{"id":9801,"date":"2011-06-29T12:00:08","date_gmt":"2011-06-29T15:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingatlantic.ca\/?p=9801"},"modified":"2013-01-21T04:58:38","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T08:58:38","slug":"world-wide-wednesday-brains-sprints-ads-and-bridges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/2011\/06\/29\/world-wide-wednesday-brains-sprints-ads-and-bridges\/","title":{"rendered":"World Wide Wednesday: Brains, Sprints, Ads and Bridges"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-21079\" href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/?attachment_id=21079\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"b-1-001-openjpg-16fcb16494360ef6\" src=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/b-1-001-openjpg-16fcb16494360ef6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-20180\" href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/?attachment_id=20180\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"feature-world-wednesday1\" src=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/feature-world-wednesday1.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Each week we will be focusing on blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. We\u2019ll be on the lookout for websites outside the country that approach themes related to urban experiences and issues.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/spacingmedia.com\/uploads\/images\/line-grey-1pixel-600wide.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 City brain, country brain. The impact of city life on mental health has been a favourite topic of \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ferdinand_T\u00f6nnies#Gemeinschaft_and_Gesellschaft\" target=\"_self\">social scientists<\/a> for some time. Now neuroscientists are taking up the cause.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nature.com\/news\/2011\/110622\/full\/474429a.html\" target=\"_self\">Nature<\/a> describes the work of Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg of the University of Heidelberg&#8217;s Central Institute of Mental Health in Mannheim, Germany. Studying images of urban and rural brains, Meyer-Lindberg is demonstrating that neural structures respond differently to stress in these two populations.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0Seven interns from the D.C. area completed the Smithsonian Sprint this week. The challenge: visit 17 Smithsonian museums in one day. While the interns took in some of the region&#8217;s greatest cultural opportunities, they don&#8217;t recommend the Sprint to others. Facing transportation hold ups, the interns spent a mere 15 minutes in each. (<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.smithsonianmag.com\/aroundthemall\/2011\/06\/what-is-the-smithsonian-sprint\/?utm_source=twitter.com&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=20110628&amp;utm_content=sisprint\" target=\"_self\">Smithsonian Mag<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0Paris is taking strong steps to reduce advertising on city streets. The new rules place restrictions on the size, location and illumination of future signage. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/world\/2011\/jun\/22\/paris\" target=\"_self\">The Guardian<\/a>)<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"More...\" src=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-includes\/js\/tinymce\/plugins\/wordpress\/img\/trans.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 If you&#8217;re looking for the &#8220;war on the car&#8221;, it&#8217;s happening in Europe. In many European cities, planners and policy makers are taking active steps to create disincentives to driving. Beyond pedestrianized zones and bikesharing options, Zurich is moving traffic lights closer together to create a more-stop less-go experience. \u201cIn the United States,&#8221; says Peder Jensen, head of the Energy and Transport Group at the European Environment Agency, &#8220;there has been much more of a tendency to adapt cities to accommodate driving. Here there has been more movement to make cities more livable for people, to get cities relatively free of cars.\u201d (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2011\/06\/27\/science\/earth\/27traffic.html?_r=3&amp;hp\" target=\"_self\">New York Times<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0While New York&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2011\/06\/07\/high-line-phase-two-is-op_n_872651.html#s288880&amp;title=Second_Section_Of\" target=\"_self\">High Line<\/a> is eminently worthy of praise, a number of other cities are pursuing noteworthy elevated public space projects:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.cleveland.com\/architecture\/2011\/06\/a_trio_of_pedestrian_bridges_p.html\" target=\"_self\">Cleveland<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.derryjournal.com\/news\/local\/bridge_to_breathe_life_into_city_1_2741794\" target=\"_self\">Derry, Ireland<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com\/theskyline\/2011\/06\/despite-tut-tutting-from-new-york-the-bloomingdale-trail-moves-ahead-.html\" target=\"_self\">Chicago<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/articles.philly.com\/2011-06-17\/news\/29670211_1_high-line-park-project-neighborhood-decades\" target=\"_self\">Philadelphia<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Image from <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.cleveland.com\/architecture\/2011\/06\/a_trio_of_pedestrian_bridges_p.html\" target=\"_self\"><em>Rosales + Partners<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>Do you have a World Wide Wednesday worthy article you&#8217;d like to share? 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The impact of city life on mental health has been a favourite topic of<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/2011\/06\/29\/world-wide-wednesday-brains-sprints-ads-and-bridges\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;World Wide Wednesday: Brains, Sprints, Ads and Bridges&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4081,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5864],"tags":[4423,677,1525,4426,1320,4430,658,1009,4428,4424,646,3931,678,4422,4429,4431,758,4433,1302,4427,4432,370,4425],"class_list":["post-9801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-features","tag-andreas-meyer-lindenberg","tag-chicago","tag-cleveland","tag-derry","tag-europe","tag-european-environment-agency","tag-germany","tag-head","tag-heidelbergs-central-institute-of-mental-health-in-mannheim","tag-ireland","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-times","tag-paris","tag-peder-jensen","tag-smithsonian","tag-sprint","tag-the-guardian","tag-transportation-hold-ups","tag-united-states","tag-university-of-heidelberg","tag-university-of-heidelbergs-central-institute","tag-world-wide-wednesday","tag-zurich"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>World Wide Wednesday: Brains, Sprints, Ads and Bridges - Spacing Atlantic<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/2011\/06\/29\/world-wide-wednesday-brains-sprints-ads-and-bridges\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"World Wide Wednesday: Brains, Sprints, Ads and Bridges - Spacing Atlantic\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Each week we will be focusing on blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. 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