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November 17, 2022
Uncovering JAPA: Apply three aspects of equity to make the climate action planning process more inclusive.
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November 9, 2022
Equity in Practice: Champaign, Illinois, planners use a pop up park to create a stronger relationship with the Garden Hills neighborhood.
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October 14, 2022
Uncovering JAPA: The risk of reproducing racist assumptions or narratives in planning.
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October 4, 2022
Uncovering JAPA: What can transit value capture teach us about the intersection of entrenched segregation and transportation planning?
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September 19, 2022
As municipal planning departments adopt a fairness and equity mindset in their work with the communities they serve it highlights the state of their workplace practices and the work needed to elevate equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) goals within the planning firms and public agencies.
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September 13, 2022
Spotlight on Zoning Practice: It's time to get serious about diversifying local planning and zoning boards.
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July 18, 2022
A recent report demonstrates that the underproduction of housing units affects 47 states and Washington D.C., and its impacts are being felt in all kinds of places, from dense urban areas to small, rural towns.
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June 23, 2022
Uncovering JAPA: Pandemic-created open streets can be a lifeline, but also exacerbate inequities without careful implementation.
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June 7, 2022
Sponsored Content from enCode Plus: A conversation with planning and zoning industry veteran Bret C. Keast, AICP, on addressing affordability and equity, two of the biggest issues in planning and zoning circles.
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April 14, 2022
Uncovering JAPA: 'Place-based' policies can help address growing interregional inequality within the U.S.
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April 7, 2022
Uncovering JAPA: The aftermath of Hurricane Dolly (2008) on the colonias of the Rio Grande Valley illustrate the need for equitable disaster recovery.
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March 3, 2022
Uncovering JAPA: Authors examine 180 cities in Southern California to determine if changing residential land uses reduce housing inequities.
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January 27, 2022
Uncovering JAPA: While planners have long valued diversity, equity, and inclusion, Municipal cultural plans too often treat diversity, equity, and inclusion superficially.
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January 6, 2022
Uncovering JAPA: Solutions for ensuring people living with dementia are included in the planning process.
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December 16, 2021
Uncovering JAPA: How do uneven negotiating powers stymie affordable housing development?
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December 7, 2021
Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD) is a framework to discover and mobilize assets or resources available in a community and use them to benefit residents.
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December 2, 2021
Uncovering JAPA: Exploration of how policy, family-oriented design, and programming has the ability to influence parents' locational choice in where to raise their family.
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November 10, 2021
The number of Americans living with dementia, which includes Alzheimer’s disease, is growing. Planners can play a key role in making sure that communities allow for the best possible quality of life for this growing population.
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September 30, 2021
Uncovering JAPA: An experiment to determine if the number of people impact the quality of a public space?
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September 29, 2021
Planning directors from 20 U.S. cities release a statement and commitment to advancing racial equity. Planning directors are invited to sign the commitment.
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September 23, 2021
Uncovering JAPA: Focusing on Latino Vendor Markets can help create community connections among ethic groups in a city.
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September 2, 2021
Uncovering JAPA: See how Geodesign was used in two Navajo community plans to ensure participation without tokenization.
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August 16, 2021
Uncovering JAPA: Understanding how to assess if a planning initiative improves accessibility.
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July 23, 2021
Key takeaways from the ACSP/APA Practitioner Diversity Climate Survey. Planners acknowledge that employers are responsible for creating a climate of inclusion that starts at recruitment and continues through promotion. Employees also need ongoing training and support to accomplish these goals.
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July 22, 2021
Uncovering JAPA: The ideal of school choice has travel implications for youth/students.
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July 8, 2021
Uncovering JAPA: Understanding the history of exclusionary zoning practices.
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May 21, 2021
The AICP Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct articulates shared values and how these should be applied in planning practice. The Code is being updated to reflect the needs of today's planners and members are invited to share their comments.
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May 17, 2021
Through community development work, the Mel King Institute in Boston continues to fight for causes that Mel King has championed his life.
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April 13, 2021
Zoning reform efforts are underway in Connecticut, a state with a long history of exclusionary zoning. Several bills that aim to tackle zoning reform are in play at the legislature this session — and planners are weighing in.
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March 25, 2021
Uncovering JAPA: A survey of Black and Latinx planning students found that the students experienced different levels of discrimination depending on their citizenship status, race/ethnicity, nationality, and citizen status. Participants did not believe that planning education was allowing students to develop the skills to be culturally sensitive planners.
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March 11, 2021
Uncovering JAPA: The grid system of American city streets has tangible implications for equity in mobility, public health, and environmental sustainability.
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February 18, 2021
Uncovering JAPA: Neighborhoods that were once targets of redlining now have higher land surface temperatures than other neighborhoods in the same city. Planners need to correct past policy errors to make cities more equitable, including in urban heat management.
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February 16, 2021
Uncovering JAPA: Chicago's policy of selling vacant lots at a very low cost to adjacent landowners and other purchasers with local connections has resulted in a reduction in neighborhood crime.
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February 11, 2021
Uncovering JAPA: Why do landlords set housing rents below market? Can planners use this to expand affordable housing without public subsidies?
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November 5, 2020
Uncovering JAPA: How and why should planners better understand the terms Hispanic, Latino, and Latinx?
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October 29, 2020
Uncovering JAPA: How can planners make driving safer and make stronger arguments for carpooling? What if planners could also become advocates for immigrants at the same time?
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October 22, 2020
Uncovering JAPA: What do quantitative methods reveal about LGBTQ neighborhood development and historic preservation?
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October 1, 2020
Uncovering JAPA: What can planning departments do to adopt an organizational racial equity framework?
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August 20, 2020
Uncovering JAPA: What are the spatial and economic implications of Whiteness in the U.S.?
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August 18, 2020
A Guide for the Idealist post: Challenging times may challenge idealist commitments but they endure with a focus on higher ideals of justice, truth, and beauty.
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August 6, 2020
Uncovering JAPA: How can local planning and policy efforts better support immigrant entrepreneurs? What could cities do to lower barriers for immigrant businesses to thrive?
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July 28, 2020
Planners offer a big-picture, multidisciplinary lens that can play a pivotal role in increasing equity. Here are six things planners can do to advance racial wealth and economic opportunity in your community.
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July 27, 2020
A Guide for the Idealist post: Planners of all types have a role to play in addressing racial injustice by connecting each decision to its effects on the whole community.
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July 23, 2020
Uncovering JAPA: Can large-scale climate action coexist with community-based planning? One JAPA author says they can and they must.
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July 1, 2020
APA announces its new Voices of Equity in Planning, a multi-part video series demonstrating that equity is a necessary guiding principle for planners and all who participate in the process of planning as advisors, advocates, and decision makers.
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June 25, 2020
Uncovering JAPA: Does digital urban agriculture mean the end of small scale growing?
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June 18, 2020
Uncovering JAPA: Affordable housing and resiliency must coexist. How can low-income households weather the storm?
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March 31, 2020
In celebration of Women's History Month, two women who hold top Houston planning positions discuss their work and aspirations.
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March 26, 2020
Uncovering JAPA: Interviews, focus groups, and walking audits can be added to statistics to help create a full picture of the mobility needs of older adults.
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March 5, 2020
Uncovering JAPA: Planners may create communities more resilient to housing foreclosure by addressing location affordability.
