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October 18, 2022
Equity in Practice: GIS helps prioritize funding for neighborhood revitalization and keeps the entire process transparent.
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October 14, 2022
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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October 6, 2022
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.
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October 4, 2022
Uncovering JAPA: What can transit value capture teach us about the intersection of entrenched segregation and transportation planning?
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October 4, 2022
Sponsored content from Tyler Technologies. Discover three ways you can leverage emerging technologies to better connect with your constituents.
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September 22, 2022
Uncovering JAPA: Outcome of attracting the repeated participation of participants across multiple planning engagement processes.
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September 20, 2022
The passage of the landmark Bipartisan Infrastucture Law saw the largest direct investment in community planning in a century. Here are 5+ new or expanded programs created by BIL that every planner should know about right now.
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September 19, 2022
As municipal planning departments adopt a fairness and equity mindset in their work with the communities they serve it highlights the state of their workplace practices and the work needed to elevate equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) goals within the planning firms and public agencies.
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September 15, 2022
Uncovering JAPA: A framework for how planners can be involved in infectious disease management.
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September 13, 2022
Spotlight on Zoning Practice: It's time to get serious about diversifying local planning and zoning boards.
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September 1, 2022
Sponsored content from Tyler Technologies. The move to digital solutions is often touted as more efficient and easier for both citizens and government employees. When making the switch, the City of Rancho Cordova, California found that to be true, even drawing hard data on how much time their own departments saved.
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September 1, 2022
Uncovering JAPA: The impact of community participation guiding big data use in planning.
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August 25, 2022
Uncovering JAPA: Strategies for building local support for planning climate action.
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August 23, 2022
Longtime APA member Ralph Willmer, FAICP, has been hired as the new AICP Ethics Officer following the retirement of Jim Peters, FAICP.
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August 18, 2022
Uncovering JAPA: Planning can be fraught with corruption. A study in Ghana identifies institutional and interpersonal factors that lead to corruption.
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August 16, 2022
Spotlight on Zoning Practice: It's time to rethink zoning requirements that mandate active ground-floor uses.
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August 9, 2022
Agrivoltaics — or the placement of a solar energy system on the same parcel of land as agricultural production — and wildlife-friendly solar practices can help communities capture multiple benefits from large-scale solar development.
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August 8, 2022
Sponsored content from INRIX X GM. Vision Zero is right around the corner. The data exists, the processes and tools are in place, and now it’s up to us to drive it all forward.
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August 1, 2022
Wisconsin uses GIS to survey residents on internet access and affordability to better direct needed resources to help eliminate the digital divide.
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July 29, 2022
A Guide for the Idealist: Rick Willson, FAICP, offers an original framework for decision-making in the planning process. Using reflection on choices considering types of information, and analysis tools, as well as addressing the values served and the planners interactions with the public and elected officials.
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July 28, 2022
Sponsored Content from Tyler Technologies. Local governments are bringing community development online to automate processes and effectively engage with citizens. Learn how Columbia, MO, and Temecula, CA, are driving a digital transformation.
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July 21, 2022
Uncovering JAPA: A new framework offers guidance to help planners navigate the complex process of considering disaster-related relocations.
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July 18, 2022
A recent report demonstrates that the underproduction of housing units affects 47 states and Washington D.C., and its impacts are being felt in all kinds of places, from dense urban areas to small, rural towns.
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July 18, 2022
Spotlight on Zoning Practice: Is your community ready for asynchronous public hearings?
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July 14, 2022
Uncovering JAPA: How can planners preserve dissent in online public engagement opportunities?
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July 7, 2022
Uncovering JAPA: A new forecast model and methodology help planners to estimate foot traffic along streets.
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June 30, 2022
Uncovering JAPA: Planner Eun Jin Shin investigates representation and wage gaps within the planning profession.
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June 23, 2022
Uncovering JAPA: Pandemic-created open streets can be a lifeline, but also exacerbate inequities without careful implementation.
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June 21, 2022
Spotlight on Zoning Practice: Is it time for zoning to pay more attention to cryptocurrency mining?
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June 16, 2022
Uncovering JAPA: Researchers explore the differences of post disaster recovery on small and medium/large nonprofits and how planners can facilitate nonprofit post-disaster recovery efforts.
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June 9, 2022
Uncovering JAPA: Should Flint, Michigan, replace its water infrastructure one-to-one, or resize the system? Read the commentaries on the pros and cons of each approach.
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June 7, 2022
Sponsored Content from enCode Plus: A conversation with planning and zoning industry veteran Bret C. Keast, AICP, on addressing affordability and equity, two of the biggest issues in planning and zoning circles.
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June 3, 2022
The topic of large-scale solar development in rural communities doesn't have to be controversial. Learn how local officials and developers can work together to clear up the misconception that these two land uses cannot co-exist.
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June 2, 2022
Uncovering JAPA: Who, why, and where do adults age 60 and older relocate in the U.S.?
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May 23, 2022
APA joins the State Resilience Partnership as one of 20 organizations collaborating on increasing nationwide resilience efforts.
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May 19, 2022
Uncovering JAPA: Learning from London's transition to sustainable transportation modes.
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May 17, 2022
Get the latest information on housing reforms at state and federal levels, including the Biden administration's launch of the Housing Supply Action Plan.
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May 13, 2022
Spotlight on Zoning Practice: How can deregulation expand housing supply and support housing equity?
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May 12, 2022
Uncovering JAPA: As disaster relief becomes more necessary under climate change, are SBA loans for disaster recovery actually used by small businesses?
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May 2, 2022
This blog post provides an overview of cluster developments as a planning approach to increase physical activity in small and rural communities through everyday destinations. It is part of the Everyday Destinations series.
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May 2, 2022
This blog post provides an overview of infill development as a planning approach to increase physical activity in small and rural communities through everyday destinations. It is part of the Everyday Destinations series.
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May 2, 2022
This blog post provides an overview of commercial development coordination as a planning approach to increase physical activity in small and rural communities through everyday destinations. It is part of the Everyday Destinations series.
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May 2, 2022
This blog post provides an overview of siting community facilities as a planning approach to increase physical activity in small and rural communities through everyday destinations. It is part of the Everyday Destinations series.
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May 2, 2022
Uncovering JAPA: A survey of U.S. planners reveals how they are preparing for and responding to the dangers of extreme heat, with responses showing slight regional variations.
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April 28, 2022
The Town of Morrisville uses digital twins and smart city technology to help the community visualize scenarios and make informed decisions using qualitative and quantitative information.
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April 28, 2022
Uncovering JAPA: Exploring the impact of the built environment and mental wellbeing of bicycling as a form of transportation.
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April 22, 2022
The evolution of creating APA's 23rd division - Arts and Planning.
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April 21, 2022
Uncovering JAPA: Manufactured housing, despite the importance impact to low-income homeownership, remains an understudied topic in planning research and practice. This article provides a needed spatial and regulatory analysis of mobile home parks in Houston.
