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February 2014

The Bond Ratings Game

Funding municipal infrastructure when times are tough. Corry Buckwalter Berkooz explains in Planning Practice.

My House Is Your House

A fresh look at home sharing — by Anne Wyatt.

Mother Nature, Designer

Nicola Davies describes how to use biomimicry for planning and urban design.

Hotter in Texas

While parts of the country still struggle, investment in Lone Star cities is on fire. Bridget Mintz Testa counts the ways.

Oglethorpe and Savannah

A historic plan has modern applications. By Thomas Wilson and Patrick Shay.

Yoking Form-Based Codes and Historic Districts

Philip Walker makes sense of the best combinations.

Perspectives

A regular column by APA's CEO, Paul Farmer.

By the Numbers

Statistics in the news. This month: pensions.

Viewpoint

You're already a marketer.

Cover: Detroit Industry, north wall (detail), Diego Rivera, 1923–33, fresco. Detroit Institute of Arts.

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