I’m Nels Nelson, an urban planner and designer focused on healthy and resilience places, land use optimization, and data-driven analysis. My intention with these notes is to share my thoughts with the urbanism community. I encourage engagement and welcome your feedback.

Other publications

A global view of design and urban planning post-COVID-19: Pandemic prevention, Stantec, 2019 (contributing author)

Deep Dive into Community Scale Rating Systems, Walk21 Rotterdam, 2019

Walking—our oldest mode of transportation—can inform the future of urban mobility, Stantec, 2020

Piecing together resilient cities, UNDP, 2018

Like People, Diseases Travel Fast These Days, CityLab, 2018 (co-author)

What if your neighborhood could make you healthier?, Stantec, 2018

Designing the World’s First WELL Community [PRESENTATION VIDEO], Livable Cities, 2018

Boston's Guide to Placemaking for Mobility: Reclaiming streets for the people, Stantec, 2017

How good urban design can make city residents healthier, Stantec, 2016

Cyclifiers: an investigation into actors that enable intra-urban metabolism, Cyclifier.org, 2015 (co-author)

The Use of Carbon Credit Mechanisms to Finance Transportation Improvements in the Developing World, CODATU XV, 2012 (co-author)