Planning April 2012
Planning April 2012
Frack or Bust
Will shale gas extraction bring a boom — and its inevitable aftermath — to the Northeast? David West, Thomas Knipe, and Susan Christopherson seek answers in Planning Practice.
Sidebars: Help for Housing and Tackling Tourism
Hotel NIMBY
A promising project is committeed to death in Madison, Wisconsin. Greg Flisram gives a blow-by-blow description of local events.
Small Towns, Big Dreams
William Atkinson offers four economic development success stories.
News
Agenda 21, Miami stadium.
Legal News
Billboards, disparate impact.
By the Numbers
Statistics in the news — compiled by APA's Research Department. This month: fracking.
Research You Can Use
Reid Ewing suggests a great study topic.
Letters
Post-flood choices, West Bank.
Planners Library
City design, strategic land planning.
Media
News reports, blogs, videos, etc.
Viewpoint
Lead, inspire, innovate.
2012 National Planning Awards
Awards Introduction
Daniel Burnham Award for a Comprehensive Plan
Vision 2020: New York City Comprehensive Waterfront Plan
National Planning Excellence Award for Best Practices in Hazard Mitigation and Disaster Planning
Florida Statewide Regional Evacuation Study Program
National Planning Excellence Awards for Best Practice
Cool Planning: A Handbook on Local Strategies to Slow Climate Change, Oregon
National Planning Excellence Award for Innovation in Sustaining Places
Re-imagining a More Sustainable Cleveland
National Planning Excellence Award for Implementation
Contra Costa Centre Transit Village, Contra Costa County, California
National Planning Excellence Award for Public Outreach
Fast Forward Mobile Outreach Bus, Tulsa, Oklahoma
National Planning Excellence Award for a Grassroots Initiative
Yorktown 2015: A Blueprint for Survival and Sustainability, Philadelphia
National Planning Excellence Award for a Planning Firm
Sasaki Associates, Inc., Watertown, Massachusetts
National Planning Achievement Award for Advancing Diversity & Social Change in Honor of Paul Davidoff
Leonardo Vazquez, AICP, New Brunswick, New Jersey
National Planning Leadership Award for a Planning Advocate
Gov. Martin O'Malley: Reinvigorating Smart Growth in Maryland
National Planning Landmark Award
The Bennett Plan, Pasadena, California
National Planning Landmark Award
Guiding Principles for Federal Architecture
National Planning Achievement Award for a Hard-Won Victory
Candlestick Point-Hunters Point Shipyard Phase II EIR, San Francisco
HUD Secretary's Opportunity and Empowerment Award
Robert R. Taylor Homes/North- Side Revitalization, Wilmington, North Carolina
Pierre L'Enfant International Planning Award
Strategic Master Plan I Petra Region, Jordan
Cover: Sketch of the San Francisco Federal Building, courtesy of Morphosis Architects