Education & Careers
Internet Resources for Urban Planning Students and Scholars
Smyth Lai, a reference librarian in Portland, Oregon, offers his review of leading resources for planning students and scholars.
Urban Planning One Of The '10 Hot Jobs For 2007'
Citing real estate growth for both the decadent and the practical, urban planners are predicted to be in high demand for 2007.
An Introduction To Global Planning Scholarship
Dialogues in Urban and Regional Planning (Volume 2) offers an international perspective on planning and seeks to overcome regional isolation in planning research.
New Generation Of City Managers Needed
As current city management professionals inch toward retirement, a shortage of younger candidates may mean tough times ahead for professionally managed cities.
The AICP Certification Maintenance Program: Good Steps In The Wrong Direction
Though the program has good intentions, APA's proposal for mandatory continuing education could just encourage more planners to attend the National Planning Conference than to actually get more training.
Sustainability Gains Status on US Campuses
Arizona State University will launch the nation's first School of Sustainability next month.
The School Of Environmental Sustainability
As universities across the country are renovating their campuses and buildings to be more environmentally sustainable, one university is taking the subject into the classroom as its School of Sustainability opens next month.
Donald Krueckeberg, Leading Voice In Urban Planning, Dies
Krueckeberg influenced a generation of urban planners with his teaching and writing on land use policy, property theory and history.
Connecticut Needs To Train More Planners
With no graduate urban planning programs at any of the state's public or private universities, the American Planning Association's Connecticut Chapter is working with University of Connecticut to establish a master's program in planning.
A Career In Brownfields
A innovative training program in Boston is helping people get better jobs cleaning up the environment.
Measuring The Impact Of Universities
Describing the impact of universities can be challenging for both higher education and Technology-Based Economic Development (TBED). Two new reports demonstrate the importance of higher education institutions to a local economy.
Top 10 Planning Books Of The Year
The editors of Planetizen have released their annual list of the best books in planning. Find out which titles made our must-read list for 2006.
D.C. Gets New Transit Head
John Catoe, a Washingtion D.C. native who won praise as second in command at the Los Angeles MTA, was tapped to run the capital's transit agency -- a job that comes with both major headaches and perks.
The Ballpark Stadium of the Future
The Oakland A's sign a deal with the technology company Cisco to replace the Oakland Coleseum for a high-tech new ballpark which will set the standard for future stadiums.
City Streets Serve As Training Ground For Form-Based Zoning
Groups of planners, architects, and policy makers descended on downtown New Brunswick, New Jersey, to document the character of the city's urban form as part of a training program in form-based codes.
Green Buildings Make Kids Smarter, Healthier
A new report released by the American Institute of Architects has found that implementing green building techniques in schools has benefits beyond the environment. Test scores and student health have also been shown to increase.
High School Students Enter Planning 101
High school students in Northern California step into the shoes of city planners this fall, as they redesign a fictional neighborhood in a decaying town.
Good Advice On Writing and Tenure for Aspiring Academics
Ann Forsyth, the Dayton Hudson Chair of Urban Design and director of the Metropolitan Design Center at the University of Minnesota, offers advice to academics aspiring for tenure on the importance and process of publishing.
USC Joins LA's Downtown Rennaisance
Urban universities including the Univ. of Southern California are working to transform their tough neighborhoods.
Greenspan Joins Movement Advocating Gas Tax Increases
Alan Greenspan, Chairman of the Federal Reserve for two decades, is the latest Republican economist to join a small academic movement to increase gas taxes to address market imperfections so as to reduce energy consumption.
Urban Design for Planners 1: Software Tools
This six-course series explores essential urban design concepts using open source software and equips planners with the tools they need to participate fully in the urban design process.
Planning for Universal Design
Learn the tools for implementing Universal Design in planning regulations.
Economic & Planning Systems, Inc.
UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies
Mpact (formerly Rail~Volution)
Chaddick Institute at DePaul University
City of Piedmont, CA
Great Falls Development Authority, Inc.
HUDs Office of Policy Development and Research
