Based on the National Building Museum's Green Community exhibition, this book is a collection of thought-provoking essays that illuminate the connections among personal health, community health, and our planet's health.
Planning board members: Get up to speed on the essential concepts, principles, and practices of planning at APA’s audio/web conference, "Introduction to the Planning Commission: Part One," on December 9. Also mark your calendars for Part Two on February 17, 2010.
In the most recent issue of EDA Update, APA's "Tools of the Trade" explores the value of modern GIS, brownfield redevelopment principles, and legal land transfers to private developers through land assembly initiatives.
This month's historic PAS report reprint, The Special District: A New Zoning Development, from 1952, explores a cutting-edge zoning tool of the early 1950s. The special district began to break down the "airtight" tripartite divisions of residential, commercial, and industrial use.
Introduce your organization to the planners and planning officials who will travel to New Orleans for APA's 2010 National Planning Conference, April 10–13.
This year's AICP Symposium focused on planners' role in fostering communities that are not just environmentally sustainable, but economically strong and equitable.
Prevent future growth conflicts related to natural hazards. Learn how to conduct a safe growth audit in the October issue of Zoning Practice, available this month to non-subscribers.
Also: Plan to submit questions to the issue's author David R. Godschalk, FAICP, November 16–30.
APA is on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, and Ning. We realize that the ways people communicate and stay connected are changing fast. Social media sites allow APA members to keep up with peers, educational events, and the latest APA and planning news.
The November issue of Planning offers a special section on planning successes in small places from an old mill town to a Florida suburb. Also: read an excerpt from a new Planners Press book on traffic calming, and explore the ways parks are growing leaner and greener. Members may read the entire issue online. Everyone is invited to read this month's featured article on how to cope when bad things happen to good plans.
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