Data Mining on Federal Websites

Tuesday, January 26, 2010 • 5:00 p.m.

Since the late 1990s, planners have grown to rely on the rapid exchange of information and enhanced data analysis tools enabled by sophisticated computing power. With this proliferation of information and technology, planners need practical strategies for making sense of electronic information.

John Shuler, from the University of Illinois at Chicago, and Rana Salzmann, from APA, will discuss how to use the Web to find relevant planning information efficiently and discuss how the Internet's reach has changed the practice of planning through the expansion of digital government services.

CM | 1.0

John A. Shuler is Associate Professor/Bibliographer for Urban Planning at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He teaches and writes about government information resources and policies, as well as the literature of urban planning and public administration.

Rana Salzmann is APA's Librarian & Education Associate. She has a background in electronic resources administration, technology instruction, and information management.

Beyond Burnham

Tuesday, February 23, 2010 • 5:00 p.m.

Since the publication of Burnham and Bennett's Plan of Chicago in 1909, powerful institutions such as the Chicago Plan Commission and Regional Transportation Authority, among others, have emerged to promote metropolitan goals in the Chicago region. In their new illustrated book on the topic, Joseph Schwietrman and Alan Mammoser show how the human face of planning appears in the interplay between public officials and citizen advocates.

Schwieterman and Mamoser will share how a century of visionary planning for metropolitan Chicago has shaped the region's identity and character. From Daniel H. Burnham and Edward H. Bennett's famed 1909 Plan of Chicago to the push for superhighways and airports to battles over urban sprawl, they will describe the big personalities and the "big plans" they espoused.

CM | 1.0

Joseph P. Schwieterman is professor in the School of Public Service and director of the Chaddick Institute for Metropolitan Development at DePaul University. He is author of several books, including The Politics of Place: A History of Zoning in Chicago.

Alan P. Mammoser, a Chicago-based writer and regional planner, has written numerous articles on urban and environmental issues. He worked for six years at the Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission and later served as director of a community-based environmental agency.

Future Events

The Evolution of Our Suburbs

March 16, 2010
Mahender Vasandani, M Square Design
CM | 1.0