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February 10, 2022
Uncovering JAPA: Understanding the burden on individuals who avoided public transportation during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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February 3, 2022
Uncovering JAPA: Understanding how major metropolitan areas have shifted their approach to zoning for density.
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January 28, 2022
Two recent disciplinary actions taken by the AICP Ethics Committee in December 2021.
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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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January 21, 2022
Spotlight on Zoning Practice: Jenny Raitt challenges planners to reckon with zoning's racist legacy, and work to build integrated and equitable communities.
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January 20, 2022
Uncovering JAPA: A look if removing minimum parking requirements shift development trends in cities and reduce car-dependence in the long run?
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January 13, 2022
Uncovering JAPA: This study looks at if location determines how and when older adults may stop driving.
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January 11, 2022
Design thinking instructor Thomas Fisher discusses how the practice is useful for planners to envision the future.
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January 6, 2022
Uncovering JAPA: Solutions for ensuring people living with dementia are included in the planning process.
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December 21, 2021
This blog post provides an overview of adaptive reuse as a planning approach to increase physical activity in small and rural towns. It is part of the Everyday Destinations series.
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December 21, 2021
This blog post provides an overview of community events 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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December 21, 2021
This blog post provides an overview of pop-up designs and activations 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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December 21, 2021
This blog post provides an overview of elevating community assets to increase physical activity in small and rural towns. It is part of the Everyday Destinations series.
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December 21, 2021
This blog post provides an overview of community events 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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December 21, 2021
This blog post introduces the Everyday Destinations project, a 15-part blog series that explores planning approaches to encourage physical activity in small and rural communities.
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December 21, 2021
This blog post provides an overview of growth area identification 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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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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December 16, 2021
AICP President Mitchell J. Silver details the 2021 updates to the AICP Code of Ethics.
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December 16, 2021
Sponsored Content from Tyler Technologies. Learn how different approaches to digital transformation can empower constituents, connect communities, and accelerate development.
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December 16, 2021
Uncovering JAPA: How do uneven negotiating powers stymie affordable housing development?
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December 15, 2021
Spotlight on Zoning Practice: Three recent issues of Zoning Practice have offered bold new visions for alternatives to the status quo in zoning. These visions range from a radical rebuild to an attempt to harness self-interest to advance elusive collective goals.
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December 8, 2021
For many planners, “smart city” is just a buzzword that does not connect with their community goals and is not part of their vision or toolkit. This is something that needs to change. The question is not whether planners should plan for smart cities, but rather how they can do so in equitable and sustainable ways.
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December 7, 2021
Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD) is a framework to discover and mobilize assets or resources available in a community and use them to benefit residents.
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December 2, 2021
Uncovering JAPA: Exploration of how policy, family-oriented design, and programming has the ability to influence parents' locational choice in where to raise their family.
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November 24, 2021
Uncovering JAPA: Connecting what political candidates' social media posts to plan outcomes may help signal what plans will be implemented.
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November 19, 2021
Moonlighting, when prohibited by employers, can result in revocation of your AICP credential.
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November 18, 2021
Sponsored Content from Tyler Technologies. Learn how Horry County, South Carolina put GIS at the core of government operations and made data readily accessible to residents, developers, contractors, and visitors.
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November 18, 2021
Uncovering JAPA: The 'Planners' Circles' or walksheds need to be customized to take into account trip purpose and who is walking.
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November 12, 2021
Spotlight on Zoning Practice: Cities, towns, and counties often take a light touch when it comes to zoning for major educational and health-care campuses. But do demographic and technological changes mean it's time to rethink the status quo?
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November 11, 2021
Uncovering JAPA: By exploring the outcomes of Montgomery County, Maryland's, transfer development rights program, author Li Fang provides a strong case for adjusting the standard practices around TDR program evaluations.
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November 11, 2021
Sponsored content from Tyler Technologies. In a context of recovery and a new focus on growth, driving virtual community development is an approach that is proven to lead to success.
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November 10, 2021
The number of Americans living with dementia, which includes Alzheimer’s disease, is growing. Planners can play a key role in making sure that communities allow for the best possible quality of life for this growing population.
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November 8, 2021
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the City of Austin, Texas' off-premises sign regulations were permissible under the First Amendment.
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November 4, 2021
New federal support for zoning reform is in President Biden's Build Back Better framework thanks to planners' advocacy. White House leaders recently made the case for why tackling zoning and housing supply challenges is at the center of the President's economic agenda.
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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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November 2, 2021
The City of Seattle launched ADUniverse, using ESRI's ArcGIS to help residents understand their ADU options.
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November 1, 2021
A new guidebook from APA and ICMA highlights key opportunities for planners to help speed the decarbonization of the U.S. electricity grid by promoting context-sensitive large-scale solar development in the communities they serve.
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October 18, 2021
A Guide for the Idealist post on using reflection-in-action and reflection-on-action to make practical judgments on planning episodes that are grounded in ethical and practical considerations.
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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 7, 2021
Uncovering JAPA: What do citizens in Detroit gain from private development?
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October 6, 2021
APA joins the call for increasing emission reduction limits with more than 60 other professional organizations ahead of COP26.
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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 30, 2021
Uncovering JAPA: An experiment to determine if the number of people impact the quality of a public space?
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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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September 28, 2021
APA recently published the Post-Disaster Recovery Guide for Planners — a resource that aims to help local planners working for communities that are recovering from all kinds of disasters, including catastrophic flooding and damage and disruption from cascading hazards.
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September 23, 2021
Uncovering JAPA: Focusing on Latino Vendor Markets can help create community connections among ethic groups in a city.
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September 16, 2021
Uncovering JAPA: How has the jobs-housing balance in California shifted from the results measured in earlier research?
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September 15, 2021
Alejandro (Alex) Fuentes will join APA as the new chief financial and operating officer on October 18, 2021.
