June 2009
Planning
How reliable are your flood maps? James Krohe Jr. examines FEMA's map modernization program.
Corry Berkooz reports on supportive housing for the homeless nationwide.
Maria Saporta describes a design charrette for an aging population.
How many of the city's 12,300 byways can be rehabbed? Nate Berg seeks an answer. A green communities story.
Owen Jarus reports on Toronto's effort to overhaul its high-rise neighborhoods.
Learn to love online networking. Jan Ferrigan describes the tools.
Three experts explain how to fine-tune infrastructure investments — in Planning Practice.
An excerpt from a new Planners Press book by Philip Walker.
A bimonthly column by Paul Farmer, FAICP, APA's Executive Director and CEO.
Fargo floods, ocean zoning.
Very old parcels, waterfront decks.
A monthly column on stats in the news — compiled by APA's Research Department. This month: floods.
Green and Spanish.
Sacred cows, stimulus funding.
Another green book, autophobia.
New reports, blogs, video, etc.
Rebuilding Iraq.
Cover: The Farnsworth House, situated near the Fox River in Plano, Illinois, has been flooded six times since it was built in 1951 — most recently in September 2008. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, the building's architect, knew the structure would be located in a 100-year floodplain but believed it was relatively safe from flooding. Photo by Landmarks Illinois.
