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.
Why Urban Planning Should Be Abolished
<p>Tribune-Review columnist Bill Steigerwald interviews economic Randal O'Toole about his new book, "The Best-Laid Plans: How Government Planning Harms Your Quality of Life, Your Pocketbook, and Your Future."</p>
Analysis of LEED for Neighborhood Development Pilot Projects
<p>Criteron Planners, a certification reviewer for the LEED for Neighborhood Development program, offers its analysis of LEED-ND pilot project locations and areas.</p>
Friday Funny: Building Industry Safety Blunders Hall Of Shame
<p>The Building website invites readers to send in pictures of construction safety blunders.</p>
A Young Man Survives His First Planning Conference
<p>CP&DR's Aaron Engstrom's offers his irreverent take on his very first APA conference.</p>
Ten Principles for Sustainable City Governance
<p>Scandinavian think tank Monday Morning interviews 50 global experts to develop a series of principles for creating a sustainable city.</p>