaces we share at the local level.