Hear the news, catch the latest lecture, or enjoy an in-depth interview on a topic that piques your interest. Broadcast APA offers regularly updated podcasts and videos.
Michael Lancaster and Catherine P. Walsh from the University of Maryland won the 2009 Student Video Competition. APA student members were asked to create a video that captured their vision of planning.
Broadcast APA caught up with a number of Planners Press authors at the 2009 National Planning Conference.
Emily Talen, AICP, Urban Design Reclaimed
Reid Ewing, U.S. Traffic Calming Manual
Greg Dale, FAICP, and Don Elliott, FAICP, The Citizen's Guide to Planning (4th edition)
Alan Mallach, FAICP, A Decent Home
Philip L. Walker, AICP, Downtown Planning for Smaller and Midsized Communities
Learn about Minneapolis and the surrounding region. Hear from experts that attended the National Planning Conference.
Planning consultant and APA board member Carol Rhea, AICP, discusses turning your conference-going into a family vacation.
APA President-elect Bruce Knight, FAICP, talks about outdoor activities you can enjoy in the Twin Cities region and the state.
See APA's videos including national planning conference highlights, interviews with planning and design experts, and recipients of APA's National Planning Awards.
| Stay Up to Date with APA | |
 |  |
 |  |
This edition features: A Florida beach re-nourishment case and a potential new "takings" category, how to balance development with potential natural hazards, APA and AICP elections, and the 2010 National Planning Conference in New Orleans.
The health of our planet and our selves depends on how we plan, design, and construct the world between our buildings. Hear from contributors of Green Community, the new book from APA published in conjunction with the National Building Museum. The book, based on the National Building Museum's Green Community exhibition, is a collection of thought-provoking essays that illuminate the connections among personal health, community health, and our planet's health.
A new podcast will be released approximately every two weeks.
Green Community Density and Transportation
In this episode, listen to Green Community contributors F. Kaid Benfield, Fred Hansen, and Mariela Alfonzo.
Green Community Introduction
In this episode, listen to Green Community co-editors Timothy Mennel and Susan Piedmont-Palladino discuss contributor insights and the book’s production.
Upcoming podcasts in the Green Community Podcast Series:
A discussion with Jim Schwab, manager of the Hazards Planning Research Center at the APA, about the recent flooding in Iowa and other midwestern states.
Listen as urban forestry experts discuss the importance of establishing and maintaining an urban forestry program. This podcast features the report's general editor, Jim Schwab, AICP, American Planning Association; Cheryl Kollin, American Forests; Jim Skiera, International Society of Arboriculture; and Phillip Rodbell, USDA Forest Service.
Donald Shoup, professor of urban planning at UCLA and author of "The High Cost of Free Parking," talks about how free parking distorts transportation choices, warps urban form, and degrades the environment — and suggests sensible policy alternatives.
Mark Hinshaw has a proposition for Americans: Come out of your bunkers, throw open the gates, and meet the neighborhood. Hear Hinshaw, author of the APA Planners Press book True Urbanism, talk about what cities can do to encourage vibrant, unpredictable urban neighborhoods.
Select Tuesdays at APA presentations are available as podcasts.
New to podcasts?
Instructions on getting started
Instructions on subscribing through iTunes
Send it to podcast@planning.org.
©Copyright 2009 American Planning Association All Rights Reserved