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March 2, 2023
Uncovering JAPA: Authors aim to understand the effectiveness of different inclusionary zoning policies.
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March 1, 2023
Student Representatives Chair (SCR) Kohl Malo shares achievements and future plans for student and emerging professional members.
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Uncovering JAPA: Understanding the importance of combining enhanced data into a collaborative process for hazard mitigation planning.
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February 16, 2023
Spotlight on Zoning Practice: Could subtle zoning changes make a big difference in your community?
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February 16, 2023
Uncovering JAPA: What are the barriers to building ADUs?
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February 16, 2023
Sponsored content from University of Michigan: Q&A with Dr. Robert Goodspeed, University of Michigan Associate Professor of Urban and Regional Planning, who is launching a 3-day course on Scenario Planning for Urban Futures.
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February 9, 2023
Uncovering JAPA: Learning from Australia and Canada's zoning decisions to advance environmental goals, not exclusionary motivations.
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February 2, 2023
Uncovering JAPA: Ride-hails are filling mobility gaps, but does the cost hinder use?
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February 1, 2023
Recent disciplinary actions taken by the AICP Ethics Committee in January 2023.
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January 30, 2023
Mark Hinshaw reflects back on a 40-year career in urban planning. Aging, dealing with a layoff, and not ready to retire, Mark had to get creative to find a soft landing to close out his long-tenured career.
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January 26, 2023
Uncovering JAPA: How enduring is the support for outdoor dining and street closures post-COVID?
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Is your community ready to have a conversation about large-scale solar development? Check out the new second edition of the Solar@Scale guidebook for a comprehensive discussion of local policies and actions that can affect the siting and design of community- and utility-scale solar facilities.
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January 23, 2023
APA News: APA and NLC partner in national housing campaign to advance and incentivize local approaches to land use, zoning and housing development, and preservation.
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January 20, 2023
State legislatures in 2022 focused on increasing affordable housing within their respective regions. The trend of state legislatures preempting zoning reform is expected to continue in 2023 across the country.
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January 19, 2023
Uncovering JAPA: Manufactured housing deserves more academic attention.
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January 19, 2023
APA News: Karen Wolf, FAICP, begins tenure as president of the American Institute of Certified Planners Commission.
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January 18, 2023
APA News: Angela D. Brooks, FAICP, begins tenure as APA's first Black female president.
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January 13, 2023
Spotlight on Zoning Practice: Is your community overdue for a new development code?
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January 12, 2023
Uncovering JAPA: Restrictive vehicle ordinances do not reduce the prevalence of vehicular homelessness, but shift it to different communities.
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January 10, 2023
Congress passes a new $85 million grant program aimed at zoning reform. The funding represents a new and significant incentive and support for local zoning reform and planning for housing affordability.
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Equity in Practice: The economic and community outcomes of removing Milwaukee's Park East Freeway.
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December 20, 2022
APA's international strategy focuses on learning exchange activities.
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December 19, 2022
A reflection of the Chicano experience of understanding planning through art.
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December 15, 2022
Uncovering JAPA: New analysis of the public costs and private gains of TIF.
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December 13, 2022
APA congratulates those who successfully completed the November 2022 AICP Certification Exam. These members may use the AICP Candidate designation until they earn the full AICP credential.
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Equity in Practice: Five planning firms create a joint internship to help create a diversity-oriented internship program.
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Spotlight on Zoning Practice: What does a sensible approach to zoning for drive-through services look like?
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December 9, 2022
In Memoriam: Rick Willson, FAICP, professor, consultant, mentor, and Guide for the Idealist creator.
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December 8, 2022
Uncovering JAPA: A tool kit for planners to help increase representation in our cities through the practice of "community naming."
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December 7, 2022
Municipal planning careers can be the main focus of one’s work life — or one chapter of a larger story.
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Sponsored content from Tyler Technologies. Learn how municipalities, after switching to an integrated permitting and licensing software, quickly discover that surprisingly small efficiency gains create enormous cost and time savings.
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Uncovering JAPA: How can planners be more efficient in staying informed on current issues by using natural language processing (NLP).
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Equity in Practice: Community-led planning effort builds upon Memphis 3.0 to revitalize Orange Mound neighborhood.
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November 21, 2022
In Memoriam: APA remembers the life of Constance Jordan Wilson, PhD.
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Equity in Practice: Owe'neh Bupingeh Preservation plan guides housing improvements according to cultural values.
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Uncovering JAPA: Apply three aspects of equity to make the climate action planning process more inclusive.
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Equity in Practice: Los Angeles City Planning's Office of Historic Resources (OHR) has prepared a series of ground-breaking historic contexts to help make historic planning initiatives more equitable.
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Spotlight on Zoning Practice: Your zoning code probably isn't ready for modern coliving communities.
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November 10, 2022
Uncovering JAPA: The comparison between sufficiency and disparity analysis helps demonstrate how disparity analyses may do more harm than good if planners do not contextualize their findings.
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Equity in Practice: Champaign, Illinois, planners use a pop up park to create a stronger relationship with the Garden Hills neighborhood.
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Uncovering JAPA: Analysis if the edge city is transforming or encouraging sprawl.
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Uncovering JAPA: What is the potential for manufacturing to take root in strong market cities with high costs of production?
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The vision of life in a biophilic city is one where we are not separate from nature, but intimately embedded within it.
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October 21, 2022
Equity in Practice: Portland neighborhood prioritizes people over vehicles to help reduce violence.
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October 20, 2022
Uncovering JAPA: Exploring a more radical conception of urban forestry.
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Equity in Practice: GIS helps prioritize funding for neighborhood revitalization and keeps the entire process transparent.
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Uncovering JAPA: The risk of reproducing racist assumptions or narratives in planning.
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October 13, 2022
Spotlight on Zoning Practice: Your zoning code could probably be doing more to facilitate the transition to electric vehicles.
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Uncovering JAPA: How are planners grappling with immigrant needs.
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October 5, 2022
From ambitious comprehensive plans to outstanding planning educators, APA is proud to recognize this year’s award-winning planning efforts.
