Planning August/September 2012
Planning August/September 2012
Special Issue: Rural Challenges, Rural Choices
Water War, Southern Style
Georgia's 20-year battle with Florida and Alabama enters a new phase, and Craig Pittman wades in.
Farming at the Fringe
Exurban areas are embracing family farms — as Adam Regn Arvidson reports. A Sustaining Places story.
What's Next for Quebec's Northern Frontier?
A look at an ambitious plan for the province's lightly populated but resource-rich northern territory. By David F. Brown and Ginette Lamontagne.
Pipeline Safety on Trial
Allen Best explains why the stakes are high for everyone in the Keystone pipeline debate. With a sidebar about hydrofracking by Tom Daniels.
Lasting Value
An excerpt from Rick Pruetz's recent APA Planners Press book celebrates some remarkable efforts to save rural areas. In Planning Practice.
Fighting for Survival in Small Town America
Carole Moore describes three rural places that are thriving despite a down economy, plus one web-only profile.
Perspectives
A regular column by APA's CEO, Paul Farmer.
News
Drilling and roads, pot farm.
Legal News
Public trust waters, commercial signs.
By the Numbers
Statistics in the news — compiled by APA's Research Department. This month: rural America.
Ever Green
Tim Beatley revisits Rachel Carson's Silent Spring.
Letters
Trams missing, proofreading alert.
Planners Library
Inside Oregon, urbanism for the elderly.
Media
Guide to growth, parking winners.
Viewpoint
Planners as first responders.
Cover: Fall harvest in unincorporated Kane County, Illinois. Photo by Janice Hill, AICP.