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5 Climate Tech Tools to Build Community Resilience
APA’s Technology Division shares datasets, applications, and visualizers that can inform and improve climate change planning.by: Lian Plass, AICP, David Wasserman, AICP January 23, 2023APA’s Technology Division shares datasets, applications, and visualizers that can inform and improve climate change planning. -
The Built Environment, Bicycling, and Mental Wellbeing
by: Jiwon ParkUncovering JAPA: Exploring the impact of the built environment and mental wellbeing of bicycling as a form of transportation. -
City As Habitat: Planning the Nature Connected City
October 01, 2016The City of Edmonton, Alberta, is making an international name for itself as an important model of a nature-friendly city. -
Global Changes, Local Impacts
California's adaptation tools are helping its cities address climate change.October 01, 2015Local governments learn with how to prepare for climate change. -
Minneapolis, MN, Code of Ordinances
Updated November 2021This regulation belongs to the Accessory Dwelling Units, Active Transportation, Affordable Housing Programs, Built Environment and Health, Food Trucks, Green Building, Group Housing, Housing Supply Planning, Residential Infill Development, Rethinking Off-Street Parking Requirements, Shared Mobility, Social Equity, Solar Energy, Urban Agriculture, and Urban Livestock collections. -
Equitable Zoning for Manufactured Housing
Zoning Practice — April 2024This issue of Zoning Practice examines the persistent inequitable treatment of manufactured housing in many local zoning codes and offers considerations for code updates. It begins with brief summaries of the important role manufactured housing plays in supporting housing choice and affordability and includes findings from a five-state analysis of zoning regulations for manufactured housing. -
Community Co-Creation in the Digital Era
PAS QuickNotes 108New technologies — including AI-powered apps, the metaverse, and digital twins — have provided planners with more tools to co-create with communities and reduce barriers to participation. -
If You Plan It
Just seven years after its approval, San Francisco's ambitious plan for the downtown Transbay district is close to reality.January 01, 2019San Francisco's Transit Center District Plan is being built out quickly, bringing commercial space, residences, and a new transit center. -
Street Graphics and the Law: Fourth Edition
PAS Report 580by: Daniel Mandelker, John Baker, Richard Crawford September 01, 2015The fourth edition of "Street Graphics and the Law" will help you steer your street graphics program in the right direction. This PAS Report delivers the latest on the evolution of digital signs and the last word on legal points.List Price$0.00APA member & PAS subscriber$0.00 -
Fast-Growing Vegas Races Toward Energy Efficiency
An unexpected leader in climate innovation, the desert city takes a full-spectrum approach to fortifying water and energy sources.by: Marco Velotta, AICP August 29, 2022An unexpected leader in climate innovation, the desert city takes a full-spectrum approach to fortifying water and energy sources. -
Planning for Public Health
Across the U.S., local governments are beginning to include goals and objectives that promote public health into their comprehensive plans. These long-term plans impact how people make choices of where to live and how to get around, their ability to access healthy foods and opportunities for physical activity, and affect broader issues of social equity, clean air and water, and more. -
Syracuse, NY, Comprehensive Plan 2040
Adopted March 2014This comprehensive plan belongs to the Brownfields Redevelopment, Form-Based Zoning, Green Building, Green Stormwater Infrastructure, and Solar Energy collections. -
Boulder County, CO, Land Use Code
Updated March 2022This city's land use code belongs to the Biophilic Planning, Scenic View Protection, Solar Energy, and Transfer of Development Rights collections. -
Comprehensive Planning
A comprehensive plan is an official statement that sets forth goals, policies, and guidelines intended to direct a jurisdiction's present and future development. This collection catalogs resources that provide background information, comprehensive plan development guidance, and examples of potentially noteworthy plans from various types of communities across the country. -
Solar Energy
This collection catalogs resources that provide background and policy guidance on solar energy use, as well as examples of local plans and regulations that support solar development. -
Urban Livestock
This collection catalogs numerous resources that provide general background, policy guidance, and examples of local regulatory provisions governing the keeping of farm animals and poultry in urban areas. -
Cleveland, OH, Code of Ordinances
Updated September 2021These regulations belong to the Creative Placemaking, Food Systems, Food Trucks, Urban Agriculture, Urban Livestock, and Wind Energy collections. -
Wauwatosa, WI, Municipal Code
Updated September 2021This regulation belongs to the Grayfields Reuse and Redevelopment, Solar Energy, Urban Agriculture, and Urban Livestock collections. -
Butte County, CA, Zoning Ordinance
Updated July 2021This regulation belongs to the Agritourism, Farmland Protection, and Solar Energy collections. -
Rock Island, IL, Comprehensive Plan
Adopted April 2014This city's comprehensive plan belongs to the Built Environment and Health, Community Visioning, Comprehensive Planning, Food Systems, and Solar Energy collections. -
Portland, OR, City Code
Updated June 2022This regulation belongs to 18 Research KnowledgeBase collections. -
Hillsboro, OR, Municipal Code
2018The city's unified development code belongs to the Food Trucks, Rethinking Off-Street Parking Requirements, Transit-Oriented Development, and Zoning Reform and Code Writing collections. -
Laramie, WY, Municipal Code
Updated March 2019This regulation belongs to the Active Transportation, Food Systems, Solar Energy, Urban Livestock, Wind Energy, and Zoning Reform and Code Writing collections. -
Aurora, CO, Code of Ordinances
Updated August 2019This regulation belongs to the Housing Supply Planning, Marijuana-Related Uses, Residential Infill Development, and Transit-Oriented Development collections. -
Montgomery County, MD, County Code
Updated August 2019This regulation belongs to the Green Building, Inclusionary Housing, Short-Term Residential Rentals, Transfer of Development Rights, and Zoning Reform and Code Writing collections. -
Flagstaff, AZ, Code of Ordinances
Updated July 3, 2018This regulation belongs to the Biophilic Planning, Form-Based Zoning, Outdoor Lighting, Wildland-Urban Interface, and Zoning Reform and Code Writing collections. -
San Luis Obispo County, CA, Code of Ordinances
Updated April 30, 2018This regulation belongs to the Environmentally Sensitive Areas, Inclusionary Housing, and Transfer of Development Rights collections. -
Tacoma, WA, Municipal Code
Updated March 2020This regulation belongs to the Active Transportation, Affordable Housing Programs, Housing Supply Planning, Residential Infill Development, Solar Energy, and Transfer of Development Rights collections. -
Denver, CO, Comprehensive Plan 2040
Adopted April 2019This comprehensive plan belongs to the Affordable Housing Programs, Age-Friendly Communities, Climate Change, Comprehensive Planning, Green Stormwater Infrastructure, and Housing Supply Planning collections. -
Santa Fe, NM, City Code
Updated October 2019This regulation belongs to the Accessory Dwelling Units, Green Building, Historic Preservation, Housing Supply Planning, Short-Term Residential Rentals, and Wildland-Urban Interface collections. -
Minneapolis, MN, Minneapolis 2040
Adopted October 2019The city’s comprehensive plan belongs to the Affordable Housing Programs, Climate Change, Complete Streets, Housing Supply Planning, Shared Mobility, Social Equity, and Urban Heat Resilience collections. -
Hartford, CT, Zoning Regulations
Updated June 2020These regulations belong to the Accessory Dwelling Units, Food Systems, Form-Based Zoning, Housing Supply Planning, Tiny Houses and Micro-Apartments, Transit-Oriented Development, Urban Agriculture, and Zoning Reform and Code Writing collections. -
Defining and Measuring Community Character
Zoning Practice — December 2010by: Bret Keast, AICP December 01, 2010This issue of Zoning Practice lays out a framework to describe the general characteristics of different classes and types of community character and suggests means and metrics communities can use to define character in local plans and zoning.List Price$10.00ZP subscriber$0.00 -
Combating Climate Change Through Vacant Lot Restoration
by: Sagar Shah, PhD, AICPA success story of how vacant lots in Philadelphia were transformed into climate-resilient pollinator gardens to combat climate change. -
Pattern Zones and Pre-Reviewed Homes
Zoning Practice — January 2024This issue of Zoning Practice explores how a pattern approach to zoning, incorporating pre-reviewed building plans, may help communities expand housing choice and affordability. It begins with a brief examination of historical precedents before outlining the key components of a pattern zoning program and highlighting potentially complementary strategies. -
Building Better Urban Forests
April 01, 2017In the Viewpoint from Planning's April 2016 issue, Nick Overall looks at the value of the urban forest and says urban forestry should not be an afterthought. -
Denver, CO, Zoning Code
Updated July 2021This regulation belongs to the Accessory Dwelling Units, Form-Based Zoning, Group Housing, Housing Supply Planning, Short-Term Residential Rentals, Solar Energy, Urban Agriculture, Urban Livestock, Wind Energy, and Zoning Reform and Code Writing collections. -
Augmented: Planners in an Era of Generative AI
by: David Wasserman, AICP, Michael FlaxmanUnderstand the implications of generative AI and learn three steps for planners to take today. -
Vertical City in a Garden
January 01, 2016Singapore is a model of biophilic urbanism, incorporating plants and nature into all aspects of its urban fabric. -
Building a Participation Ladder With Youth
by: Laier-Rayshon SmithUncovering JAPA: What possibilities would we have if youth could participate more fully in planning? Read about three new rungs of youth participation. -
When Vacancies Are an Asset
Empty units could be converted to affordable rental housing.October 01, 2014A potential solution to the current shortage of affordable renting units could be renting out more of the millions of vacant units across the U.S. This article explores the different kinds of vacant units, landlords' reasons for not renting them, and potential steps forward. -
What's Blocking an ADU Boom?
Accessory dwelling units are gaining national momentum, but these regulatory and financial hurdles still need to be cleared.by: Adina Solomon September 09, 2021Accessory dwelling units are gaining national momentum, but these regulatory and financial hurdles still need to be cleared. -
Putting a 'There' There
Decade by decade, a Denver suburb is transforming itself into a more inviting urban center. It’s even building a downtown from scratch.by: John Carpenter December 01, 2016Westminster, a Denver suburb, is transforming itself into an inviting urban center, even building a downtown from scratch. -
Complete Streets: Best Policy and Implementation Practices
PAS Report 559by: Barbara McCann, Suzanne Rynne April 01, 2010Drawing on lessons learned from more than 30 communities around the country, this PAS Report provides insight into successful policy and implementation practices that have resulted in complete streets.List Price$25.00APA member & PAS subscriber$0.00 -
Your Guide to NFTs, Cryptocurrency, and the Blockchain
The blockchain could have a big impact on city services — and the environment. Here's what planners need to know.by: Patrick Sisson June 27, 2022The blockchain could have a big impact on city services — and the environment. Here's what planners need to know. -
Partnerships and Federal Funding Build an Oasis in a Food Desert
Tulsa Economic Development Corporation and partners leveraged federal grant dollars and made community and equity the core of a new grocery store.by: Gary Hamer, AICP March 16, 2023Tulsa Economic Development Corporation and partners leveraged federal grant dollars and made community and equity the core of a new grocery store. -
Commercial Corridor Redevelopment Strategies
PAS Report 598by: Luis Nunez February 01, 2021All commercial corridors have the potential to be vibrant, compelling, and sustainable assets to communities. But planners can face multiple challenges to making this idea a reality, especially for declining auto-oriented, retail-focused strips. This PAS Report provides planners with a comprehensive suite of market-based strategies to improve their communities’ commercial corridors.Nonmember price$25.00APA member & PAS subscriber$0.00 -
How to Uncover and Honor LGBTQ+ History in the Built Environment
Kentucky and Maryland are the first states to use historical context studies to highlight places influential to the LGBTQ+ community — and drive planning efforts.by: Tatiana Walk-Morris May 20, 2022Kentucky and Maryland are the first states to use historical context studies to highlight places influential to the LGBTQ+ community — and drive planning efforts. -
Resurfacing Our Cities
May 01, 2018In our efforts to make cities greener and wilder, we have the chance to rethink and redesign other spaces. Every facade or vertical flat surface — above and below water — can be doing more. -
Stronger Today, More Resilient Tomorrow
California and Bay Area cities are raising the bar for climate and hazard adaptation.January 01, 2019Bay Area communities are adapting to the climate changes that pose a serious threat to California’s economic well-being, public health, natural resources, and the environment.