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Improving the Lives of People With Dementia Through Urban Design
Journal of Urban Design and Mental Health, 1: 2016by: Barbara PaniThis article describes how changing demographics are increasing dementia rates and considers how urban design can help improve the lives of people with dementia. -
Philadelphia, PA, Green Stormwater Infrastructure Planning & Design Manual
April 2018This guide outlines planning and design considerations and technical requirements for green stormwater infrastructure projects installed and maintained by the Philadelphia Water Department. -
West Sacramento, CA, Bridge District Specific Plan: Volume 2, Urban Streetscape and Design Standards
The design guidelines for this specific plan promote designing for solar access.West Sacramento, CA -
Compatible Infill Design: Principles of New Construction in Oregon's Historic Districts
2011This guide sets infill design standards for historic districts in Oregon. -
What Is a Walkable Place? The Walkability Debate in Urban Design
Urban Design International 20(4): 274-292, 2015by: Ann ForsythThis article highlights the range of definitions of walkability in urban design. -
Green Site Design: Strategies for Storm Water Management
Journal of Green Building, 2(4): 46-56, 2007by: Edward CookThis article explores the use of green infrastructure within the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) green building certification system. -
Sustainable by Design?: Insights From U.S. LEED-ND Pilot Projects
Journal of the American Planning Association, 75(4): 424-440, 2009by: Ajay GardeThis article analyzes the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design-Neighborhood Development (LEED-ND) certification system’s role in supporting local sustainable development. -
Standard for the Design of High-Performance Green Buildings
December 2009This model standard provides a template to help cities and counties regulate the siting, design, construction, and planning of high-performance green building. -
PVPC, MA, Healthy Community Design Toolkit - Leveraging Positive Change
2014by: Catherine Ratte`, Danielle McKahn, Larry SmithThis guide lays out planning and design tools, or leverage points, that advocates can use to improve community health in Massachusetts. -
Youth Participatory Action Research for Equitable Urban Design
Journal of Participatory Research Methods 5(2), 2024This article is about the Nashville Youth Design Team (NYDT) and their work in centering youth voices in decision-making processes. -
Mesa County, CO, Whitewater Mixed Use/Commercial Districts and Design Standards
n.d.These design guidelines and standards were created for use in a specific planning area for mixed use development.Mesa County, CO -
Baltimore County, MD, Design Review Panel: Residential and Commercial (Non-Residential) Review Packages
February 2022The county offers two design review guidebooks, one for residential projects and one for commercial (nonresidential) projects. -
Design Guidelines for Historic Sites and Districts in Montgomery County, Maryland
The county's historic design guidelines provide guidance for installing solar panels on historic buildings without changing building character.Montgomery County, MD -
The Conservation Subdivision Design Project: Booklet for Developing a Local Bylaw
2000by: Evan Belansky, Stacey JustusThis guide reviews the use of conservation subdivision design, focusing on why this method has been historically underused in Massachusetts. -
Unearthing The Political: Differences, Conflicts And Power In Participatory Urban Design
Journal of Urban Design, Vol. 25, Issue 1, October 2019by: Camilo CalderonThis article covers how and why the ideas of participation and participatory methods and processes in urban design. -
San Mateo County Sustainable Green Streets and Parking Lots Design Guidebook
January 2009This guide examines the use of green streets and green parking lots as features of sustainable stormwater design. -
Seven American TODs: Good Practices for Urban Design in TOD Projects
Journal of Transport and Land Use, 1(2): 51–88, 2008by: Justin Jacobsen, Ann ForsythThis article analyzes seven transit-oriented development (TOD) projects and presents 12 urban design principles for future projects. -
Gilroy, CA, Architecture and Site Design Standards for Wireless Telecommunications Facilities in Public Right-of-Way
Approved December 10, 2012This city policy addresses the site and architectural design of DAS network facilities in the public right-of-way.Gilroy, CA -
Expanding Implementation of Universal Design and Visitability Features in the Housing Stock
Insight on the Issues 121, 2017by: Emily Salomon, Shannon Guzman, Janet ViveirosThis briefing paper discusses universal design and visitability features as important aspects of an age-friendly community. -
How to Design Your Scenario Planning Process
PAS Memo — July-August 2019by: Janae Futrell, AICP July 01, 2019The July-August 2019 PAS Memo guides planners through the steps of scenario planning process design and includes a workbook to help create a roadmap for a scenario planning effort.List Price$0.00APA members & PAS subscribers$0.00 -
The Relationship of Urban Design to Human Health and Condition
Landscape and Urban Planning, 64: 191-200, 2003by: Laura JacksonThis article uses academic literature to argue that certain urban design elements have positive impacts on general, undefined concepts like physical and mental well-being, environmental quality, and quality of life. -
Vernacular Culture and Urban Economic Development: Thinking Outside the (Big) Box
Journal of the American Planning Association, 75(1): 28-40, 2009by: James Carr, Lisa ServonThis article surveys local governments to find strategies for pushing back against the increasing homogeneity of urban commercial districts. -
Creating a Regulatory Blueprint for Healthy Community Design: A Local Government Guide to Reforming Zoning and Land Development Codes
August 2005by: Joseph Schilling, Nadejda MishkovskyThis guide discusses how to reform zoning and development codes to encourage design that promotes community health. -
Region of Peel, ON, Affordable Housing Active Design: Guidelines and Standards
2014This guide outlines how to incorporate active design when constructing new or retrofitting existing affordable housing in the Region of Peel. -
A Workbook of Design Options for Sustainable Development: Atkins Corner Plan
This plan provides a "development guide" for this village center site that emphasizes sustainable building development and design principles, including passive and active solar.Amherst Center, MA -
British Columbia Healthy Built Environment Linkages Toolkit: Making the Links Between Design, Planning & Health
May 2018This guide lays out a framework for a healthy built environment that includes neighborhood design, transportation networks, natural environments, food systems, and housing. -
Edmonton, AB, Residential Infill Guidelines: A Manual of Planning and Design Guidelines for Residential Infill in Mature Neighborhoods
September 2009This guide for property owners and developers presents illustrated design principles for small, medium, and large-scale, as well as large-site, residential infill development in established neighborhoods. -
Restoring Mill Creek: Landscape Literacy, Environmental Justice and City Planning and Design
Landscape Research, 30(3): 395-413, 2005by: Anne Whiston SpirnThis article looks at the Mill Creek neighborhood in Philadelphia to examine the racial history of disinvestment and neglect and current efforts to address these injustices through planning and design. -
People Behind the Plans: Fighting Climate Change in Cities With Biodiversity and Nature-Based Design
Rasmus Astrup joins host Courtney Kashima, AICP, for this episode of the People Behind the Plans podcast series to discuss addressing the effects of climate change by focusing on biodiversity and nature based design in cities. -
Design Ideas for Strengthening Downtowns
Drawing from his new book, Rural by Design, an experienced observer of rural and small town design reports on some of the more successful downtown revitalization strategies in use around the U.S.November 01, 2015Drawing from his new book, Rural by Design, an experienced observer of rural and small town design reports on some of the more successful downtown revitalization strategies in use around the U.S. -
Subdivision Design and Flood Hazard Areas
PAS Report 584by: James Schwab, FAICP, Chad Berginnis, Terri Turner, AICP, Anna Read, AICP, Nicholas WalnyThis PAS Report is out to help planners end the cycle of build-damage-rebuild and bring subdivision design into line with the best of floodplain planning.List price$0.00APA member & PAS subscriber$0.00 -
Designing Walkable Urban Thoroughfares: A Context Sensitive Approach
An ITE Recommended Practice, 2010This guide reconciles context-sensitive, New Urbanist approaches with contemporary thinking in active transportation. -
The Skyscraper, Green Design, and the LEED Green Building Rating System: The Creation of Uniform Sustainable Standards for the 21st Century or the Perpetuation of an Architectural Fiction?
Environs, 28(1): 117-154, 2004by: Stephen Del PerciThis article examines the environmental and economic benefits of green building and buildings with Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification. -
Preserving Whose Neighborhood?: The Effects of Adaptive Reuse by the Savannah College of Art & Design on Property Value and Community Change in Savannah, Georgia
December 2007by: Kimberly Winson-Geideman, Dawn Jourdan, AICP, Shan GaoThis report tracks neighborhood change caused by the adaptive reuse of historic buildings by the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD). -
Urban Street Design Guide
October 2013This guide belongs to the Complete Streets and Tactical Urbanism collections. -
Dangerous By Design 2019
January 2019by: Heather ZaccaroThis report ranks the pedestrian safety of states and metropolitan areas across the country. -
City by Design
2016This guide provides educators and planning professionals teaching materials for youth to learn about urban planning and the built environment. -
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. -
Design for Affordability
November 2018by: Sarah Butler, Atticus LeBlancThis guide identifies four housing solutions that can improve affordability in Atlanta. -
Creating Staff Reports With Pizzaz
Zoning Practice — June 2023by: Bonnie Johnson, FAICP, PhD, Stephanie Kisler, AICP June 01, 2023This issue of Zoning Practice brings creativity to the staff report by drawing on research about how to foster creative work within organizations. It describes and uses two different exercises based on proven creativity-training programs. These two creative thinking skills processes can assist planners in finding their way to what is most valuable for their technical and empathetic expertise.List price$10.00ZP subscriber$0.00 -
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. -
Ten Principles for Rethinking the Mall
2006by: Michael Beyard, Mary Beth Corrigan, Anita Kramer, Michael Pawlukiewicz, Alexa BachThis report from the Urban Land Institute is intended to help planners reorient their thinking about large scale redevelopment like mall sites. -
Design Review
PAS QuickNotes 8This edition of PAS QuickNotes explores the use of design review as a tool for protecting community character.List price$10.00APA member & PAS subscriber$0.00 -
Farmland Solar Policy Design Toolkit
May 2020by: Genevieve ByrneThis guide is designed to help state and local officials understand how different state and local policy options affect opportunities to site solar projects on farmland. -
5 XR Technology Tools That Empower Planners to Connect Vision with Reality
These surprisingly accessible extended reality applications can help planners upskill as they connect with communities, boost stakeholder buy-in, and better plan for uncertainty.by: Sarah Bassett, Andrew Buck, AICP, Nicholas Pilarski May 01, 2023These surprisingly accessible extended reality applications can help planners upskill as they connect with communities, boost stakeholder buy-in, and better plan for uncertainty. -
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. -
Creating Design Guidelines That Work
Zoning Practice — March 2011by: Douglas Hammel March 01, 2011This issue of Zoning Practice sets forth some fundamental principles to follow while developing design guidelines. It poses a series of key questions to be asked prior to the development of design guidelines that aim to proactively address common pain points.List Price$10.00ZP subscriber$0.00 -
Laguna Beach, CA, Municipal Code
2017The city's zoning code addresses design review.Laguna Beach, CA -
Gilbert, AZ, Industrial/Employment Design Guidelines
2005These guidelines apply to all new industrial and employment developments and substantial alternations.