Planning Process

Are Churches Causing Sprawl?

27 June 2008 - 5:00am
The Toronto Star
By moving out to areas where planning approvals are faster, rapidly-expanding churches are creating suburban sprawl, according to a recent study from researchers at Ryerson University.

Beyond the Bronze Fonz

22 May 2008 - 9:00am
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
Controversy continues in Milwaukee as another public art piece is revealed.

Why Planning is Like the Judicial System, and Why it Shouldn't Be

7 May 2008 - 10:00am
The Toronto Star
Planning has become too much like a court case, with two sides and one winner. According to columnist Christopher Hume, this adversarial nature must be changed.

Planning System Needs to Look at the 'Big Picture'

6 May 2008 - 1:00pm
The Age
Officials in Melbourne, Australia, are so frustrated with the city's lackluster planning process that they are pushing for the creation of a new planning authority -- one they hope will look at the "big picture".

Is a Bronze Fonz Public Art? Aaaaay!

29 March 2008 - 1:00pm
The Next American City
A proposed public art piece featuring a bronze statue of the "Happy Days" character Arthur "the Fonz" Fonzarelli has many up in arms about the process creating and approving public art.

Das Chinatown

22 March 2008 - 11:00am
Der Spiegel
The planning process has taken a little longer than expected for a Chinese investor looking to create Germany's first Chinatown.

Democratic Planning in the Face of Immigration

6 June 2007 - 5:44am

Although the latest immigration bill being debated upon in congress has attracted relatively little attention from planners, the planning implications of reforming or not reforming current immigration policy are huge. Immigration impacts labor markets, and thereby commuting patterns, transportation planning and economic development. Immigration swells the population of many cities and towns forcing planners to rethink their plans for housing, schools and other public services. Often overlooked, however, is f immigration’s impact on the planning process itself.

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