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Zoning to Improve Health and Promote Equity
Zoning Practice — March 2015by: Elizabeth Whitton, AICP March 01, 2015This issue of Zoning Practice discusses how communities can use zoning and other development regulations to promote healthy living environments. It highlights a number of potential regulatory changes in support of reducing health disparities by increasing affordable housing options and improving access to care.List Price$10.00ZP subscriber$0.00 -
Distinguishing Between Detrimental and Benign Nonconformities
Zoning Practice — November 2009by: Gail Easley, David Theriaque November 01, 2009This issue of Zoning Practice takes a look the differences between detrimental and benign nonconformities and recommends a two-tiered approach to regulating legal nonconformities.List Price$10.00ZP subscriber$0.00 -
On the Gold Coast
Just across the Hudson from Manhattan, New Jersey’s cities aren’t quite what you remember them to be.January 01, 2017New Jersey cities are shaking off their old manufacturing backgrounds and somewhat sketchy reputations and are becoming chic places to live. -
Shifting Social Consequences of Climate Change
by: Laier-Rayshon SmithUncovering JAPA: Understanding the shifting social consequences of a changing climate. -
Hiding in Plain Sight: Build-to-Rent and Multigenerational Housing
Zoning Practice — November 2024This issue of Zoning Practice explores how development regulations affect opportunities for build-to-rent and multigenerational housing development. It begins with a summary of suburban housing supply challenges before examining the key features of and potential zoning approaches for two emerging types of subtle mixed-residential development. -
A Green Infrastructure Vision for Harford County, Maryland
Community Planning Assistance Team ReportHarford County, Maryland, engaged the CPAT program to execute and organize a community visioning workshop that engaged regional leaders and community groups on green infrastructure and resiliency planning. This report focuses on identifying and prioritizing opportunities to use green infrastructure to enhance resilience in two subwatersheds. -
Aligning Development Codes with the Law
Zoning Practice — November 2014by: Mark White, AICP November 01, 2014This issue of Zoning Practice provides planners and zoning professionals with guidance about the legal issues to consider when drafting a development code. It includes tips about how to put the code together in a way that considers issues of statutory authority and constitutionality and describes how to write in a way that avoids “legalese.”List Price$10.00ZP subscriber$0.00 -
Tech for Scenario Planning
October 01, 2019Scenario planning has grown in acceptance and impact over the past decade, fueled in part by innovations in software. -
Automated Vehicles and the Next Great Transformation of the Built Environment
by: Timothy Chapin, Lindsay Stevens, AICP, Jeremy CruteResearchers at Florida State University and the Florida Department of Transportation document how automated vehicles may transform the built environment in coming decades. -
Decision Making in Sign Codes
Zoning Practice — March 2009by: Daniel Mandelker March 01, 2009This issue of Zoning Practice reviews the legal concept of prior restraint as it relates to discretionary sign permitting decisions and explains how sign codes can steer clear of problems associated with prior restraint.List Price$10.00ZP subscriber$0.00 -
The Commissioner — Spring 2011
In The Commissioner's Spring 2011 issue: "Urban Agriculture’s Popularity on the Rise"; "Planning for and Regulating Medical Marijuana"; a profile of the Bernalillo County, New Mexico, planning commission; "Avoid Hazards with Coordinated Planning"; the history of the Appalachian Regional Commission; and more.List price$5.00Members & subscribers$0.00 -
Creating Planning Documents
PAS Report 589by: Allyson Mendenhall, Claire Hempel, AICP CUD, Emily Risinger, Stephanie Grigsby, AICP November 01, 2017Planners routinely create plans, reports, and guides. This PAS Report is a guide to recommended practices, including field-tested tools and strategies to help planners manage the process of creating planning documents from concept to delivery.List price$25.00APA member & PAS subscriber$0.00 -
Water: Cities' Biggest Risk?
by: Jason JordanAggressive advocacy will be needed to build public support and transform the politics of water. -
Creative Placemaking for Community Health
Planning Approaches to Encourage Physical Activity in Small and Rural Communitiesby: Johamary Pena, AICP, Sagar Shah, PhD, AICPThis 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. -
The Commissioner — Winter 2011
In The Commissioner's Winter 2011 issue: "APA in Multiple Media"; "Nonconforming Uses: Part Two"; a profile of the Brookline, Massachusetts, planning board; "Planning Commission Absenteeism" and sample commission attendance provisions; Lady Bird Johnson's conversation efforts; and more.List price$5.00Members & subscribers$0.00 -
Urban Heat Management and the Legacy of Redlining
by: Laier-Rayshon SmithUncovering JAPA: Neighborhoods that were once targets of redlining now have higher land surface temperatures than other neighborhoods in the same city. Planners need to correct past policy errors to make cities more equitable, including in urban heat management. -
A Guide to Community Planning Academies
PAS Report 605by: Donna Carney August 01, 2023Community planning academies offer a model for authentic public engagement, creating an informed and involved constituency of residents who support local planning.Nonmembers$25.00APA members & PAS subscribers$0.00 -
Lessons From Transportation Planners' Pivot to Virtual Engagement
Forced to innovate by the Covid-19 pandemic, experts say these public participation innovations are here to stay.by: Marisa Denker, Adrienne Zicklin Kanter, MSUP October 01, 2021Planners share their experience of shifting to virtual public engagement during the pandemic, noting that some of the changes are here to stay. -
Reconsidering Ian McHarg: The Future of Urban Ecology
Book ponders the legacy of a renowned landscape architect and author, in the context of a densifying urban world.June 01, 2014This article, an excerpt from a book, ponders the legacy of a renowned landscape architect and author in the context of a densifying urban world. -
Protecting Historically Disadvantaged and Vulnerable Neighborhoods and Business Districts
Zoning Practice — August 2023Establishing protective measures for historically disadvantaged and vulnerable neighborhoods and business districts requires a proactive, community-based approach. This issue of Zoning Practice outlines clear steps those who write, administer, and enforce zoning regulations can take to proactively protect these neighborhoods and business districts. -
Using Faith-Based Land for Affordable Housing
Zoning Practice — July 2023This issue of Zoning Practice explores the growing trend of developing transitional and permanent affordable housing on underused faith-based land. It examines the relationship between land supply and the housing crisis, the reasons why religious institutions are increasingly interested in development partnerships, and the zoning standards that can limit development opportunities. -
High and Dry on the Waterfront
Zoning Practice — November 2013by: James Schwab, FAICPThis issue of Zoning Practice discusses how coastal communities, such as New York City and Hoboken, New Jersey, are reforming development regulations to maintain the attractions of the urban shoreline while adequately protecting those areas from coastal storms and flooding.List Price$10.00ZP subscriber$0.00 -
APA Policy Guide on Historic and Cultural Resources
APA Policy Guide on Historic and Cultural Resources adopted in 1997. -
Smart City Digital Twins
PAS QuickNotes 89A smart city digital twin (SCDT) — a living digital replica of a city that is continuously updated with real-time data and analytics on interactions between humans, infrastructure, and technology — offers a holistic view of the changes that take place in a city. -
Salt Lake City, UT, City Code
Updated September 2021The city's code belongs to the Accessory Dwelling Units, Active Transportation, Affordable Housing Programs, Food Trucks, Group Housing, Home Occupations, Housing Supply Planning, Residential Infill Development, Rethinking Off-Street Parking Requirements, Solar Energy, Transit-Oriented Development, Urban Agriculture, and Urban Livestock collections. -
The Art of Learning by Example
Planning for a future when computers can see: practical intersections of planning practice and AI.October 01, 2020Computer vision, a rapidly growing area of Artificial Intelligence dedicated to creating insights from images, has significant implications for the future of planning. -
Aesthetics, Community Character, and the Law
PAS Report 489/490by: Christopher Duerksen, Matthew Goebel, AICP March 01, 1999Land-use planners and citizens will learn about the law of aesthetics and what legal tools are available to help their communities maintain their sense of place. This PAS Report was cosponsored by Scenic America.List Price$25.00APA member & PAS subscriber$0.00 -
Cheering on the Birds
December 01, 2018In Portland, Oregon, cat lovers and bird lovers come together to learn about enclosed cat patios and safer habitats for migrating and local birds. -
Emerging Trends in Regional Planning
PAS Report 586by: Rocky Piro, FAICP, Robert Leiter, FAICP, Sharon Rooney, AICPToday’s planning issues don’t respect boundaries. Rising tides don’t stop at the county line. Transit systems roll from city to city. Jobs and housing are joined at the hip. This PAS Report offers real-world answers to the regional quandaries planners face.List price$25.00APA member & PAS subscriber$0.00 -
Got Contaminants?
A simple chart lets you pick the green infrastructure solution that meets your pollution removal needs.August 01, 2020Many people recognize that green infrastructure can help reduce stormwater runoff, but fewer understand how to select an appropriate system to improve water quality. -
Dementia-Friendly Public Participation
Accessible public engagement tools are key to ensuring the built environment meets the needs of community members with dementia and other disabilities.by: Samantha Biglieri, PhD, M.Pl. June 17, 2021People living with dementia have the right to be included in the communities in which they live. Fortunately, there are several easy, low-cost accommodations practicing planners can make to better engage them in the planning process. -
Preservation Planning Comes of Age
Fifty years after the passage of the National Historic Preservation Act, planners play a role in saving our treasured historic places.October 01, 2016Fifth years after the passage of the National Historic Preservation Act, developers have invested more than $78 billion in more than 41,250 projects. -
Green Infrastructure: A Landscape Approach
PAS Report 571by: David Rouse, FAICP, Ignacio Bunster-OssaGreen infrastructure cleans the air and water, replenishes aquifers, reduces flooding, and moderates the climate. This PAS Report presents six principles for successful green infrastructure projects.List Price$25.00APA member & PAS subscriber$0.00 -
Integrating Planning and Public Health: Tools and Strategies to Create Healthy Places
PAS Report 539/540by: Marya Morris, FAICP October 01, 2006Is the form of American cities to blame for obesity and poor health? This PAS Report shows how to incorporate public health goals into comprehensive planning.List Price$25.00APA member & PAS subscriber$0.00 -
Reno, NV, Code of Ordinances
Updated February 2022This regulation belongs to the Grayfields Reuse and Redevelopment, Marijuana-Related Uses, Solar Energy, Transit-Oriented Development, and Urban Heat Resilience collections. -
Cottage Home Program
With the adoption of the 2016 Clovis Central Area Plan, the city now permits 400-square-foot cottage homes (i.e., ADUs) on the rear portion of single-family lots in the Old Town Clovis neighborhood. -
Cognitive Assessment of Present Scenario of Urban Heritage: The Strand, Chandannagar, West Bengal, India
by: Abhishek RaoChandannagar’s heritage faces neglect and mismanagement. Key issues include building neglect, unauthorized development, and low awareness. Solutions include a Conservation Fund, incentives for owners, adaptive reuse, heritage trails, cultural events. -
Plan4Health
Coalitions made up of APA chapters, APHA affiliate groups, and others will work to set a new paradigm for healthy planning. By leveraging complementary expertise and influence, this project seeks to expand innovative tactics to addressing tough problems. -
Benefits of Compact, Mixed Use Development
This collection catalogs synthesis and original research articles and reports that illustrate what researchers have learned to date about the costs and benefits associated with compact, mixed use development. -
Grayfields Reuse and Redevelopment
Currently, many cities and counties across the U.S. have a large supply of vacant or underutilized auto-oriented commercial properties. This collection catalogs resources that provide background, policy guidance, and examples of local plan recommendations and zoning standards to facilitate the reuse or redevelopment of abandoned or underutilized commercial properties. -
Inclusionary Housing
Inclusionary housing programs link affordable housing provision to private development by requiring or incentivizing developers to construct affordable housing units as part of market-rate residential projects. This collection catalogs resources that provide background and policy guidance or demonstrate how localities are using plans and development regulations to promote inclusionary housing. -
Neighborhood Planning
A neighborhood plan presents a vision and a strategy to guide change within a discrete, contiguous, predominantly residential subarea of a city. This collection catalogs resources that provide background and policy guidance on planning for discrete, contiguous, predominantly residential subareas of cities, as well as examples of locally adopted neighborhood plans. -
Small Wireless Facilities and Wireless Facilities in the ROW
This collection catalogs resources that provide background, policy guidance, model ordinances, and examples of local development regulations for small wireless facilities and wireless facilities in public rights-of-way. -
Tree Preservation and the Urban Forest
A healthy urban forest provides environmental, social, and economic benefits. This collection catalogs resources that provide background, policy guidance, and examples of how cities and counties are using plans and regulations to protect trees and expand urban tree canopies. -
Wildland-Urban Interface
The wildland-urban interface (WUI) is defined as the area where human development borders or intermingles with forests or other wildlands. This collection catalogs resources that provide background and policy guidance or demonstrate how communities are using plans, regulations, and programs to address wildfire and other challenges in the WUI. -
Albany, NY, Albany 2030
Adopted April 2012This city's comprehensive plan belongs to the Age-Friendly Communities, Built Environment and Health, Community Visioning, Comprehensive Planning, Food Systems, Social Equity, and Solar Energy collections. -
Raleigh, NC, 2030 Comprehensive Plan
Updated November 2019This city's comprehensive plan belongs to the Built Environment and Health, Capital Improvements Programming, Community Visioning, Comprehensive Planning, Creative Placemaking, Environmentally Sensitive Areas, Historic Preservation, Neighborhood Planning, Outdoor Lighting, and Social Equity collections. -
Fairfax County, VA, Zoning Ordinance
Updated July 2021This regulations belong to the Content-Neutral Sign Regulation, Inclusionary Housing, Outdoor Lighting, Short-Term Residential Rentals, Transit-Oriented Development, and Urban Livestock collections. -
Virginia Beach, VA, Code of Ordinances
Updated June 2019This regulation belongs to the Content-Neutral Sign Regulation, Inclusionary Housing, Short-Term Residential Rentals, and Small Wireless Facilities and Wireless Facilities in the ROW collections.