Exclusives

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With over 5,000 planners in attendance, and 200 sessions ranging from smart growth to gay urban aesthetics, Chicago is the place to be this week as the American Planning Association hosts its annual National Planning conference at the Hyatt Regency Chicago.

April 17 - Kevin Keller

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PLANetizen is pleased to present profiles of three urban planners.

April 15 - Planetizen

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It is not growth that California needs to fear, but "dumb growth" where there is insufficient planning and incentives for families, businesses and communities to make "smart" choices about where to locate.

April 8 - Jeff Lambert, AICP

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Kmart's recent announcement will make communities cope with more vacant storefronts, and should prompt planners to rethink big box retail.

March 18 - Samuel R. Staley, Ph.D.

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Richard Carson explores what it is about human nature that makes us loathe density.

March 5 - Richard Carson

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Chris Williamson offers four arguments that planners can use to argue that "No Growth" policies are valid positions to take.

February 26 - Chris Williamson, PhD, AICP

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Behind their quaint, cozy facades, New Urbanist towns still fail to combat the pattern of sprawling, auto-centric suburban development.

February 18 - Chris DeWolf

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The events of September 11th have served as a vehicle to attack skyscrapers, urbanism and development in general. Yet, does 9/11 really change anything about planning?

February 11 - Christian Schock, AICP

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The editors of PLANetizen select the top 10 planning issues from 2001 according to readers.

January 30 - Chris Steins and Abhijeet Chavan

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Well intentioned but off-target planning regulations are neglecting to create the community-centered schools the public is demanding.

January 16 - Constance E. Beaumont

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The Twentieth Century ushered in a historic era of optimism for the rational "modern" future. History may record that September 11 ended the modernist dream for cities. But already new visions are emerging for a wiser, more hopeful future.

January 9 - Michael W. Mehaffy and Nikos A. Salingaros

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Richard Carson argues there's nothing new or innovative about "New Urbanism" or "Smart Growth." They're just new names for old strategies.

January 2 - Richard H. Carson

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Planning Support Tools have the potential to revolutionize the way we do planning. Yet many planners have been slow to adopt them. Why aren't these cutting-edge planning tools in the mainstream planner's toolbox?

December 26 - Eliot Allen, AICP

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The implementation of growth management laws may have severe impacts on housing availability. William Fulton examines the impact of smart growth policies in Ventura County, California, which has been hailed as a leader in urban planning.

December 18 - William Fulton

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Scattered development does not offer more security. Decentralizing the population and businesses of our great cities would be a long and expensive proposition, and one likely to fail.

November 26 - Sam Casella, FAICP

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What's so bad about Zoning? Planner and attorney Edward McMahon separates the myths from the facts. At its best, zoning can help strike the elusive balance between quality of life and economic vitality.

November 14 - Edward McMahon

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November 5 - Nikos Salingaros: Interview with Leon Krier

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Being a planning director means you have to be a political animal. Richard Carson offers a no-holds barred look at what it takes to be a planning director -- and whether you want to.

October 29 - Richard H. Carson

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The sprawling 1950's postwar urban pattern, once believed to provide a measure of security in the atomic age, has made us extremely vulnerable in an age of international terrorism.

October 23 - Michael Dudley

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October 2 - Edward J. Blakely