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.
Top 20 States Losing Farmland To Development
Farming on the Edge presents the top 20 states losing prime farmland to development, as well as posters and images.
GPS Technology Is Vulnerable
Attempts to jam GPS-based weapons and navigation systems are a reminder of just how vulnerable GPS technology really is.
The Expense of Due Process
How due process bogs down city planning and drains public, andprivate, coffers in San Francisco.
'Tis The Season To Rebuild, And Reconsider
In Iraq, a different kind of rebuilding.
Will Planners Defend Smart Growth?
Proponents of property rights and other conservatives are attacking smart growth as a theory dreamed up by out-of-touch urban planners.