If there were a permanent outage of all #google services starting now, how effected would you be? #planning #prepping #cloud #saas #opensource #cybersecurity #selfhosted

River Water Quality Shaped By Land–River Connectivity In A Changing Climate
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-023-01923-x <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #waterquality #river #spatialanalysis #model #modeling #climatechange #climaterisk #spatiotemporal #waterresources #watersecurity #ecosystems #watersupply #extremeweather #biogeochemical #connectedsystems #landforms #runoff #infiltration #surfacewater #groundwater #recharge #metrics #wildfire #fire #drought #management #planning #storms #flood #flooding

When GDP growth is the aim, anything can be justified. The blinkered #OBR cheers on the absolutely unnecessary destruction of green spaces.

Planning reforms offer a bright spot for Rachel Reeves – but grey areas exist | Heather Stewart | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/mar/30/planning-reforms-offer-a-bright-spot-for-rachel-reeves-but-grey-areas-exist
#planning #GreenSpace #GrednBelt

A suburb of Phoenix is not where one might expect to see a residential development based on emancipation from the dominion of the car.

Reducing car dependency in Arizona matters beyond the borders of the state. All too often those working for more human and environmentally sound planning and transit policies in the USA are met with a simplistic and thought stopping cry of "It might work in Europe, but our geography makes it impossible!"

https://youtu.be/ljdg11X8YBg?si=Ch4BNepoLbPpiDl3

Dire statements from the #OBR head this morning.
Said #housebuilding stagnation is due to #planning restrictions and we should build on #GreenBelt.
No mention of the 1 million plus unbuilt homes for which developers have permission.
Swallowed #DeveloperLobby propaganda.
See https://www.communityplanningalliance.org/uploads/1/3/9/4/139430416/241211_homes_for_everyone_finaldec24_cpa.pdf last section.
And https://www.cpre.org.uk/news/our-response-to-the-new-planning-and-infrastructure-bill/

The Ecological Benefits Of More Room For Rivers
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s44221-025-00403-0 <-- shared technical article
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#spatial #spatiotemporal #morphology #meander #levee #understanding #oxbow #pointbar #river #water #hydrology #landform #geomorphology #geomorphometry #geology #fluvial #riverine #weather #climate #erosion #sediment #sedimentation #DEM #floodplain #terraces #ecsosystems #ecology #sustainable #climatechange #flood #floodrisk #risk #hazard #management #planning #monitoring #migration #engineering #unconfined #rive #channel #metaecosystem #connections #biodiversity #extremeweather

Hydrogeologic Investigation, Framework, And Conceptual Flow Model Of The Antlers Aquifer, Southeastern Oklahoma, 1980–2022
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https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20255013 <-- shared USGS publication
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https://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis <-- shared USGS National Water Information System (NWIS) database
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https://doi.org/10.5066/P14C6QFS <-- shared associated USGS open data release
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #fedscience #water #hydrology #wateresources #pump #pumping #groundwater #AntlersAquifer #aquifer #Oklahoma #model #flow #test #flowmodel #yield #wateruse #watersecurity #climate #weather #recharge #precipitation #rainfall #TDS #waterquality #ions #potentiometric #geology #monitoring #planning #regulatory #agriculture #farming #cropland #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #fedscience
@USGS

#UKpol
#Growth
#Planning
#Environment
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-growth-agenda-what-will-new-planning-laws-mean-for-climate-and-nature-tickets-1237631502139

Convenient town centre housing in every town

Every town in England could have a supply of new housing conveniently located for shops, restaurants and other amenities. With partners, Transport for New Homes is exploring how swathes of land given over to parking could be put to better use.

The availability of car parking in our towns is a major determinant of how people get around. Too much parking induces car trips and reduces bus patronage, threatening the viability of bus routes. Land given over to parking in town centres makes the urban environment hostile to walking and cycling.

Patterns of consumption and mobility are changing. Many local authorities are discovering their town centre car parks are underused and are failing to break even. This presents an opportunity to release some of this land for housing and reduce the need to build on greenfield far from towns and cities.

Town centre car park land is typically conveniently located near trip generators such as shops and restaurants. This presents the opportunity to replace car-centred urban design with convenient car free living. Housing built on these sites will contribute to reduced need for parking.

We will be looking for examples of local authorities who have converted underused parking to housing and sharing best practice. This project will promote relevant policies at local and national level.

Do you know of a town centre car park that has been successfully converted to housing? Do you have a car park near you that would be better as homes?

A few more images from last weeks
Extremely enlightening workshop on technical photography in the #landscape for #planning and #lvia
Presented by Mike Spence and team for the Landscape Institute North West

#linw #wsp #technicalphotography #chooselandscape #landscapeinstitute #li #visualimpact #design #landscapearchitecture #landscapearchitect #photography
#nikonz8 #nikonphotography

A lack of planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part.

— anonymous

NASA’s New Satellite Could Change the Way We Farm Forever
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https://scitechdaily.com/nasas-new-satellite-could-change-the-way-we-farm-forever/ <-- shared technical article
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https://nisar.jpl.nasa.gov/ <-- shared NISCAR page
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https://youtu.be/ONHTazfGoiM?si=y2n0abh5B4UBAyuW <-- shared overview video
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Precision Agriculture at Scale | Mapping Crops with Advanced Radar | Cutting-Edge Techniques for Crop Identification | Enhancing Crop Forecasts with NISAR Data | Tracking Soil Moisture for Smarter Farming
#GIS #spatial #mapping #farming #agriculture #farmingintelligence #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #fedscience #satellite #earthobservation #remotesensing #policy #planning #management #efficiency #radar #planting #irrigation #waterresources #tools #resources #economics #costs #moisture #crops #AI #machinelearning #water #hydrology #NISAR
@nasa | @ISRO | @JPL

#ScientificAmerican

#Hegseth Orders #Elimination of Pentagon #Climate #Planning, but Wants #Extreme #Weather #Preparation

The Defense secretary aims to purge climate work from the Pentagon. But critics say his carve-out for weather resiliency misses the point
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/hegseth-orders-elimination-of-pentagon-climate-planning-but-wants-extreme/

Extremely enlightening workshop on technical photography in the #landscape for #planning and #lvia
Presented by Mike Spence and team for the Landscape Institute North West

#linw #wsp #technicalphotography #chooselandscape #landscapeinstitute #li #visualimpact #design #landscapearchitecture #landscapearchitect #photography
#nikonz8 #nikonphotography

Extremely enlightening workshop on technical photography in the #landscape for #planning and #lvia
Presented by Mike Spence and team for the Landscape Institute North West

#linw #wsp #technicalphotography #chooselandscape #landscapeinstitute #li #visualimpact #design #landscapearchitecture #landscapearchitect #photography
#nikonz8 #nikonphotography

#photography
#planning
#shoot
#weirdcamera
#fountainpens

two pelikans, soda and paintax.

From #NotesOnGrowth: "Britain’s system of nature protection is the worst of both worlds. It makes building infrastructure and housing slower and more expensive than it ought to be. And it does a crap job of protecting nature: many of our key biodiversity indicators are flashing red." https://www.samdumitriu.com/p/have-we-solved-the-bat-tunnel-problem #uk #environment #development #planning

Question:
If a row of trees are planted along a road, is it better for wildlife if those trees one species or if they're 3, 4, or 5 species repeating?

Nanisivik Naval Facility still has no opening date; minister cites lessons learned in planning
Canada's defence minister says challenges encountered with the Nanisivik project have shown the government that a better way forward is to make sure defence investments “benefit people and communities as well as the Armed Forces.”
#military #politics #planning #investment #Nanisivik #Canada
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/nanisivik-naval-station-update-1.7486929?cmp=rss