Exclusives

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Tips for smart growthers on how to stand your ground against the fine-tuned rhetoric of conservatives and libertarians.

March 3 - Joel Hirschhorn

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At the 2nd Annual New Partners for Smart Growth Conference, participants discussed how to position smart growth for widespread adoption.

February 17 - Christian Peralta

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PLANetizen editors outline the top 10 planning issues from 2002 -- from the best places to live to understanding the impact of 9/11 on our cities.

February 10 - Abhijeet Chavan and Chris Steins

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Is it rational to try to improve the jobs-housing balance in urban areas or should people, not plans, decide where people live and work?

February 3 - Wendell Cox

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January 27 - Richard H. Carson

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Last month's World Trade Center reconstruction proposals reveal that the architecture profession's avant-garde is hopelessly mired in a failed past.

January 20 - Nikos Salingaros and Michael Mehaffy

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"Reports of our death are greatly exaggerated." Architects, planners and consulting professionals respond to recent claims of New Urbanism's extinction.

January 6 - Lucy Rowland, Michael Mehaffy, and Members Of The Pro-Urb Listserv

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The latest round of World Trade Center reconstruction designs heighten fear and anxiety.

December 23 - James Howard Kunstler

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Scholastic obligations, opportunities and pitfalls: Dos and don'ts for the tenure-aspiring academician.

December 9 - Martin Krieger

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Do "innovative" transportation solutions such as MAGLEV monorail and personal rapid transit offer greater utility than conventional steel wheel and rail technology? Or are they simply clunky and expensive alternatives?

November 25 - Michael D. Setty and Leroy W. Demery, Jr.

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Can sustainable development be achieved via a technology-oriented or human behavior-oriented path? Or should we be seeking a more integrated solution?

November 18 - Ralf Brand

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Who wins and who loses after selfish development decisions are tallied?

November 4 - Susan Hallatt

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Most planners disdain playing politics. Yet political astuteness was, and continues to be, a predominant characteristic of the field's pioneers and a prerequisite for achieving change.

October 21 - Richard H. Carson

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A questionnaire administered by the Planning Commissioners Journal yields fascinating results concerning the diversity, occupational backgrounds, and selection processes of various planning boards and planning board members nationwide.

October 14 - Wayne Senville

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When it comes to civic gathering places, bigger and newer aren’t always better. A look at L.A.’s disconnected cathedrals, concert halls, museums and malls.

October 7 - Jack Skelley

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Urban legends, edgeless cities, monster homes and other phenomena complicate the perception, application, and inclusion of Smart Growth.

September 30 - Robert E. Lang

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The architectural implications of the September 11, 2001 tragedy; Have planners and architects overlooked the moral lesson to practice humane urban design?

September 16 - Nikos A. Salingaros

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September 10 - Abhijeet Chavan

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Does smart growth provide a means to forward the development of affordable communities? Or has it become an anti-growth tool to ban multi-family housing construction?

September 5 - David Goldberg

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Stringent land use regulations in "Smart Growth" areas such as Portland and San Jose translate into higher housing prices. Do these costs reflect greater livability or limited opportunity?

August 26 - Randal O'Toole