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Are Churches Causing Sprawl?

By moving out to areas where planning approvals are faster, rapidly-expanding churches are creating suburban sprawl, according to a recent study from researchers at Ryerson University.
27 June 2008 - 5:00am
The Toronto Star
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Beyond the Bronze Fonz

Controversy continues in Milwaukee as another public art piece is revealed.
22 May 2008 - 9:00am
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel

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

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.
7 May 2008 - 10:00am
The Toronto Star

Planning System Needs to Look at the 'Big Picture'

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".
6 May 2008 - 1:00pm
The Age

Is a Bronze Fonz Public Art? Aaaaay!

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.
29 March 2008 - 1:00pm
The Next American City

Das Chinatown

The planning process has taken a little longer than expected for a Chinese investor looking to create Germany's first Chinatown.
22 March 2008 - 11:00am
Der Spiegel
Lance Freeman

Democratic Planning in the Face of Immigration

Wed, 06/06/2007 - 04:44

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.

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