Christian Madera
Christian Madera was managing editor of Planetizen from 2006 to 2008.
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Christian Madera was managing editor of Planetizen from 2006 to 2008. He currently lives and works in Hong Kong.
Christian has written about urban planning, policy and technology issues for the Los Angeles Times, Planning Magazine, The Southern Sierran, and Next City Magazine, where he was a 2010 Urban Leaders Fellow. His past experience includes working as a community planner and the web and new media manager for the National Capital Planning Commission in Washington, DC, as well as a policy analyst for a non-profit housing developer in Los Angeles.
Prior to joining Planetizen, Christian worked as a program manager for the China Planning and Development Institute in Shanghai and Beijing. Christian also spent three years as a web developer at Urban Insight, the internet consulting firm that supports Planetizen, and contributed significantly to the development of Planetizen from 2000-2003. He has interned and consulted with a number of governments and non-profit organizations, including the Port Authority of NY/NJ, the Rockefeller Foundation, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), NYU Rudin Center for Transportation Policy, New Jersey Future, the City of Newark, NJ, and the CUNY Building Performance Lab in New York City.
Christian holds a BS in urban planning and development from the University of Southern California's School of Policy Planning and Development, and an MPA from the Woodrow Wilson School of International and Public Affairs at Princeton University.
Sydney Plans For Bus Lanes
<p>Government planners rejected plans for light-rail and have proposed a downtown transit mall with bus only lanes.</p>
Is The U.S. Government Encouraging Sprawl?
<p>Federal employees are often located in suburban areas away from transit, going against a policy of locating offices in downtown locations.</p>
Ho Chi Minh City's Vision For Growth
<p>New urban development in the former Saigon reflects the city's booming economy and ambition, but some look at other fast-moving Asian cities and worry about the consequences of such rapid growth.</p>
New Town Center Takes A Cue From The Past
<p>Replacing a '70s era shopping mall that was intended to revive the city's downtown, the new town center of Rockville, Maryland returns to urban planning's roots.</p>
Friday Funny: Sheep Protest Against Urban Sprawl
<p>Farmers in Spain led hundreds of sheep down city streets to protest urban encroachment on farm lands and livestock trails.</p>