Planning June 2015
Planning June 2015
A Line in the Sand
Heather Boerner explains what happens when the boundaries between private property and public space get washed away. Sidebars by Jeff Gove and John Tibbetts.
Green Infrastructure Grows Up
Going beyond stormwater systems to include roads, parks, and more. Rebecca Leonard surveys the scene in Planning Practice.
Saudi Arabia's Quest for Affordable Housing
The need and the strategies are surprisingly large scale. Chuck Ware offers a first-person account.
A 'Blue Economy' for Belize
A modeling program helps coastal planners put a price tag on natural resources. Ilima Loomis reports.
Out of the Box, Into the Scenario
Daniel Haake makes sense of the powerful tool being used to address our economic future.
Senior-Friendly Transportation Options
Driving longer — or not at all. Debbie Sullivan Reslock sorts through the choices.
Simplify That Code!
Randall Arendt reports that "lighter" form-based codes and design standards work, in an adaptation from the second edition of Rural by Design.
Perspectives
A regular column by Executive Director James M. Drinan.
News
Great Park, AARP Livability Index.
The Commissioner
A bimonthly department aimed at planning commissioners, edited by Carolyn Torma.
Ever Green
Tim Beatley ponders the people's river.
Letters
Atlanta legacy, night meetings.
Planners Library
20th century redo, rural land.
Media
News reports, blogs, videos.
Viewpoint
Baby Makes Three (Commuters).
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