Building Sustainability and Resilience into Local Planning Agencies
PAS Memo — January-February 2018
By Wayne Feiden, FAICP
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Does your jurisdiction plan for sustainability or resiliency? Many communities are jumping on the sustainability/resiliency bandwagon, but planners might not be the ones leading these efforts. This PAS Memo explores the growing interest of local governments in sustainability and resilience and discusses the skill sets planners need to take leadership roles in this area.
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About the Author
Wayne Feiden, FAICP
<p><strong>Wayne Feiden, FAICP </strong>is Director of the Center for Resilient Metro-Regions and Lecturer of Planning Practice at the University of Massachusetts. Wayne's focus includes all aspects of placemaking, design, planning, and sustainability in his planning practice and research. He has led or served on dozens of strategic planning teams in 21 states and five countries. Wayne’s Rockefeller Bellagio residency (Italy), State Department Professional Fellowships (Indonesia and Malaysia), German Marshall Fund fellowship (Northern Ireland, England and Denmark), Fulbright Specialist fellowships (South Africa and New Zealand), and Eisenhower Fellowship (Hungary) all had a placemaking focus. His research publications include “<em>Urban and Regional and Organizational Strategic Planning</em>,” “<em>Conservation Limited Development</em>,” “<em>Building Sustainability and Resiliency into Local Planning Agencies</em>,” “<em>Local Agency Planning Management</em>” and “<em>Assessing Sustainability</em>.” Wayne is a fellow of the American Institute of Certified Planners and has won professional planner and advocacy planner awards from APA-MA. Wayne has a BS in natural resources from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor and a master in city planning from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.</p>