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• David Loughry 10:39 pm on March 2, 2012 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: crime, James Q. Wilson, Los Angeles, New York, William J. Bratton   

  ‘Broken Windows’ Policing Strategy and Proximities 

  Communities and neighborhoods are proximities, and proximities matter. In a telling comment, former police chief Bratton had this brief summary of what Wilson and Kelling were saying with their so-called “broken windows” policing strategy:

  “The importance of what Wilson and Kelling wrote was the emphasis not only on crime committed against people but the emphasis on crimes committed against the community, neighborhoods,” Mr. Bratton said.

  The above quote is from the New York Times story about James Q. Wilson at the time of his death. They say “his ‘broken windows’ theory of law enforcement laid the groundwork for crime reduction programs in New York, Los Angeles and other cities.” The full story is here.
   

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• David Loughry 11:59 am on May 11, 2011 Permalink | Reply  

  Relationships between Variety, Sustainability and Proximities: A Case for Proximity Thinking 

  Below is how variety, sustainability and proximities are related, and why we need proximity thinking.

  1. Variety (also think diversity) goes hand-in-hand with sustainability.

  2. Sustainability is about environments and contexts, or more simply, proximities.

  3. So, for sustainable proximities, we:
  a. Need to, and get to, embrace variety.
  b. Need to, and get to, create proximities that support variety.

  4. To better think about, relate to, and create proximities, we need proximity thinking, also known as ProxThink. The ProxThink framework includes a sustainable proximities approach. By the way, variety is an integral part of proximity thinking.

  P.S. You might also check out the varietypeople.com project.
   

• David Loughry 11:14 am on September 24, 2010 Permalink | Reply  

  Why We Get Into Trouble 

  We generally get into trouble because we focus too much on elements. We need a blend of elements, relationships and proximities. If someone has a better, more integrated approach for doing this than the ProxThink framework, I’m all ears.
   

• David Loughry 4:49 pm on January 18, 2010 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: area, business ( 3 ), community ( 2 ), context ( 3 ), Environment ( 2 ), group, Growth ( 11 ), guide, home, how-to, neighborhood, Networks ( 10 ), organization, park, region, technology ( 3 )   

  Press Release: How to Create a Sustainable Proximity 

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

  How to Create a Sustainable Proximity
  

  A short guide called “How to Create a Sustainable Proximity” offers a new approach. People can use it for an area, home, park, neighborhood, community, region, context, environment, business, group, organization, etc. If we create many sustainable proximities, they will start to overlap. People are free to use this guide. It is based on the ProxThink sustainable proximities approach. It allows people to relate to a proximity they care about in a new and more direct way. It leverages technology and networks in a different way by applying a new growth model. “How to Create a Sustainable Proximity” is available at the following link:
  http://proxthink.com/blog/2009/12/24/how-to-create-a-sustainable-proximity/

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  NOTE: Should you have any trouble with the link above, you can also get there by going to the ProxThink.com website (http://proxthink.com). Once there, you’ll see links to “How to Create a Sustainable Proximity” in the upper right, and also in the bottom center of the page.