Planning Process

Why Planning is Like the Judicial System, and Why it Shouldn't Be

7 May 2008 - 10:00am
The Toronto Star

Planning has become too much like a court case, with two sides and one winner. According to columnist Christopher Hume, this adversarial nature must be changed.

Planning System Needs to Look at the 'Big Picture'

6 May 2008 - 1:00pm
The Age

Officials in Melbourne, Australia, are so frustrated with the city's lackluster planning process that they are pushing for the creation of a new planning authority -- one they hope will look at the "big picture".

Is a Bronze Fonz Public Art? Aaaaay!

29 March 2008 - 1:00pm
Next American City

A proposed public art piece featuring a bronze statue of the "Happy Days" character Arthur "the Fonz" Fonzarelli has many up in arms about the process creating and approving public art.

Das Chinatown

22 March 2008 - 11:00am
Der Spiegel

The planning process has taken a little longer than expected for a Chinese investor looking to create Germany's first Chinatown.

Democratic Planning in the Face of Immigration

6 June 2007 - 5:44am

Although the latest immigration bill being debated upon in congress has attracted relatively little attention from planners, the planning implications of reforming or not reforming current immigration policy are huge. Immigration impacts labor markets, and thereby commuting patterns, transportation planning and economic development. Immigration swells the population of many cities and towns forcing planners to rethink their plans for housing, schools and other public services. Often overlooked, however, is f immigration’s impact on the planning process itself.