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.
Debate Over Malibu's 'Hollywood' Coastline
Have 27 miles of prime Malibu coastland in California become simply "garage doors of the rich and famous?"
Seven Visionary Plans For Ground Zero
New York Metro presents seven architectural visionaries, and their plans for Ground Zero.
Smoggiest Cities In The Nation
California, Pennsylvania and Texas were the smoggiest states based on the number of exceedances of the health standard.
Farmland Security Perimeter
Eight Madera County, CA farmers have drawn a line in the soil by creating special type of urban growth boundary that could become a nationwide model.
Does Crime Follow Sprawl?
The Philadeplhia Inquirer draws a connection between urban sprawl and increased crime in South Jersey.