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Plan on Reading These Books in 2025
JAPA reviewers share their take on books about traffic engineering nightmares, poverty as everyone’s problem, managing really big projects, and learning from utopian ideals of the past.by: Meghan Stromberg December 19, 2024JAPA reviewers share their take on books about traffic engineering nightmares, poverty as everyone’s problem, managing really big projects, and learning from utopian ideals of the past. -
Rural Communities Embrace ADUs to Boost Housing Supply
How planners, lawmakers, and residents are changing attitudes and zoning rules about accessory dwelling units in small towns.by: Kevin Hardy December 17, 2024How planners, lawmakers, and residents are changing attitudes and zoning rules about accessory dwelling units in small towns. -
Happy Birthday, Planning!
The APA magazine celebrates 90 years and looks ahead to the future.by: Meghan Stromberg December 12, 2024The APA magazine celebrates 90 years and looks ahead to the future. -
7 Need-to-Know Trends for Planners in 2025
As housing challenges mount, planners are contending with a post-work world and water scarcity, while finding opportunities in fungus and reimagining public spaces.by: Jon DePaolis December 05, 2024As housing challenges mount, planners are contending with a post-work world and water scarcity, while finding opportunities in fungus and reimagining public spaces. -
Empathy in Planning
PAS QuickNotes 109by: Meaghan McSorley December 01, 2024This edition of PAS QuickNotes offers practical strategies for cultivating empathy to support personal well-being, strengthen teamwork with colleagues, and enable authentic community engagement.Nonmember price$10.00APA members & PAS subscribers$0.00 -
Year in Review: Planning’s 10 Most-Read Stories of 2024
Readers spent last year diving into housing issues, zoning solutions, and how roads impact communities.by: Jon DePaolis November 26, 2024Readers spent last year diving into housing issues, zoning solutions, and how roads impact communities. -
How a New NFL Stadium is Transforming Nashville’s East Bank
By engaging the community, planners can help cities tie sports venues to urban neighborhoods, creating a cultural hub for the whole city.by: Joe Tedino November 21, 2024By engaging the community, planners can help cities tie sports venues to urban neighborhoods, creating a cultural hub for the whole city. -
From Promises to Progress for High-Speed Rail
Despite delays and challenges, several big-ticket projects are gaining momentum in California, Texas, and Florida.by: Daniel Vock November 14, 2024Despite delays and challenges, several big-ticket projects are gaining momentum in California, Texas, and Florida. -
Why Overusing ‘Resilience’ Hurts Effective Policymaking
When planners misuse or use words too much, they lose their meaning. This can lead to challenges in understanding and implementing our intended changes.by: John Heide, AICP November 12, 2024When planners misuse or use words too much, they lose their meaning. This can lead to challenges in understanding and implementing our intended changes. -
Keys to Effective Salary Negotiation
How planners can secure better pay, benefits, and work-life balance.by: Kati Woock November 07, 2024How planners can secure better pay, benefits, and work-life balance. -
How Anchorage Effectively Eliminated Single-Family-Only Zoning
Elected officials (including a planner) and a housing advocate share in their own words what it took to adopt zoning reform and turn a “no” vote into “yes.”by: Jon DePaolis October 31, 2024Elected officials (including a planner) and a housing advocate share in their own words what it took to adopt zoning reform and turn a “no” vote into “yes.” -
7 Ways to Rethink TOD Assumptions for Slow-Growth Areas
Consider the local market and see whether zoning reform, phased development, or pop-ups can make implementing transit-oriented development a reality.by: Patty Folan October 24, 2024Consider the local market and see whether zoning reform, phased development, or pop-ups can make implementing transit-oriented development a reality. -
Julia Freedgood on How to Grow Strong and Sustainable Food Systems
It takes a holistic view, systems thinking, and an understanding of how to listen to the community.by: Jon DePaolis October 17, 2024It takes a holistic view, systems thinking, and an understanding of how to listen to the community. -
It’s Time to 'Punch 9 for Harold Washington'
How public participation helped elect Chicago’s first African American mayor 40 years ago.by: Ezra Haber Glenn, AICP October 10, 2024How public participation helped elect Chicago’s first African American mayor 40 years ago. -
4 Tools for Sharing Extreme Heat Risk Information
APA’s Technology Division recommends datasets, dashboards, and more to help planners visualize, communicate, and mitigate the growing risk.by: Sarah Bassett, Mahtot Gebresselassie October 03, 2024APA’s Technology Division recommends datasets, dashboards, and more to help planners visualize, communicate, and mitigate the growing risk. -
Community Co-Creation in the Digital Era
PAS QuickNotes 108by: Ievgeniia Dulko October 01, 2024This edition of PAS QuickNotes explains how new technologies are enhancing the ability of community members to co-create targeted solutions for pressing issues and directly impact the decision-making process.Nonmember price$10.00APA members & PAS subscribers$0.00 -
New ADU Tools May Unlock Affordable Housing in Your Backyard
From California to Arkansas, ready-made design plans can reduce time and costs during the permitting process.by: Jon DePaolis September 26, 2024From California to Arkansas, ready-made design plans can reduce time and costs during the permitting process. -
Climate Change Pushes Fair Bluff to Higher Ground
How a North Carolina town, a tribal community, and others are rising from climate-caused ruin to create new beginnings.by: Joe Tedino September 24, 2024How a North Carolina town, a tribal community, and others are rising from climate-caused ruin to create new beginnings. -
Planning for a Hybrid World
The "2024 Trend Report for Planners" takes a deep dive into how the new normal of work is changing the way people live.by: Petra Hurtado, PhD, David Morley, AICP September 19, 2024The "2024 Trend Report for Planners" takes a deep dive into how the new normal of work is changing the way people live. -
A Work in Progress: USDOT’s Reconnecting Communities Pilot
Cities in Michigan and Washington are using federal grant money to fund new projects that aim to undo decades of harm done by 20th-century highway infrastructure.by: Vicki Johnson September 12, 2024Cities in Michigan and Washington are using federal grant money to fund new projects that aim to undo decades of harm done by 20th-century highway infrastructure. -
When Driving is Not an Option
It’s time to recognize and listen to the 25 percent of the U.S. population that doesn’t drive, says author Anna Letitia Zivarts.by: Steve Wright September 05, 2024It’s time to recognize and listen to the 25 percent of the U.S. population that doesn’t drive, says author Anna Letitia Zivarts. -
Environmental Justice and Zoning Reform
PAS Report 608by: Christine Quattro, AICP September 01, 2024Zoning that places residential uses next to high-intensity land uses has environmental justice implications for the health, safety, and welfare of individuals, families, and communities.Nonmembers$25.00APA members & PAS subscribers$0.00 -
Two Years In, One Path Expands Access to AICP
Support services like office hours and an eligibility checklist set emerging planners on the road to success.by: Karen Wolf, FAICP August 29, 2024Support services like office hours and an eligibility checklist set emerging planners on the road to success. -
How Being a Secret Shopper Changed a Planner’s Perspective
Rebecca Everette, AICP, shares how navigating her city's permitting process showed a need for empathy and mutual understanding.by: Sophia Burns August 22, 2024Rebecca Everette, AICP, shares how navigating her city's permitting process showed a need for empathy and mutual understanding. -
As Assembly Lines are Forged, Rural Communities Plan for Positive Growth
How West Tennessee planners are preparing for a rural renaissance before a humungous battery and EV factory comes to town.by: Patrick Sisson August 15, 2024How West Tennessee planners are preparing for a rural renaissance before a humungous battery and EV factory comes to town. -
New Road Fees for Amazon and Others Supercharge State Transportation Funds
As gas tax revenues decline due to EV use, states look to online shopping to foot the bill for road repairs and transit projects.by: Alex Brown August 08, 2024As gas tax revenues decline due to EV use, states look to online shopping to foot the bill for road repairs and transit projects. -
Geoengineering
PAS QuickNotes 107by: Senna Catenacci August 01, 2024This edition of PAS QuickNotes offers planners a primer on geoengineering, the intentional, large-scale manipulation of natural systems to mitigate global warming.Nonmember price$10.00APA members & PAS subscribers$0.00 -
Complete Streets Drive Housing, Jobs, and Retail Gains
A new study finds measurable economic benefits beyond the aesthetics, traffic calming, and pedestrian and bicyclist safety they already are known for.by: Arthur Nelson, FAICP August 01, 2024A new study finds measurable economic benefits beyond the aesthetics, traffic calming, and pedestrian and bicyclist safety they already are known for. -
How Planners Can Win the Battle with Imposter Syndrome
Managing your response to negative feedback and knowing the value of your training are keys to confidence.by: Sophia Burns July 30, 2024Managing your response to negative feedback and knowing the value of your training are keys to confidence. -
Omaha Leverages Public-Private Partnerships to Increase Housing Supply
With an eye on equity, layering funding sources creates a revolving loan fund for developing or refurbishing housing.by: Jon DePaolis July 25, 2024With an eye on equity, layering funding sources creates a revolving loan fund for developing or refurbishing housing. -
'King Coal' Unearths Appalachia’s Entanglement with Extraction
A new PBS documentary examines the culture built on a fading resource and asks, “What’s next for coal country?”by: Ezra Haber Glenn, AICP July 18, 2024A new PBS documentary examines the culture built on a fading resource and asks, “What’s next for coal country?” -
5 Tech Tools for Conservation Planning and Urban Green Projects
APA’s Technology Division recommends tools planners can use to put sustainable infrastructure principles into practice.by: Kevin Meindl, AICP, Lian Plass, AICP, Alana Tucker, AICP July 11, 2024APA’s Technology Division recommends tools planners can use to put sustainable infrastructure principles into practice. -
What Now for Communities and the Unhoused?
Planners find solutions even before the recent Grants Pass Supreme Court decision.by: Daniel Vock July 02, 2024Planners find solutions even before the recent Grants Pass Supreme Court decision. -
Strategic Planning for Communities and Organizations
PAS Report 607by: Wayne Feiden, FAICP, University of Massachusetts Center for Resilient Metro-Regions July 01, 2024Strategic planning is any short-term process designed to take advantage of strategic opportunities that results in a plan for concrete actions or programs.Nonmembers$25.00APA members & PAS subscribers$0.00 -
Why Paid Community Engagement is Worth the Investment
Compensation policies help planners build sustainable and authentic relationships, says Noah Boggess, AICP.by: Sophia Burns June 27, 2024Compensation policies help planners build sustainable and authentic relationships, says Noah Boggess, AICP. -
$13 Million in DOE Funding Heats Up Geothermal Energy Projects in Justice40 Communities
From Alaska to Vermont, retrofits and pilot programs revive an old heating and cooling technology that cuts greenhouse gases (and utility bills too).by: Joe Tedino June 25, 2024From Alaska to Vermont, retrofits and pilot programs revive an old heating and cooling technology that cuts greenhouse gases (and utility bills too). -
Beat Extreme Heat with These 8 Tactics
America’s deadliest weather disaster calls for both mitigation and management strategies — in the hottest months and beyond. Here's how to get started today.by: Ladd Keith, Sara Meerow June 20, 2024America’s deadliest weather disaster calls for both mitigation and management strategies — in the hottest months and beyond. Here's how to get started today. -
Climate-impacted Native Alaskan Towns Seek Solutions in Manufactured Housing
Melting permafrost and a lack of labor add challenges to residential home building.by: Gregory Scruggs June 13, 2024Melting permafrost and a lack of labor add challenges to residential home building. -
Can Strong Social Infrastructure Cure the Loneliness Epidemic?
Creating havens, hubs, and hangouts brings people together and can enhance well-being. Here are 4 steps to get started.by: Kimberly Driggins, Bridget Marquis June 11, 2024Creating havens, hubs, and hangouts brings people together and can enhance well-being. Here are 4 steps to get started. -
Managed Retreat
PAS QuickNotes 106by: Scarlet Andrzejczak June 01, 2024This edition of PAS QuickNotes explores managed retreat as a climate adaptation and risk management strategy.Nonmember price$0.00APA members & PAS subscribers$0.00 -
As Gayborhoods Shrink, Pop-Up LGBTQ+ Spaces Can Build Inclusive Communities
Events are meeting queer people where they are. Here’s how planners can open doors to more.by: Aaron Greiner May 30, 2024Events are meeting queer people where they are. Here’s how planners can open doors to more. -
Champion Reforms to Solve the Housing Crisis
The Housing Supply Accelerator Playbook recommends ready-to-implement strategies that local elected officials and planners should embrace to create more diverse, attainable, and equitable housing options in communities big and small.by: Joel Albizo, FASAE, CAE May 23, 2024The Housing Supply Accelerator Playbook recommends ready-to-implement strategies that local elected officials and planners should embrace to create more diverse, attainable, and equitable housing options in communities big and small. -
Test Concepts and Go Beyond the Screen with the Latest City-Building Video Games
From Spider-Man to Cities: Skylines, creating communities has never felt more real — and more relevant — for planners.by: Bill Jones May 16, 2024From Spider-Man to Cities: Skylines, creating communities has never felt more real — and more relevant — for planners. -
Flexible New Historic Preservation Policies Support Housing and Climate Solutions
Four federal policy statements guide planners seeking more modern approaches to housing, climate change, burial grounds, and Indigenous Knowledge.by: Sara Bronin May 09, 2024Four federal policy statements guide planners seeking more modern approaches to housing, climate change, burial grounds, and Indigenous Knowledge. -
Support Grows for Preserving Rural Grocery Stores
Lawmakers and communities fight to save access to affordable, healthy food and the social infrastructure local markets provide.by: Kevin Hardy May 07, 2024Lawmakers and communities fight to save access to affordable, healthy food and the social infrastructure local markets provide. -
How the National Zoning Atlas Visualizes and Demystifies the Power of Zoning
Sara Bronin’s sweeping vision gives planners a tool to push for reform.by: Sophia Burns May 02, 2024Sara Bronin’s sweeping vision gives planners a tool to push for reform. -
Yes, You Can Convert Vacant Retail to Housing
Rethinking ground-floor regulations to include residential uses is a controversial but doable solution to housing underproduction and a glut of empty storefronts.by: Larisa Ortiz April 30, 2024Rethinking ground-floor regulations to include residential uses is a controversial but doable solution to housing underproduction and a glut of empty storefronts. -
‘Concrete Utopia’ Shows How to Heal Cracks in the Social Fabric
After an earthquake levels most of their city, tenants self-govern for survival in this South Korean disaster flick.by: Ezra Haber Glenn, AICP April 25, 2024After an earthquake levels most of their city, tenants self-govern for survival in this South Korean disaster flick. -
The New Math of Climate Resilience
A groundbreaking project in Norfolk, Virginia, multiplies the impact of a $112 million federal grant by making social vulnerability and environmental justice, not just property values, major factors in its calculations.by: Jim Morrison April 18, 2024A groundbreaking project in Norfolk, Virginia, multiplies the impact of a $112 million federal grant by making social vulnerability and environmental justice, not just property values, major factors in its calculations. -
Turn Down the Lights and Turn Up Conservation Benefits
How a Florida city became the state's first DarkSky-certified community through planning leadership, thoughtful policy creation, and ongoing community engagement.by: Rebecca Susmarski April 11, 2024How a Florida city became the state's first DarkSky-certified community through planning leadership, thoughtful policy creation, and ongoing community engagement.
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