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2023
Storytelling as Authentic Engagement (html | pdf)
2022
Legacy Business Programs: Emerging Directions (html | pdf)
Three Essential Questions for Better Planning (html | pdf)
Artificial Intelligence and Planning Practice (html | pdf)
The Baltimore Planning Academy: Community Empowerment Through Civic Education (html | pdf)
The Use of Foresight and Scenario Planning in Hazard Mitigation and Climate Adaptation Planning (html | pdf)
2021
Building Resilience Through Plan Integration (html | pdf)
Partnering with Health Systems on Affordable Housing Investments (html | pdf)
Advancing Racial Equity Through Land-Use Planning (html | pdf)
Guiding Plan Implementation With Degree of Change (html | pdf)
Design Thinking in Planning Practice (html | pdf)
Planning for Dementia-Friendly Communities (html | pdf)
2020
Planning for a Resilient Retail Landscape (html | pdf)
Equity-Oriented Performance Measures in Transportation Planning (html | pdf)
Multi-MPO Planning: Prospects and Practices (html | pdf)
Slowing Down to Speed Up: Improving Planning Processes With Lean (html | pdf)
Preserving Manufactured Home Communities (html | pdf)
Still Getting Trip Generation Right: Revalidating MXD+ (html | pdf)
2019
Short-Term Rentals: Regulation and Enforcement Strategies (html | pdf)
Conservation Limited Development for Local Governments (html | pdf)
More and Better: Increasing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Planning (html | pdf)
How to Design Your Scenario Planning Process (html | pdf)
Planning for Utility-Scale Solar Energy Facilities (html | pdf)
Integrating Gender Mainstreaming into U.S. Planning Practice (html | pdf)
2018
Building Sustainability and Resilience into Local Planning Agencies (html | pdf)
Wayfinding: The Design of Getting Lost and Found (html | pdf)
Collaborating on Water and Planning: A Perspective for Planners (html | pdf)
Autism Planning and Design Guidelines 1.0 (html | pdf)
Integrating Capital Improvements Planning with the Comprehensive Plan (html | pdf)
Crafting Charrettes That Transform Communities (html | pdf)
2017
Advancing the Economic Development Element in Comprehensive Plans (html | pdf)
Planning for Equitable Development: Social Equity by Design (html | pdf)
Data-Driven Housing Assessments and Action Plans, Part 1: The Data (html | pdf)
Data-Driven Housing Assessments and Action Plans, Part 2: Analytical Techniques and Taking Action (html | pdf)
Constructing Effective Public-Private Partnerships (html | pdf)
Planning with Improvement Districts (html | pdf)
2016
Local Approaches to Managing Oil and Gas Development (html | pdf)
Comprehensive Planning and Geodesign (html | pdf)
Alternatives for Determining Parks and Recreation Level of Service (html | pdf)
Smart Transportation Metrics for Smart Growth (html | pdf)
Parklets: Best Practices for Design and Implementation (html | pdf)
Creative Placemaking (html | pdf)
2015
Next-Generation Transportation Impact Fees (html | pdf)
Geodesign and the Future of Planning (html | pdf)
Getting Ready for the Rain: Urban Flooding and Planning for Community Resilience (html | pdf)
Planning for Startup Communities: Investing in Entrepreneurs and a 21st Century Economy (html | pdf)
Harnessing the Power of Tactical Urbanism for Planning Success (html | pdf)
Community Food System Assessments (html | pdf)
2014
Planners and the Digital Commons: Perspectives, Techniques, and Engagement (html | pdf)
Planning for Urban Forest Resilience: Managing Invasive Pests and Diseases (html | pdf)
The Future of Outdoor Lighting (html | pdf)
Land Trusts: Conserving Land, Strengthening Communities (html | pdf)
Integrated Urban Water Management for Planners (html | pdf)
Institutionalizing Urban Agriculture: Process, Progress, and Innovation (html | pdf)
2013
Valuing Ecosystem Services to Inform Conservation and Development Decisions (html | pdf)
Accelerating Change: Bend, Oregon, Explores New Ways to Advance Its Community's Vision (html | pdf)
Getting Trip Generation Right: Eliminating the Bias Against Mixed Use Development (html | pdf)
An Introduction to Community Branding (html | pdf)
An Introduction to Campus Planning: Insights and Opportunities (html | pdf)
Local Bicycle Master Planning: Connecting Communities (html | pdf)
2012
Delivering Better Plans (html | pdf)
Taking the Communications High Ground (html | pdf)
The Effectiveness of Green Infrastructure for Urban Stormwater Management (html | pdf)
Checking in on the Land Based Classification Standards: Multi-Dimensional Classification at a Crossroads (html | pdf)
Historic Preservation: Expanding the Planner's Toolbox (html | pdf)
Distributed Renewable Energy: Anticipating Energy Development in Communities (html | pdf)
2011
The OpenNeighborhood Project: A Fresh Look at Public Participation (html)
Local Agricultural Preservation: Making the Food System Connection (html)
Using Metrics to Drive Community Sustainability Efforts (html)
Human Investment Planning (html | pdf)
Project Management Is Good Planning! (html)
Using the Housing and Transportation Affordability Index in Your Community (html)
2010
ARS: An Innovative Public Engagement Tool (html)
Climate Action Plans: Lessons Learned from Irvine, California (html)
TDR-Less TDR Revisited: Transfer of Development Rights Innovations and Gunnison County's Residential Density Transfer Program (html)
New Realities and the Need for Leadership in Transportation Planning (html)
Foreclosure: Community Impacts, Prevention, and Stabilization Strategies (html)
Developing a Solar Energy Potential Map (html)
2009
Integrating Energy and Climate into Planning (html)
Adapting to Climate Change: Strategies from King County, Washington (html)
Green Infrastructure Planning: Recent Advances and Applications (html)
Making Hazards a Planning Priority (html)
Yikes, There's a Tourist in Town: Guidance for Local Planners (html)
Community Visioning and Corridor Planning: Experiences from Lincoln City, Oregon (html)
2008
Community-Based Brownfield Redevelopment (html)
Planning for Rooftops: The Benefits of Green Roof Infrastructure (html)
Carsharing: A Guide for Local Planners (html)
Applying GIS-Based Land Suitability Analysis (html)
Incorporating Health into Comprehensive Planning (html)
Planning for Family Friendly Communities (html)
2007
Paycheck to Paycheck: Putting a Face on Housing Affordability (html)
The Essential Planning Library Revisited (html)
Advances in Land-cover Mapping for Improved Environmental Planning (html)
Community Retail Streets: 21st Century Neighborhood Centers (html)
Community and Regional Food Planning (html)
A Contemporary Look at Cul-de-sacs and Dead End Streets (html)
2006
Child Care and Economic Development: The Role for Planners (html)
The Role of Planning in the New Energy Era: Results of a Survey (html)
Town-Gown Partnerships for Success (html)
Employer Assisted Housing: An Old Concept Gaining New Momentum (html)
Assessing the Health Impacts of Policies, Plans, and Projects (html)
Local Economic Development Strategies: An Assessment of Approaches (html)
2005
Racial Disparities in Housing and Health (html)
Environmental Benefits of Trees in Urban Areas (html)
Low Impact Development: An Alternative Approach to Site Design (html)
Developer Exactions and the Creation of New City Parks (html)
The Oregon Housing Needs Model (html)
Planners in the Gulf Coast: First Person Accounts of Enduring Hurricanes Katrina and Rita (html)
2004
Curbing Sprawl at Its Core: Community Development and Revitalizing the Built Environment (html)
Assessing the Social, Economic, and Land Use Impacts of Transportation Projects (html)
Metro's Regional Land Information System: The Virtual Key to Portland's Growth Management Success (html)
Planning and Public Health Reunited: New Opportunities for Collaboration (html)
Planning for Diversity: Lessons from the Los Angeles Design Action Planning Team Program (html)
Dealing with Diversity: Planning in Multicultural Communities (html)
