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Evanston, IL, Code of Ordinances
Updated February 2022This regulation belongs to the Climate Change, Food Trucks, Inclusionary Housing, Short-Term Residential Rentals, Solar Energy, and Urban Livestock collections. -
Davis, CA, Municipal Code
Updated October 2021This regulation belongs to the Active Transportation, Farmland Protection, Inclusionary Housing, and Solar Energy collections. -
San Jose, CA, Municipal Code
Updated September 2021This regulation belongs to the Active Transportation, Affordable Housing Programs, Built Environment and Health, Group Housing, Housing Supply Planning, Shared Mobility, and Solar Energy collections. -
Raleigh, NC, Unified Development Ordinance
Updated January 2020This regulation belongs to the Food Trucks, Green Stormwater Infrastructure, Historic Preservation, Housing Supply Planning, Residential Infill Development, Rethinking Off-Street Parking Requirements, and Zoning Reform and Code Writing collections. -
Form-Based Zoning
Form-based zoning is an approach to zoning that emphasizes built form over land use. This collection catalogs resources that provide background and policy guidance on form-based zoning, as well as examples of local form-based codes. -
Planning for Urban Heat Resilience
PAS Report 600by: Ladd Keith, Sara Meerow April 06, 2022Planners seeking to increase their communities’ urban heat resilience can equitably prepare for and adapt to both chronic and acute heat risk through heat mitigation and management strategies.Nonmembers$0.00APA members & PAS subscribers$0.00 -
Community Food System Assessments
PAS Memo — November/December 2015A community food system assessment provides a clear picture of the food system resources, assets, challenges, and opportunities in a community. An assessment provides a solid grounding in the existing conditions of food access, food production and consumption, and food-related industry and employment. -
The Baltimore Planning Academy: Community Empowerment through Civic Education
PAS Memo 112The Baltimore Planning Academy is a cohort-based, six-week program designed to build community leadership around urban planning, zoning, and development topics. -
How Adaptive Reuse Can Help Solve the Housing Crisis
Zoning reform and flexible buildings codes can transform vacant buildings into affordable housing.by: Tatiana Walk-Morris May 01, 2021Vacant warehouses and offices offer new opportunities for affordable housing. But to help make it happen, planners and policy makers need to remove these regulatory obstacles. -
Really Complete Streets
Let's make room for parks and recreation in the right-of-way.October 01, 2014As cities build out, street easements and rights-of-way tend to expand and parkland per person tends to shrink. This article makes the case for cities incorporating more uses in rights-of-way and building really complete streets. -
Saving the Gulf Coast
How a decade of disasters has prompted Louisiana to better prepare for its future.November 01, 2014Louisiana is implementing the lessons it learned after Hurricane Katrina. Federal funding, political willpower, and a master plan for restoring its wetlands are turning the tide for the area. Two sidebars cover additional topics: Louisiana's 2012 Coastal Master Plan and how rising seas pose threats both to coastal and inland brownfield sites. -
Recycling to the Max
Earthship structures cause conundrums for planning departments.March 01, 2015Local planning departments face challenges when residents seek permission to build earthships, which often don't fit current development and zoning standards. -
Zoning at 100
New York City celebrates a century of zoning — and gets ready for the next one.January 01, 20172016 marked the hundredth anniversary of New York City's comprehensive zoning law, considered by most academics and urban planners to be the first of its kind. -
Green Schoolyards for Healthy Communities
by: Jaime ZaplatoschWhat if every schoolyard was a green schoolyard? Multifunctional schoolyards can ensure kids' healthy mental, physical, cognitive, and social development. -
Mind the Gender Gap
Planned mostly by and for men, transit in the U.S. has long failed its most loyal customers: women. But increasing efforts in focused data collection and gender mainstreaming are working to remedy those failures.February 01, 2020In the U.S., women account for more than half of all transit ridership, yet their travel patterns and preferences have rarely been accounted for in planning efforts — or even measured. -
Primed for Deliveries
Rapidly changing e-commerce trends and technologies mean big changes for land-use and infrastructure planning.April 01, 2020E-commerce impacts extend far beyond the curb, and freight and deliveries are increasingly commanding the attention of a wider range of planners, government officials, and policy makers. -
New-Age Central Parks
Small and innovative: That's what works today.July 01, 2015Rutherford H. Platt and Peter Harnik find examples of Olmsted's legacy enduring in modern parks that embrace his philosophy and approach to public parks. Jim Schwab discusses opening day for the newly opened Chicago train coined the "606", and excited new approaches to public parks in Dallas and more. -
Big Plans for Little Parks
Parklets are popping up all over the country. They just need the right community, the right partners — and a parking space or two.July 01, 2017As planners look to place parklets along neighborhood commercial corridors, it's important to understand where they are most likely to be successful. -
Monitoring and Evaluating a Zoning Code
Zoning Practice — July 2005by: Arthur IentilucciThis issue of Zoning Practice discusses Rochester, New York's efforts to monitor and evaluate outcomes against its zoning code's stated intentions.List Price$10.00ZP subscriber$0.00 -
Active Living: A Planning Subfield Comes of Age
August 01, 2016Active living as a subfield of urban planning was born 15 years ago, patterned after the policy and environmental changes that reduced smoking in the U.S. -
Integrating Health Into the Comprehensive Planning Process
An Analysis of Seven Case Studies and Recommendations for Changeby: Anna Ricklin, AICP, Nicholas Kushner, AICP November 01, 2013As planning has shifted toward sustainability, public health has been identified as a core element of communities that thrive, so cities have begun to integrate health into their comprehensive plans. -
The Butterfly Effect
November 01, 2017To aid monarch butterflies on their migration, St. Louis communities have created more than 380 butterfly gardens, with more help for butterflies on the way. -
Expanding Equity and Affordability, One Lot at a Time
Even as the pandemic intensifies the housing crisis, community land trusts are creating sustainable opportunities for homeownership.October 01, 2020During the pandemic, community land trusts have provided help that has been otherwise hard to find, including assistance with affordable housing and community inequities. -
Expanding Boundaries
Planning students create an award-winning framework plan for a Maryland county getting too big for its development envelope.October 01, 2020When Harford County, Maryland, was outgrowing its development envelope, it turned to a group of planning students — and their award-winning framework plan. -
Saudi Arabia's Quest for Affordable Housing
The need — and the strategies — are surprisingly large scale.June 01, 2015Flush with oil, Saudi Arabia has found itself ranked as one of the world's wealthiest nations, but this wealth has not been spread evenly. Sixty-nine percent of Saudi's who are struggling, but the government is exploring ways in which affordable and planned housing and communities could increase their standard of living. -
How the Arts and Culture Sector Catalyzes Economic Vitality
Arts and Culture Briefing Papers 5by: Mary Dwyer, Kelly Beavers, Kimberley Hodgson March 01, 2011Terms such as "creative economy," "creative class," and "cultural economy" are becoming more common among urban planners, arts administrators, economic developers, and business and municipal leaders. Whatever label is used, this use of terminology linking culture and the economy indicates recognition of the connections among the fields of planning, economic development, and arts and culture. -
All Parks on Deck
Freeway deck park projects are trending across the U.S.November 01, 2018A number of cities are at the forefront of a trend to reunite neighborhoods by building parks over the freeways that separated them decades ago. -
APA Policy Guide on Neighborhood Collaborative Planning
APA Policy Guide on Neighborhood Collaborative Planning adopted in 1998. -
Planning for Autonomous Mobility
PAS Report 592by: Jeremy Crute, William Riggs, AICP, Timothy Chapin, Lindsay Stevens, AICP September 01, 2018Autonomous vehicles are poised to disrupt the built environment and planning practices. This PAS Report offers a road map for planners as they develop policy solutions and infrastructure investments for the future of AVs.List price$25.00APA member & PAS subscriber$0.00 -
Ag-Tech Could Help Solve Food Insecurity and Supply Chain Issues
As climate change threatens traditional farming, venture capitalists and communities alike are investing in digital urban agriculture for more localized, all-season food growth.by: Michelle McCue July 18, 2022As climate change threatens traditional farming, venture capitalists and communities alike are investing in digital urban agriculture for more localized, all-season food growth. -
Planning Aging-Supportive Communities
PAS Report 579by: Bradley Winick, Martin JaffeAmerica is aging fast. In this PAS Report, discover how to create communities that support full, fulfilling — and long — lives.List Price$25.00APA member & PAS subscriber$0.00 -
A Community-Powered Plan for Cultural Preservation
From land to language, how Hilton Head Island's Gullah Geechee residents are working with planners to save their culture after generations of displacement.by: Philip Walker, FAICP October 14, 2021From land to language, how Hilton Head Island's Gullah Geechee residents are working with planners to save their culture after generations of displacement. -
Urban Agriculture and the (New) Land-Grant University
February 01, 2017The University of the District of Columbia’s CAUSES presents an unusual case of a land-grant university taking on the food and sustainability challenges of a major city. -
Connecticut Planners Take Zoning Reform Fight to the State
by: Isabela DornelesZoning reform efforts are underway in Connecticut, a state with a long history of exclusionary zoning. Several bills that aim to tackle zoning reform are in play at the legislature this session — and planners are weighing in. -
Green Infrastructure Grows Up
Going beyond stormwater systems to include roads, parks, and more.June 01, 2015The popularity of green infrastructure is on the rise, but is it around for good? -
Access Denied
Micromobility has the potential to be an urban asset, but planners must act quickly to ensure people with disabilities are not left behind.March 01, 2020Bike share and dockless scooters are not going away any time soon, so cities must ensure micromobility options don’t leave those with disabilities behind. -
Battery Energy Storage Systems
Zoning Practice — March 2024This issue of Zoning Practice explores how stationary battery storage fits into local land-use plans and zoning regulations. It briefly summarizes the market forces and land-use issues associated with BESS development, analyzes existing regulations for these systems, and offers guidance for new regulations rooted in sound planning principles. -
On Demand: Parking Management Innovations
Free parking is driving cities in the wrong direction, but it doesn't have to be that way. This presentation points the way toward policies and programs that benefit the environment, the economy, and society.January 1, 2010, 12:00 a.m. to 12:00 a.m. CST- Donald Shoup
- Todd Litman
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On Demand: Creating Downtown Innovation Districts
Explore dynamic mixed use districts in Seattle’s South Lake Union plus San Francisco and Tampa.January 1, 2010, 12:00 a.m. to 12:00 a.m. CST- Tod Leiweke
- John Rahaim
- Sharon Coleman
- Joseph Nickol, AICP
- Lori Mason Curran
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Parks Are an Equity Issue
August 01, 2016In the Viewpoint from Planning's August/September 2016 issue, Kevin O'Hara looks at parks and public spaces as an equity issue.
Planning for Wildfires
PAS Report 529/530by: James Schwab, FAICP, Stuart Meck, FAICP, Jamie Simone, AICPWhen should you permit development in wildfire-prone areas, and how should those developments be designed to mitigate wildfire risks? This PAS Report summarizes best practices.List Price$25.00APA member & PAS subscriber$0.00
Coastal Zone Management
PAS Report 581by: Elizabeth Felter, Marya Morris, FAICPMore than half the U.S. population lives in coastal watershed counties. How can they break the cycle of damage-rebuild-damage? This PAS Report can help find the sweet spot between environmental protection, economic rewards, and social equity.List Price$25.00APA member & PAS subscriber$0.00
A Crack in the Code?
The hoped-for cure for use-based zoning ills hasn't quite taken off. But form-based coding’s emphasis on form has had a big impact on modern zoning.October 01, 2016Form-based coding’s emphasis on form has had a big impact on modern zoning.
The Detroit River Renaissance
The Motor City is redeveloping its waterfront — and letting its residents lead the way.December 01, 2017A new vision of an inclusive, attractive Detroit River for all people was the result of asking Detroiters — rather than developers — what they wanted.
Denver High School Students Tackle Issues Facing Their Community
A high school class in Denver is studying gentrification and its impact on their lives.
Multiple Efficiencies for Multifamily
There’s a growing movement to bring Passive House standards to apartments and condos.October 01, 2017Passive House is considered the next step forward in green building’s continuously evolving progress. Now the principles are coming to multifamily apartments and condos.
Planners Tool Up for the Next Big One
Data, modeling, risk analysis, and hazard-scenario resources can help put earthquake mitigation efforts on firmer ground.August 01, 2019Thanks to decades of data collection and increasingly sophisticated tools, at-risk communities are better equipped than ever to prepare for the next big earthquake.
Hot Journal, Hotter Cities
August 01, 2014This article explores the rankings of several planning journals and focuses on "LAND," which covers landscape ecology, urban ecology, and landscape planning. It has become a popular outlet for research on urban heat islands, a phenomenon discussed in the second half of the column.