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.
Resettling The Three Gorges
The most difficult challenge of building the new Chinese dam is the resettlement of some 1.2 million people by 2009.
US-style College Town Architecture Opposed Down Under
A proposed 11-story complex at Melbourne University is criticized for repeating the mistakes of inexpensively built U.S. private student housing.
CA Redevelopment Agencies Brace For Severe Budget Cuts
The California Redevelopment Association's John Shirey discusses the dire immediate future facing the state's redevelopment agencies.
Water Quality Threatened In Major U.S. Cities
NRDC studies 19 municipal water systems and finds that pollution, old pipes and outdated treatment threaten tap water quality.
Is WTC Design Being Undermined?
Civic and planning groups charge that business interests are attempting to undermine Libeskind's design concepts.