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.
2003 National Planning Award Winners Announced
Who will receive the National Planning Awards in Denver? APA has just announced its choices for this year's top plans, projects, and planners.
More On Israel's Island Cities
Israel seriously considers a string of artificial islands on the Mediterranean coast as a solution to housing and tourism problems.
Twentieth Century Architecture As A Cult?
Nikos Salingaros argues that many of the techniques used by early Modernist architecture schools bore great similarities to those used by cults tobrainwash their adherants.
How To Defend Your Urban Perimeter: The Atomic Wall
A fascinating Wired Magazine article reviews the concept of building "atomic walls" around the nation's most important urban areas.
The Transit Nerds
A transit advocacy group -- affectionately known as the 'transit nerds' -- are making themselves heard, and changing transit policy.