Meet the Authors
In MotionAs we move from Point A to Point B, do we really see all during our journey? Tony Hiss explores the idea of seeing ordinary things on your daily trips in a new light, for the first time – an experience he refers to as "Deep Travel."
Planning Los AngelesPlanning Los Angeles is an eye-opening book that exposes the rich and legendary culture of LA, beyond the glitz and glamour of Hollywood. Instead, it digs deeper to the core of what makes the city so electrifying. In 35 unique essays, ranging from green space preservation, planning for diverse communities, and accommodating transportation for a populous region, readers will learn that there is more than meets the eye in the celebrity-centric town.
Umut TokerParticipatory design making gives people a chance to voice their opinions and influence their community. The key to successful design includes listening to and guiding the discussion. Making Community Design Work distills decades of community design experience into an implementable how-to manual. It illustrates how effective communication and collaboration can create sustainable design that benefits residents.
Rick PruetzFor 10 years, Lasting Value autor Rick Pruetz has explored communities that excel in saving their natural environments. In 24 illustrated vignettes, he captures the character of places. He offers more than an appreciation of these communities. He brings a planner's-eye view of the practices behind their achievements.
Arthur C. Nelson, FAICP and Robert E. LangMegapolitan America draws on detailed data to map out the dramatic — and surprisingly positive — shifts ahead. Backed by hard numbers, Nelson and Lang argue for long-range planning that sheds outdated images and stokes the nation's economic engines. This is required reading for everyone who cares about America's future.
Sidney BrowerNeighbors & Neighborhoods is an eye-opener for everyone who's wondered what makes their local neighborhoods tick. It demystifies the way planners, architects, developers, organizers, and citizens come together in crafting a community's physical elements, policies, programs, and processes. Readers will come away with a new understanding of their roles in creating the communities they want.
Donald ShoupOne of APA's most popular and influential titles is finally in paperback, with a new preface and afterword by the author. In this landmark treatise, Shoup argues that free parking contributes to auto dependence, rapid urban sprawl, extravagant energy use, and a host of other problems. Free-parking mandates intended to alleviate congestion end up distorting transportation choices, debasing urban design, damaging the economy, and degrading the environment. Ubiquitous free parking helps explain why our sprawling cities suit cars more than people, and why American motor vehicles now consume an eighth of the world's oil production.
The Planners Guide to CommunityVizThe Planners Guide to CommunityViz is not only for planners, design professionals, architects, natural resource managers, and developers, but also community activists, educators, students, and all others interested in the use of decision-support software to help with producing plans and the planning process. Written by two of the most knowledgeable and respected authors in this field, Doug Walker and Tom Daniels, this book provides the first detailed study and insightful analysis of CommunityViz and the advanced software's many applications.
Reconsidering Jane JacobsThirteen contributors from around the world — urbanists, planners and scholars — give this important thinker the respect she deserves by giving her the critiques we need today. The contributors remind readers of the full range and complexity of Jacobs's ideas and offer thoughtful assessments on the consequences — intended and unintended — of her ideas for cities and planning today.
Brenda Case ScheerWhy are so many of our urban environments so resistant to change? Brenda Case Scheer tackles this question in her comprehensive guide for planners, designers, and students concerned with how cities take shape.
Robert B. Olshansky and Laurie A. JohnsonClear As Mud provides readers with an objective and intimate look at the people, events, and actions that defined the first 22 months of New Orleans's recovery. Planning the rebuilding of New Orleans has been among the greatest urban planning challenges of our time. As witnesses and participants, Olshansky and Johnson bring unparalleled detail and insight to the seemingly incomprehensible.
William H. LucyForeclosing the Dream describes the foreclosure rates in 236 counties in the 35 largest metropolitan areas. It relates foreclosure rates to housing and income characteristics in each of the 50 states. These comparisons are necessary to understanding the housing and financial crisis of 2008 and 2009. They have not been presented and analyzed anywhere else.
Green Community ContributorsGreen Community is a collection of thought-provoking essays that illuminate the connections among personal health, community health, and our planet's health. More than 20 experts each with a unique approach to sustainable planning, design, politics, and construction offer their viewpoint.
Alan MallachAlan Mallach, FAICP, talks with APA Planners Press senior editor Timothy Mennel about his new book, A Decent Home. In this timely book, housing expert Mallach paints a comprehensive picture of what affordable housing is, how it works, and how it is planned, built, and preserved.
Reid EwingReid Ewing is the coauthor of U.S. Traffic Calming Manual, a single-source reference for establishing a successful traffic-calming program. Listen as Ewing discusses this new book and the field of traffic calming with Timothy Mennel, APA Planners Press senior editor.
Emily TalenListen as Emily Talen, AICP, speaks with APA Planners Press senior editor Timothy Mennel. Talen challenges planners to take the lead in urban design. Her new book, Urban Design Reclaimed, outlines the steps to observing, analyzing, and designing civic-minded, well-functioning, and pedestrian-oriented places. Photo Thomas Anselin.
C. Gregory Dale and Donald L. ElliottC. Gregory Dale, FAICP, and Donald L. Elliott, FAICP, discuss their new book, The Citizen’s Guide to Planning, Fourth Edition, with APA Planners Press senior editor Timothy Mennel. This all-new edition addresses the challenges of planning for a sustainable world. Listen to a discussion about this 21st-century remake of APA’s popular primer for citizens.
Philip L. WalkerPhilip L. Walker, AICP, talks with APA Planners Press senior editor Timothy Mennel about his new book. Walker offers practical tips for preserving a sense of place, improving fiscal efficiency, and enhancing the quality of life in Downtown Planning for Smaller and Midsized Communities. | ||
