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.
Los Angeles Is Really A Railroad Town
This is the golden age for rail in Southern Califrnia. However, as rail use continues to grow, it is causing strains.
Could Cattails Impact The Presidency?
Farm runoff into the Everglades has fostered the growth non-native cattails, which destroy native wildlife.
Can Transit Save Chinatown?
Los Angeles' Chinatown is seeing a dramatic surge in activity with the opening of the new Gold Line. Community-based revitalization efforts are planned.
Community Development In Rural America
While the nation's cities try to develop successful strategies for growth, rural America is finding hundreds of inventive ways to add to its appeal.
Disneyland Meets The Killing Fields
Cambodia's Ministry of Tourism is preparing grandiose plans for a million-dollar theme park on a former notorious Khmer Rouge.