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.
Mike Davis: The Perfect Firestorm
Author Mike Davis writes about the ingredients that have caused Southern California's most devestating wildfire.
Make Room For Different Tastes
If you're in the business of designing environments people will pay money to live in, you can't design your idea of utopia and force everyone to conform to it, writes Virginia Postrel.
The More Sprawl, The Shorter The Average Commute
An academic journal article examines U.S. commuting data between 1985 To 1997.
Why Build In A Firebelt?
Why do Southern California planners and developers keep building in harm's way?
The Future Of Oil
The Economist predicts the end of the age of oil is within sight.