October 2010
Planning
Legal battles over the Endangered Species Act continue, but new factors are coming into play. Story by Paul Shigley. Sidebars by Harold Henderson and Tory Foster. A Sustaining Places story.
Sidebar: Stop That Fish!
Sidebar: Beating Back the Buffelgrass
Isabelle Groc finds the weak points in Canada's Species at Risk Act.
Beware of surprises in those contracts, says John McCarron in Planning Practice.
Ruth Knack tells the stories of planners on the road.
Allen Best visits a state with a lot of contradictions — and a lot of progress.
Greg Flisram explains why small houses — and city apartments — are doing a bit better than bigger, more expensive units. With Ruth Knack's not-so-big sidebar about Sarah Susanka.
Sidebar: From Smaller Houses to Smaller Neighborhoods
Tysons Corner, Florida ballot measure.
Michigan planners win, RLUIPA in New York.
Statistics in the news — compiled by APA's Research Department. This month: housing.
Reid Ewing's take on how to translate research into action.
Waste revisited, soccer stadiums.
Rx for planning, sustainable transportation.
News reports, blogs, videos, etc.
Mind your (civic) manners.
Cover: At the Utah Arts Festival, held every summer at Library Square in downtown Salt Lake City; photo by
Dana Sohm.
