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.
Myth Of Social Capital In Community Development
The traditional understanding of "social capital" is fundamentally flawed.
Los Angeles Goes Green
Los Angeles is no longer content to be the smoggy, energy-hogging city of the past.
The Fiasco Of Suburbia
Author James Howard Kunstler takes an incisive look at the dilemma of open space conservation as a means of salvaging community.
What Makes For Good Ferry Design?
San Francisco Bay Crossing Magazine offers up a curmudgeonly-review of the new Alameda – Oakland ferry, Peralta.
Sarasota's Urban Services Boundary Working
Sarasota's urban service boundary has worked remarkably well in encouraging in-fill development. But a shift in strategy may change things.