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.
Are Rural Prisons A Good Economic Development Strategy?
A columnist explains how the small Texas town of Eden grew to love its private prison.
Urban Markup Language / Street Graffiti
So we've all seen those spray-painted marks on the street -- usually they have a line, arrow and say "USA". As a planner, I've always had this nagging sense that I should know what they are.<br /> <br /> Some brilliant editor at Wired apparently decided that it was time to figure it all out. A one-page feature, <a href="http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/12.09/start.html?pg=9">Urban Markup Language</a>, (Brilliant play on words) in the September, 2004 issue of Wired Magazine offers nine images of the most common forms of the graffiti, along with descriptions of what they mean.
The Economic Development Impacts Of Hurricane Charley
The mammoth hurricane may give a boost to some businesses, but long-term economic challenges loom.
Homeownership Affordability In Urban America
Beginning in 2004, first time homebuyers in the US earning the medianfamiliy income will not be able to qualify for the median priced US homewith 10% down.
Flood And Earthquake-proof Houses
Could highly-engineered, eco-friendly structures be the future of housing for those in vulnerable areas?