Chris Stines is Planetizen's former Editor and the founder of Urban Insight, a leading digital agency. Chris has 25 years of experience in technology consulting and urban planning and has served as a consultant to public sector state, county, and local agencies, Fortune 500 private firms, educational institutions, and nonprofit organizations.
Regional Needs Conflict With Desire For Local Control
The needs of a growing region often conflict with desires of individualcommunities.
Chicago Ready To Revamp 1957 Zoning Law
After 50 years of zoning out, Chicago is reforming its code.
Phoenix: World's Best Example Of A Heat Island
Phoenix's rapid development over the last four decades have made it the "prime example in the world" of a heat island.
Orfield Diagnosis, Hughes Prescription
Myron Orfield brings his metropolitics to Philadelphia: we're not in Minnesota anymore.
Best Practice Community Programs
Read about 19 community programs that are really working. These success stories are examples of American ingenuity at its best.