About the Publications

Former Publications
Environment & Development
AICP Planners' Casebook
Public Investment

The Commissioner
Experience the features and expanded coverage offered by this quarterly publication. APA planning commissioner members receive The Commissioner as part of their basic membership package. Back issues and selected articles from the current issue are available online.

Journal of the American Planning Association
More than an academic journal, the quarterly JAPA links research to application in articles and special sections written with the planning practitioner in mind. It reviews close to 100 books each year and lists scores of new planning titles in each issue.

PAS Memo
PAS Memo highlights new planning programs, spots trends, and analyzes escalating problems in land use and planning. It offers expert commentary on hot topics like immigration, Internet resources for planners, and using remote sensing technology for planning. It is published online six times a year for subscribers to APA's Planning Advisory Service.

PAS Reports
Eight reports on important planning topics per year containing information you'd be hard-pressed to find anywhere else.

Planning
APA member dues include a subscription to Planning, the award-winning monthly magazine that reports on cutting-edge debates and developments and binds our diverse membership together. Planning will keep you up to date on planning that works — successful programs, techniques, and strategies from across the nation.

Planning & Environmental Law
Planning & Environmental Law (formerly Land Use Law & Zoning Digest) helps readers make sense of the shifting legal landscape and manage information overload. It regularly abstracts crucial federal and state appellate court decisions, summarizes important new state legislation, and analyzes the topics that interest readers most. PEL presents just the right information in an understandable and accessible format.

Zoning Practice
Zoning Practice (formerly Zoning News) helps guide you as you write and administer smart development codes. Its articles explore real-world issues and update you on code amendments, development projects, regulatory systems, and design standards. The "Zoning Reports" section reviews innovative, hard-to-find agency reports and books.

Environment & Development
Environment & Development was published by APA from 1992-1996.

AICP Planners' Casebook
Planners' Casebook was a quarterly series of case studies published from 1992 to 2003 for AICP members of APA. They explored how planners manage complex planning processes. Each issue is written from the perspective of a practicing planner who was closely involved with creating the problem-solving plan. The successor web-based publication is called Practicing Planner.

Public Investment
Four times a year through 2003, PAS Memo was called Public Investment, an issue of the newsletter focused on economic development and public finance. Public Investment explored topics such as enterprise zones and fiscal impact assessment, and considered new finance methods as well as old methods applied in new ways.