Thu, 03/11/2010 - 14:33
Last year I had the opportunity to teach a graduate course on "Web 2.0 for Policy and Planning" at the University of Southern California's School of Policy, Planning & Development.
Although I am co-teaching a different class this year, I have updated my
course website with a revised course syllabus and extensive reading list on Web 2.0 and planning, based on what I learned
from teaching the course in Spring, 2009.
Project Region, the process to create a 30-year transportation plan for the 10-county region of southwestern Pennsylvania, is a document created by some 3,000 people. The APA award winner culminated its planning process with a web-based regional town meeting that allowed around 600 attendees at 11 different simultaneous meetings throughout the area to interact. Led by the Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission, the cooperative effort resulted in "Our Region's Plan," — a vision that covers 7,112 square miles and is home to 2.6 million people.
19 February 2010 - 12:37pm
We may not be driving flying cars, but the futuristic city is here -- in the form of a more intimate connections, communication technologies and social interactions. Former Planetizen Managing Editor Christian Madera discusses.
13 February 2010 - 5:00am
Next American City
A local Council in Scotland is considering convening a Citizens Panel to consider the next round of difficult cuts to local budgets. This opinion piece debates whether public involvement is a value-added, or if it just slows down decisionmaking.
10 February 2010 - 12:00pm
The Inverness Courier
Washington County, Utah invites the public once a year to see what transportation projects are in the works and talk to planners and engineers. The meet-and-greet has proved highly popular and a way for information to flow both ways.
9 February 2010 - 6:00am
The Spectrum and Daily News
In a region where public participation is often excluded from the planning process, urban planners are hosting a charrette in Abu Dhabi.
26 January 2010 - 1:00pm
Al Bawaba
The U.S. Federal Government has released a new online tool to help in the collection of feedback and ideas from the general public.
22 January 2010 - 6:00am
CNET
This article looks at how a Connecticut journalist used the online nuisance reporting tool SeeClickFix to get locals involved in his newspaper's newsgathering and storytelling.
8 January 2010 - 5:00am
The New York Times
This essay from Places offers five simple ways to make the world a better place -- and they're all related to the built environment.
23 November 2009 - 7:00am
Places
David Villano takes an in-depth survey of the state of public engagement practices in the U.S., and the positive effects of the processes that work.
2 November 2009 - 12:00pm
Miller-McCune
Paul Shigley reports that Duany spoke to planners at an event in Sacramento, and has a new issue: the broken process for getting things built.
2 November 2009 - 9:00am
California Planning & Development Report
Planning students from New York-area universities are being integrated into the city's community boards through an innovative new fellowship program.
24 October 2009 - 11:00am
The Architect's Newspaper
New communication and interaction technologies are dramatically changing the way the public understands and participates in government. The emerging openness of data and information at the city level is broadening the urban policy conversation, but challenges and questions lie ahead as the open city develops.
15 October 2009 - 10:00am
Residents of the city of Penjaringan in North Jakarta brought a proposal to the government to convert the area underneath a toll road into a public space.
7 October 2009 - 8:00am
The Jakarta Post
The Municipal Art Society of New York talks with four young people who are actively involved in addressing the planning challenges facing their communities.
3 October 2009 - 9:00am
Municipal Art Society
A third-grader in Missoula, Montana has successfully rallied her city to build a new bike lane near her busy street.
29 September 2009 - 8:00am
The Missoulian
The health care reform town halls are just the latest evidence that traditional forms of public engagement are no longer effective and in fact can be counterproductive, writes Sandy Heierbacher.
30 August 2009 - 1:00pm
Yes! Magazine
Transportation officials in Chicago are enlisting the ideas of area residents as they attempt to draft a plan that will guide development and transportation in the region through 2040.
21 August 2009 - 8:00am
Chicago Tribune
GOOD Magazine follows planner James Rojas as he engages a community in the act of planning in his own particular fashion, using everyday objects and building blocks.
17 August 2009 - 12:00pm
GOOD Magazine
Changing technologies and erratic political schedules are altering the way the public interacts with elected officials. For some politicians, the new form of public participation can get them into trouble.
14 August 2009 - 11:00am
The New York Times
