Exclusives
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The Greenest Green: A Student Review Of The ASLA 2006 Conference
Coverage of the American Society of Landscape Architects 2006 conference and the International Federation of Landscape Architects world congress, held October 6-10 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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Sustainability In The Work And In The Profession: ASLA 2006 Conference Coverage
Coverage of the American Society of Landscape Architects 2006 conference and the International Federation of Landscape Architects world congress, held October 6-10 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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Interview: New York City Planning Director Amanda Burden
Planetizen talks with city planning officials to get an insider's perspective on the planning issues facing cities. The first subject of this question-and-answer series is New York City Department of City Planning Director Amanda M. Burden.
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Planner Profile: Sean Garretson
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How Bad Leadership Spoils Good Planning
In many ways, a successful urban planner is first and foremost a leader, yet far too many professionals lack the ability to lead, and ignore the importance of cultivating good leadership skills.
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Planning In Second Life
<img src="http://www.planetizen.com/tech/files/20060913cstrampolineclass.jpg" alt="Anhinga Island" align="right" /> I've just about finished researching and writing an article about the implications for planning in a virtual environment called <a href="http://secondlife.com/">Second Life</a>. <br /> <br /> If you're one of the 578,672 people worldwide who participate in the virtual world called Second Life, you are empowered. You use the game's virtual environment to interact with others, design buildings, develop communities, or even construct your own island, complete with an economy, design guidelines, and many of the same issues and problems that come with a real community.
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Planner Profile: Brian Wallace
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Eminent Domain: Still A Useful Tool Despite Its Recent Thrashing
While the public and the media like to bring attention to a few controversial cases, rarely does anyone recognize the all the good that has come from the sound use of eminent domain by local officials, says David M. Lewis.
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Planner Profile: Joe DiStefano
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Sound Bite Society
Planners who have a hard time persuading elected officials or the public at large should take a cue from the late attorney Johnnie Cochran and come up with a phrase that will stick in the minds of citizens.
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Urban Fables: The Role Of Storytelling And Imagery In Successful Planning Movements
New Urbanists and pro-property rights advocates have made good use of both allegory and myth to capture the attention of planners and the public.
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Wi-Fi... Shades of the early cable days?
<a href="http://totalexperience.corante.com/">Bob Jacobson</a> emails to say that Brian Deagon's article for Investor's Business Daily, "<a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/ibd/060731/feature.html?.v=1">Cities' Wi-Fi Efforts Might Pose Threat To Cable, Telecom</a>" is a good article and reminds him of "the early cable days!"<br /> <br /> <blockquote>More cities are starting to manage Internet access much like they manage electricity, water and transportation services. That trend could cost cable and telecom providers billions of dollars in lost business.<br /> <br /> As of July 1, 59 cities were running broadband Internet networks, up from 38 a year earlier, according to MuniWireless.com, which tracks this subject.</blockquote>
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Top-Down Greening In The Urban Core
Can cities get back in touch with nature? Planners, developers, architects, and policy makers convened in Los Angeles June 7 to face the challenge and develop a plan of action to help bring life onto the rooftops of L.A.'s downtown.
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Miles To Go Before I Sleep!
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Make a lot of creative, small plans
The surging housing market and development pressure in Philadelphia has resurrected what was once an all but dormant profession - planning. Meeting after meeting is being held with community leaders, politicians, developers and others to discuss the current lack of planning in the City in the wake of this widespread change. The concensus of each meeting is that the City needs a Master Plan. Further, there also appears to be a major call to finally empower the planning commission which has, for years, been cast aside as a step-child of City governance.
KFH Group Inc.
Greater Baltimore Committee
Eagle County Government
The Architects Foundation
University of Cincinnati Online
The Pocatello Development Authority
The Urban Renewal Agency of the City of Pocatello
FREE Course: Walkable City 1: Why Walkability?
After describing his path towards focusing on walkability as the essence of good planning, Jeff Speck marches through his five principal reasons for making more walkable places.
Reinventing Malls: Planning Alchemy—Turning Gray Fields Into Gold
The course focuses on the opportunities and imperatives that shape reinvention of mall sites.
