<p class="MsoNormal"> With the proliferation of new media planning practitioners have new ways to find out about the continuing work of planning faculty members who have retired. Not all of them blog of course, but the list below demonstrates some of the variety of these efforts. </p>
With the proliferation of new media planning practitioners
have new ways to find out about the continuing work of planning faculty members
who have retired. Not all of them blog of course, but the list below
demonstrates some of the variety of these efforts.
- Emeritus Columbia Professor Peter
Marcuse, blogging at http://pmarcuse.wordpress.com/, can be relied upon for
provocative insights about current events. His recent postings explore
Occupy Wall Street but earlier blogs have investigated a number of his
other interests such as the foreclosure crisis, housing policy, and social
capital.
- Pierre Clavel, recently retired from
Cornell, has a blog and resource site at http://www.progressivecities.org/.
His blogging is in support of his wider project
of highlighting work on progressive cities. He has an
excellent bibliography at http://www.progressivecities.org/bibliography/.
- In the UK, Cliff Hague, an emeritus
professor at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, blogs at http://cliffhague.planningresource.co.uk/,
a site affiliated with the Royal Town Planning Institute. Hague's "World
View" blog deals with topics of global concern such as innovation, UN
conferences, and regional resilience. Recent blogs feature cases in
Europe, Africa, and Australia.
- A slightly different take is the Sid
Grava blog, set up on his death in 2009: http://sigurdgrava.blogspot.com/2009/09/sigurd-grava-professor-emeritus-of.html.
It acts as a memorial for this long-time Columbia planning faculty member.
Of course there are a number of blogs by more senior but not
yet emeritus faculty, for example Larry Susskind at MIT (http://theconsensusbuildingapproach.blogspot.com/). These
are also well worth watching.

Houston Apartments To Be Demolished for Freeway Widening
Despite a federal hold on the controversial freeway widening project, the Texas Department of Transportation is pushing ahead with the demolition of an apartment complex in downtown Houston.

San Francisco Just Ended Single-Family Zoning
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted to Tuesday to eliminate single-family zoning, but pro-development advocates say additional changes are needed to unleash a wave of construction.

Land Banking to Prevent Transit-Oriented Displacement in Los Angeles
The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) will implement a new land banking program to mitigate gentrification and displacement around future transit lines.

Transit-Oriented Walking Tours Highlight the Value of Density
Housing advocates in Connecticut are leading walking tours that fight misinformation about transit-oriented development and emphasize the benefits of increased density.

State Reports Seeks To Guide Warehouse Development in New Jersey
With demand for sprawling e-commerce warehouses growing, New Jersey’s State Planning Commission has released a series of documents outlining best practices for cities examining warehouse proposals.

Manhattan Congestion Pricing Could Start in 2023
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has resubmitted its environmental impact assessment to federal officials, who sent the agency over 400 additional questions earlier this year.
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension
Lehigh Valley Planning Commission
City of Rolling Hills Estates
HUD's Office of Policy Development and Research
HUD's Office of Policy Development and Research
Harvard Graduate School of Design Executive Education
City of Apache Junction
City of Helena
Gallatin County, Montana
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