Tyson Dirksen

Eco-tourism has transitioned from a niche concept into one of the fastest-growing sectors of the global travel industry. Driven by rising environmental awareness, climate change concerns, and a growing desire for authentic cultural experiences, travelers are increasingly choosing destinations that prioritize nature conservation, community benefits, and low-impact tourism models. According…

As outlined by Tyson Dirksen in The Housing Shortage Is a Systems Failure — Here’s the Framework to Fix It, effectively addressing the U.S. housing shortage requires tackling systemic failures across zoning, delivery mechanisms, capital flows, construction productivity, and underutilized housing stock. Even with permissive zoning and streamlined approval processes,…

Permissive zoning is a necessary foundation, but it does not build a single unit on its own. As argued in “Why the Housing Shortage Is a Systems Failure: A Real Estate Developer’s Perspective,” housing scarcity emerges from five interdependent systemic constraints: restrictive zoning and land use, inefficient delivery mechanisms, misaligned…

Housing scarcity in the United States is not a policy glitch—it is a systemic failure. As highlighted in The Housing Shortage Is a Systems Failure — Here’s the Framework to Fix It, scarcity emerges from five interdependent bottlenecks: restrictive zoning, inefficient delivery mechanisms, misaligned capital flows, low construction productivity, and…