Planning July 2012
Planning July 2012
The ABCs of Solar
Schools across the country are saving serious money by putting solar power to work. Jeffrey Spivak reports.
Great Places Stuck in No Place at All
Joseph Nickol suggests ways to fix strip retail centers — in Planning Practice.
My Role in Redistricting California
Connie Galambos Malloy recounts her experience in helping to redraw the state's political boundaries.
Top-to-Bottom Sustainability Analysis
Greensboro, North Carolina, assesses its plans, policies, and codes through a new lens. By Dave Wortman and Graham Billingsley. With a sidebar by Scott Goldstein and Stephanie Brown. A Sustaining Places story.
Out of Isolation
Charlene Prost describes the massive effort that is under way to reconnect to the famous Arch in St. Louis.
The Zombie Defense and Survival Kit
How Nashville is reviving its unfinished subdivisions. Christine Kreyling looks around.
Perspectives
A regular column by APA's CEO, Paul Farmer.
News
Puerto Rico goes green, Fresno pedestrian mall.
Legal News
Statute clarity, wireless colocations.
By the Numbers
Statistics in the news — compiled by APA's Research Department. This month: solar-powered schools.
Research You Can Use
Which is better: how fast you reach your destination or the ease of getting there? Find out Reid Ewing's take on the recent findings.
Letters
Madison hotel, pension reform.
Planners Library
Code changes, school siting.
Viewpoint
Good riddance to the regional shopping mall.
Cover: St. Louis Arch; photo by Alex S. MacLean, Landslides Aerial Photography. Copyright 2011, rights reserved, www.landslides.com.