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November 17, 2022
Uncovering JAPA: Apply three aspects of equity to make the climate action planning process more inclusive.
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November 14, 2022
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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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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November 9, 2022
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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October 21, 2022
Equity in Practice: Portland neighborhood prioritizes people over vehicles to help reduce violence.
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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 6, 2022
Uncovering JAPA: How are planners grappling with immigrant needs.
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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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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 13, 2022
Spotlight on Zoning Practice: It's time to get serious about diversifying local planning and zoning boards.
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July 14, 2022
Uncovering JAPA: How can planners preserve dissent in online public engagement opportunities?
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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 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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May 13, 2022
Spotlight on Zoning Practice: How can deregulation expand housing supply and support housing equity?
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April 14, 2022
Uncovering JAPA: 'Place-based' policies can help address growing interregional inequality within the U.S.
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April 13, 2022
Sponsored Content: The University of Florida Department of Urban and Regional Planning is highlighting two of our alumnae, Jennifer Krouchick and Lian Plass.
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April 7, 2022
Uncovering JAPA: The aftermath of Hurricane Dolly (2008) on the colonias of the Rio Grande Valley illustrate the need for equitable disaster recovery.
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March 31, 2022
Uncovering JAPA: Analysis of Chicago's Large Lot Program to make neighborhoods more aesthetically pleasing and more equitable.
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March 24, 2022
Uncovering JAPA: Researchers explore the gentrification impacts of light rail stations.
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March 8, 2022
Documentary explores the long-lasting impacts of redlining on communities.
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March 8, 2022
In Greensboro, North Carolina, three AICP-certified women discuss their personal journeys into planning and the value of AICP.
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March 3, 2022
Uncovering JAPA: Authors examine 180 cities in Southern California to determine if changing residential land uses reduce housing inequities.
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February 17, 2022
Uncovering JAPA: Understanding the impact of mandatory inclusionary housing on the affordable housing stock in London, England.
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February 15, 2022
APA member Eunice Roxann Read shares her personal career journey and gives insight into the resilience needed to continually adapt and thrive in the course of your work life.
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January 27, 2022
Uncovering JAPA: While planners have long valued diversity, equity, and inclusion, Municipal cultural plans too often treat diversity, equity, and inclusion superficially.
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January 25, 2022
Planners are increasingly aware of neurodiversity, focusing on fostering community engagement and advocating for inclusion in the workplace. Neurodiversity, encompassing variations like autism, offers a broader perspective on human differences, relevant to planning and the built environment.
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January 24, 2022
APA Florida’s Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Committee launched a survey to better understand the intersection of experiences and the work of planning in Florida concerning equity, diversity, and inclusion. The survey results and a panel discussion were shared via a webinar.
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December 17, 2021
The Unangan community of St. George, Alaska, demonstrates the power of planning in a rural and remote community to build a more resilient future.
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November 4, 2021
Uncovering JAPA: The experiences of African American/Black and Hispanic/Latin/o/a/x planners illustrate it is necessary to increase diversity in the workplace but also create inclusive work environments.
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October 11, 2021
This post discusses the importance of diversity and inclusion in the workplace, particularly within planning organizations, in light of recent social and racial justice movements.
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October 5, 2021
Los Angeles' City Planning department created Spanish Translation Style Guide, a tool to broaden support for key programs, respond to citizens’ needs, and collect input from diverse LEP voices across the city.
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September 29, 2021
Planning directors from 20 U.S. cities release a statement and commitment to advancing racial equity. Planning directors are invited to sign the commitment.
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August 17, 2021
Learn how organizations are translating EDI values into actionable initiatives. Los Angeles and Denver, among others, are taking steps to promote diversity and equity. It also provides tips for expanding EDI efforts in small businesses and highlights WSP's global diversity focus.
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August 5, 2021
Uncovering JAPA: Understand the work that remains in regional food systems planning to make them more equitable.
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July 23, 2021
Key takeaways from the ACSP/APA Practitioner Diversity Climate Survey. Planners acknowledge that employers are responsible for creating a climate of inclusion that starts at recruitment and continues through promotion. Employees also need ongoing training and support to accomplish these goals.
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June 24, 2021
Uncovering JAPA: Understanding the shifting social consequences of a changing climate.
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June 10, 2021
Uncovering JAPA: What are the implications of human rights for planning in Canadian cities, and beyond?
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May 17, 2021
Through community development work, the Mel King Institute in Boston continues to fight for causes that Mel King has championed his life.
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March 25, 2021
Uncovering JAPA: A survey of Black and Latinx planning students found that the students experienced different levels of discrimination depending on their citizenship status, race/ethnicity, nationality, and citizen status. Participants did not believe that planning education was allowing students to develop the skills to be culturally sensitive planners.
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March 11, 2021
Uncovering JAPA: The grid system of American city streets has tangible implications for equity in mobility, public health, and environmental sustainability.
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February 18, 2021
Uncovering JAPA: Neighborhoods that were once targets of redlining now have higher land surface temperatures than other neighborhoods in the same city. Planners need to correct past policy errors to make cities more equitable, including in urban heat management.
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February 16, 2021
Uncovering JAPA: Chicago's policy of selling vacant lots at a very low cost to adjacent landowners and other purchasers with local connections has resulted in a reduction in neighborhood crime.
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February 11, 2021
Uncovering JAPA: Why do landlords set housing rents below market? Can planners use this to expand affordable housing without public subsidies?
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November 5, 2020
Uncovering JAPA: How and why should planners better understand the terms Hispanic, Latino, and Latinx?
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October 29, 2020
Uncovering JAPA: How can planners make driving safer and make stronger arguments for carpooling? What if planners could also become advocates for immigrants at the same time?
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October 22, 2020
Uncovering JAPA: What do quantitative methods reveal about LGBTQ neighborhood development and historic preservation?
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October 1, 2020
Uncovering JAPA: What can planning departments do to adopt an organizational racial equity framework?
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September 24, 2020
Uncovering JAPA: Step one in planning for equitable outcomes: create an equitable workplace.
