Educational Products

The American Planning Association and the American Institute of Certified Planners have an extensive selection of training and education materials covering a wide variety of planning topics. Most training is available in CD-ROM or VHS format.

All education products are listed here by topic. The intended audience is also listed, but many products are appropriate for multiple audiences. Click on a product name to find out more information. You can also search for products in APA's PlanningBooks.com online.

Agricultural Preservation

Farmland Preservation, 1999 (Planning Commissioners)

Citizen Participation

New Technologies for Planning and Public Participation, 2004 (Practicing Planners)

Comprehensive Planning

Community Plan: Trends, Preparation, and Implementation, 2004 (Planning Commissioners)

Disaster Planning and Recovery

Disaster Recovery, 2005 (Practicing Planners)

Planning for Safe Growth, 2005 (Planning Commissioners)

Economic Development

Economic Development and Changing Communities, 2001 (Planning Commissioners)

Economic Development for Small Towns, 2004 (Planning Commissioners)

Economics of Density, 2005 (Practicing Planners)

New Approaches to Economic Development, 2005 (Planning Commissioners)

Paying for Growth, 2002 (Planning Commissioners)

Preserving Community Retail, 2002 (Planning Commissioners)

Environmental Planning

Best of Contemporary Community Planning 2002, 2002 (Planning Commissioners)

Green Infrastructure, 2003 (Planning Commissioners)

Property Rights v. Public Resource Protection, 1998 (Planning Commissioners)

Ethics

Best of Contemporary Community Planning 2003, 2003 (Planning Commissioners)

Planning Ethics for Planning Commissioners, 2005 (Planning Commissioners)

Finance and Fiscal Management

Agreements, Fees, and CIP, 2005 (Planning Commissioners)

Development Finance and Pro Formas, 2005 (Practicing Planners)

Paying for Growth, 2002 (Planning Commissioners)

Health and Human Services

Planning and Public Health, 2004 (Planning Commissioners)

Planning Livable Communities for the Elderly and Adults with Disabilities, 2005 (Planning Commissioners)

Planning the Physically Active Community, 2003 (Planning Commissioners)

Historic Preservation

Preserving and Promoting Community Character, 1998 (Planning Commissioners)

Teardowns, Monster Homes and Appropriate Infill, 2001 (Planning Commissioners)

Housing

Affordable Housing, 2000 (Planning Commissioners)

Teardowns, Monster Homes and Appropriate Infill, 2001 (Planning Commissioners)

Land Use and Planning Law

Defensible Moratoria: Discussion of the Supreme Court Sierra-Tahoe Decision, 2002 (Planning Commissioners)

Defensible Design Review, 2003 (Practicing Planners)

Fundamentals of Updating the Zoning Ordinance, 1998 (Planning Commissioners)

Innovative Controls for Land-Use Regulation, 1996 (Planning Commissioners)

Land Use, Planning, and Environmental Law, 2004 (Practicing Planners)

Legal Foundation for Planning Commission and Zoning Board Decisions, 1995 (Planning Commissioners)

Legal Foundation for the Zoning Ordinance, 1996 (Planning Commissioners)

Legal Framework for Planning, 2005 (Planning Commissioners)

Planning Law in Perspective, 2005 (Practicing Planners)

Property Rights v. Public Resource Protection, 1998 (Planning Commissioners)

Update on Planning and Environmental Law, 2003 (Planning Commissioners)

Management

Conducting the Zoning Board of Appeals Hearing: Zoning Clinic 2004, 2004 (Planning Commissioners)

Dealing With an Angry Public, 1997 (Planning Commissioners)

Legal Foundation for Planning Commission and Zoning Board Decisions, 1995 (Planning Commissioners)

Manager's Planning Guide to Improving the Development Review Process, 2003 (Practicing Planners)

Mastering Meeting Management, 2002 (Planning Commissioners)

Project Management, 2005 (Practicing Planners)

Public Anger and Community Decision Making, 1998 (Planning Commissioners)

Strategic Management for Planning Agencies, 2003 (Practicing Planners)

Neighborhood Planning

Context-Sensitive Street Design, 2003 (Planning Commissioners)

New Directions in Neighborhood Planning, 1997 (Planning Commissioners)

Planning the Physically Active Community, 2003 (Planning Commissioners)

Planning Basics

Best of Contemporary Community Planning, 2002 (Planning Commissioners)

Best of Contemporary Community Planning, 2003 (Planning Commissioners)

Community Plan: Trends, Preparation, and Implementation, 2004 (Planning Commissioners)

Conducting the Zoning Board of Appeals Hearing: Zoning Clinic 2004, 2004 (Planning Commissioners)

Introduction to the Planning Commission, 2006 (Planning Commissioners)

Legal Foundation for Planning Commission and Zoning Board Decisions, 1995 (Planning Commissioners)

Legal Foundation for the Zoning Ordinance, 1996 (Planning Commissioners)

Planning Ethics for Planning Commissioners, 2005 (Planning Commissioners)

Professional Skills

Writing Better Staff Reports, 2005 (New Professionals)

Spanish Language Resources

Los Fundamentos de Planificación de Sitios

Suburban Planning

Context-Sensitive Street Design, 2003 (Planning Commissioners)

Form-Based Zoning, 2004 (Practicing Planners)

Getting to Density, 2002 (Planning Commissioners)

New Urbanist Codes, 2004 (Practicing Planners)

Paying for Growth, 2002 (Planning Commissioners)

Planning the Physically Active Community, 2003 (Planning Commissioners)

Suburban Place Making, 2004 (Planning Commissioners)

Teardowns, Monster Homes and Appropriate Infill, 2001 (Planning Commissioners)

Transportation

Context-Sensitive Street Design, 2003 (Planning Commissioners)

Effective Community Parking Standards, 2001 (Planning Commissioners)

Smart Growth Street Design, 2005 (Practicing Planners)

Zoning for Transit-Oriented Development, 2005 (Practicing Planners)

Urban Design

Context-Sensitive Signs, 2002 (Planning Commissioners)

Context-Sensitive Street Design, 2003 (Planning Commissioners)

Defensible Design Review, 2003 (Practicing Planners)

Design Graphics for Planning, 2006 (Practicing Planners)

Economics of Density, 2005 (Practicing Planners)

Form-Based Zoning, 2004 (Practicing Planners)

Getting to Density, 2002 (Planning Commissioners)

New Urbanist Codes, 2004 (Practicing Planners)

Planning the Physically Active Community, 2003 (Planning Commissioners)

Preserving and Promoting Community Character, 1998 (Planning Commissioners)

Zoning, Codes, and Ordinances

Conditional and Special Uses: Zoning Clinic 2006, 2006 (Planning Commissioners)

Contemporary Zoning and Codes, 2004 (Planning Commissioners)

Effective Community Parking Standards, 2001 (Planning Commissioners)

Form-Based Zoning, 2004 (Practicing Planners)

Fundamentals of Updating the Zoning Ordinance, 1998 (Planning Commissioners)

Innovative Controls for Land-Use Regulation, 1996 (Planning Commissioners)

Legal Foundation for the Zoning Ordinance, 1996 (Planning Commissioners)

New Urbanist Codes, 2004 (Practicing Planners)

Property Rights v. Public Resource Protection, 1998 (Planning Commissioners)

Smart Growth Codes, 2004 (Practicing Planners)

Update on Planning and Environmental Law, 2003 (Planning Commissioners)

Zoning for Transit-Oriented Development, 2005 (Practicing Planners)

Zoning Variances and Findings of Fact: Zoning Clinic 2005, 2005 (Planning Commissioners)