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Every month, thousands of people — professionals and interested laypeople alike — read Planning to learn how innovative planning programs and techniques are reshaping America's communities.
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Planning & Environmental Law
Land use law is changing, and it's a formidable challenge to keep up. Each month, Planning & Environmental Law (formerly Land Use Law & Zoning Digest) distills the latest court decisions and legislation. Every issue contains detailed abstracts of the most important new state and federal court decisions.
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Zoning Practice
Zoning Practice helps guide you as you write and administer smart development codes. Zoning Practice (formerly Zoning News) monitors all the latest trends in local land-use controls and brings you current news and ordinance excerpts.
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Practicing Planner
AICP's online quarterly magazine provides a forum to discuss, analyze, critique, review, and research case studies and issues that affect professional planning practice. We encourage you to submit articles for publications.
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Resources Zine
Resources Zine is APA's online publication designed for educators and planners interested in youth planning. This web-only magazine contains articles, lesson plans, hotlinks to other sites, and recommended children's books.
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Journal of the American Planning Association
For more than 60 years, the quarterly Journal of the American Planning Association has published research, commentaries, and book reviews. According to Impact Factor rankings from from Journal Citation Reports in June 2006, JAPA is the highest-ranked planning journal in the world.
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The Commissioner
Experience the new features and expanded coverage offered by this quarterly publication. APA planning commissioner members receive The Commissioner as part of their basic membership package. Back issues and selected articles are available online.
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PAS Memo
PAS Memo, a bi-monthly newsletter available only to Planning Advisory Service subscribers, provides practical advice, news of innovations, and creative techniques.
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APA Advocate
A biweekly newsletter on federal legislative and public policy issues of interest to planners and communities.
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The New Planner
This online publication is produced by and for APA's student members. Articles explore communities and planning from the student perspective.
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interact
interact is a monthly APA member e-newsletter. Each month, interact appears in member e-mailboxs to brief them on what's new and guide them to interesting and helpful resources.
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