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More and Better: Increasing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Planning
PAS Memo — May/June 2019Overcoming old-school institutional and structural practices used to design cities requires new approaches to urban planning with intentional approaches to seeking diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I). There are many ways to approach this work, but the primary — and perhaps the most critical — is within the profession. -
Equity-Oriented Performance Measures in Transportation Planning
PAS Memo — March/April 2020Planners are now more clearly recognizing the impacts of a half-century of inequitable, auto-oriented planning as well as the outcomes resulting from structural racism. To rectify current inequities, which are a legacy of many years of cumulative decisions, planners must work proactively to improve communities that have historically experienced disinvestment and negative impacts. -
Equity-Oriented Performance Measures in Transportation Planning
PAS Memo — March-April 2020by: Audrey Wennink, Agustina Krapp March 01, 2020The March/April 2020 PAS Memo examines the use of equity-based performance measurement criteria in the transportation investment prioritization processes of metropolitan planning organizations and makes recommendations for improving these practices.List Price$10.00APA members & PAS subscribers$0.00 -
Integrating Gender Mainstreaming into U.S. Planning Practice
PAS Memo — November-December 2019by: Sherry RyanThe November-December 2019 PAS Memo introduces the concept of gender mainstreaming, describes how it has been used in the European context, and explores how it could — and why it should — be integrated into U.S. planning practice.List Price$10.00APA members & PAS subscribers$0.00 -
A Framework for Promoting Equity Through Zoning
Zoning Practice — July 2019by: Elizabeth Garvin, AICP July 01, 2019This issue of Zoning Practice discusses why modern zoning has not produced equitable outcomes, identifies development outcomes that would be more equitable for local communities, and highlights broad opportunities for zoning reforms to support those outcomes.List price$10.00ZP subscriber$0.00 -
More and Better: Increasing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Planning
PAS Memo — May-June 2019by: Kendra Smith May 01, 2019The May-June 2019 issue of PAS Memo discusses the opportunities and challenges of making diversity, equity, and inclusion regular and critical components of the urban planning profession.List Price$10.00APA members & PAS subscribers$0.00 -
Fair Housing Is More Important Than Ever
Zoning Practice — December 2018by: Donald Elliott, FAICPThis issue of Zoning Practice reviews the basics of fair housing law, two recent developments in fair housing, and discusses practices to help close the gap between the current reality and the ideal of fair housing.List price$10.00ZP subscriber$0.00 -
Equitable Zoning for Manufactured Housing
Zoning Practice — April 2024This issue of Zoning Practice examines the persistent inequitable treatment of manufactured housing in many local zoning codes and offers considerations for code updates. It begins with brief summaries of the important role manufactured housing plays in supporting housing choice and affordability and includes findings from a five-state analysis of zoning regulations for manufactured housing. -
An Equitable Approach to Zoning Notifications
Zoning Practice — May 2024This issue of Zoning Practice looks at increasing the equity of public notice practices by expanding upon the Equity in Zoning Policy Guide’s recommendations. It examines key equitable or inequitable aspects of conventional notification practices and highlights potential new methods of notice that may enhance procedural and distributional equity. -
4 Steps to Creating Inclusive, Anti-Racist Third Spaces
Help community connections flourish.December 01, 2020Four tips for defining and designing public outdoor third places to be intentionally inclusive, community driven, and anti-racist. -
Five Ways to Plan for More Accessible Housing
At least 25 percent of U.S. residents will experience a disability that impacts their daily life. How can we better prepare America's housing stock?November 01, 2020Here are five best practices and tools to help planners support move-in-ready accessible housing. -
Confronting Systemic Inequity With Institutional Change
New initiatives and offices are pushing for more equitable policy outcomes — and holding cities accountable for the impacts of their decisions.July 01, 2020Planning and other city departments are creating initiatives and offices to institutionalize racial and income equity and justice concerns. -
Planning for Equitable Development: Social Equity by Design
PAS Memo — March-April 2017by: Carlton EleyThe March/April 2017 issue of PAS Memo highlights the importance of equitable development in creating strong and sustainable communities for all and provides principles and guidance to help planners implement social equity in their communities.List Price$10.00APA members & PAS subscribers$0.00 -
Mind the Gender Gap
Planned mostly by and for men, transit in the U.S. has long failed its most loyal customers: women. But increasing efforts in focused data collection and gender mainstreaming are working to remedy those failures.February 01, 2020In the U.S., women account for more than half of all transit ridership, yet their travel patterns and preferences have rarely been accounted for in planning efforts — or even measured. -
Zoning to Improve Health and Promote Equity
Zoning Practice — March 2015by: Elizabeth Whitton, AICP March 01, 2015This issue of Zoning Practice discusses how communities can use zoning and other development regulations to promote healthy living environments. It highlights a number of potential regulatory changes in support of reducing health disparities by increasing affordable housing options and improving access to care.List Price$10.00ZP subscriber$0.00 -
A Need for Speed
Communities must plan for high-speed broadband or risk getting left behind.Broadband has become as necessary as electricity, and local planners have several roles to play in bringing the technology to their communities. -
Immigrant City
Rebuilding a thriving Rust Belt for all residents.June 01, 2017American civic leaders have long viewed a steady flow of immigrants as fuel for economic development. -
Connecting the Dots
Linking bike share with transit — while considering equity issues — requires a big-picture approach.April 01, 2017Bike share is on the rise because it's an attractive option for cities looking to meet health and sustainability goals. -
Building Better Cities for All
July 01, 2020Now, more than ever, reevaluating our urban landscapes is necessary for recovery, resilience, and more just and equitable cities. -
6 Tips for Inclusive Public Meetings
March 01, 2019Some planners and communities are trying to reshape public engagement with a focus on different approaches and more diverse participation. -
Potty Talk With a Planner
December 01, 2018Access to public toilets is an issue of equity. Along with homeless people, women, children, the elderly, and those with medical issues are impacted by public spaces planned without bathrooms. -
We Cannot Plan from Our Desks
October 01, 2018People’s lives are at the heart of planning. Planners live up to the promise of creating equitable communities when we’re out there, in the communities, doing the work. -
Car Sharing Can Drive Mobility Equity
November 01, 2017Car sharing traditionally requires a credit card, smartphone, and proximity to a sharing station, but places like Seattle, Washington, D.C., Denver, and Vancouver are working to overcome the barriers. -
Parks Are an Equity Issue
August 01, 2016In the Viewpoint from Planning's August/September 2016 issue, Kevin O'Hara looks at parks and public spaces as an equity issue. -
Planning's Role in Social Justice
December 01, 2015In the Viewpoint column from Planning magazine’s December 2015 issue, an opinion on the social role of the planner.
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