Check Out Our Passport Courses
Passport is your ticket to the training, experiences, and connections that will take you where you want to go in your planning career. Subscribe for unlimited access for one year to APA's extensive learning library of solution-oriented content facilitated by planners, for planners.
-
Dementia Friendly Communities Toolkit
2019This toolkit defines what a dementia-friendly community is and guides communities towards becoming dementia-friendly. -
Honolulu, HI, Making Honolulu an Age-Friendly City
Adopted June 2015This functional plan uses six of the WHO’s eight domains of livability to present a vision, current conditions, and goals. -
Seattle, WA, Age Friendly Seattle Action Plan 2018-2021
Adopted 2018This functional plan identifies strategies to reduce racial and social inequality among older adults in each of the WHO’s eight domains of livability. -
Waldo County, ME, Building an Age-Friendly County in Maine
Adopted 2018This functional plan proposes SMART goals addressing transportation, social isolation, and affordable housing. -
Aging in Place: A State Survey of Livability Policies and Practices
2011by: Nicholas Farber, Douglas Shinkle, Jana Lynott, AICPThis report provides a list of state policies related to land use, transportation, and housing that support aging in place. -
Tucson, AZ, Age-Friendly Tucson
Adopted 2019This functional plan highlight’s the city’s strengths and lists the current age-friendly features, activities, and services. -
Compendium of Community Aging Initiatives
March 2010by: Andrew ScharlachThis report compiles summaries of 121 community aging initiatives from across the country. -
Massachusetts ReiMAgine Aging
Adopted January 2019This functional plan helps coordinate and align local and regional efforts to reimagine aging in Massachusetts. -
Aging, Agency, and Attribution of Responsibility: Shifting Public Discourse about Older Adults
2015by: Moira O'Neil, Abigail HaydonThis report analyzes media narratives about aging and proposes communication strategies that may be more productive at increasing age-friendly policies and programs. -
Aging with Dignity & Independence
October 2011by: Kathy Black, Suzanne GregoryThis report investigates the lived experience of older adults in Sarasota County, Florida, with the goal of helping to facilitate aging with dignity and independence. -
Is This a Good Place to Live? Measuring Community Quality of Life for All Ages
April 2014by: Rodney Harrell, Jana Lynott, AICP, Shannon GuzmanThis report discusses AARP’s effort to define, plan for, and measure livability. -
Montclair Township, NJ, Lifelong Montclair
Adopted 2017This functional plan uses the WHO’s eight domains of livability to make several concrete, low-cost age-friendly recommendations. -
Aging in the Pike Peaks Region
April 2015by: Tucker Adams, Cindy DeGroenThis report provides a detailed look at the issue of aging in the Pike Peaks Region of Colorado, consisting of El Paso, Teller, and Park counties. -
Sonoma County, CA, Code of Ordinances
Updated June 2019This regulation belongs to the Age-Friendly Communities and Tiny Houses and Micro-Apartments collections. -
Building Child- and Age-Friendly Communities in Tight Fiscal Times
The Municipal Year Book, 2013by: Mildred Warner, Lydia MorkenThis briefing paper situates the need to plan for demographic change alongside growing fiscal stress in local government. -
The Global Network for Age-Friendly Cities and Communities
2018by: Alana Officer, Diane WuThis report shares the progress made by the WHO Global Network for Age-friendly Cities and Communities over the last decade toward creating more age-friendly communities. -
Hamilton Township, NJ, Township Code
Updated June 2019The township’s zoning code establishes a Planned Retirement Development Overlay Zone and a Planned Retirement Development Zone to serve a growing population of older adults. -
Transportation and Family-Friendly Communities
April 2009by: Jinwoo KwonThis briefing paper explores how communities can implement transportation interventions to build more family-friendly communities. -
Reaching Out: Youth and Family Participation
April 2009by: Kevin McaveyThis briefing paper discusses the importance of fostering youth and family participation in the planning process. -
Building Children Out of Our Cities
Shelterforce, January 2016by: Tiffany EngThis article points out the lack of discussion about families in Oakland, California’s A Downtown for Everyone: Shaping the Future of Downtown Oakland. -
Livable Communities
Updated 2019This web page discusses livable communities and provides a list of Resources by n4a and other organizations. -
Village to Village Network
2019This web page introduces the Village model, a volunteer-run age-friendly intervention. -
AARP Research: Livable Communities
Updated 2019This web page contains resources from AARP Research related to Livable Communities. -
District of Columbia, 2006 Comprehensive Plan
Adopted 2006The city's comprehensive plan addresses group housing in the Land Use element. -
History of Racist Planning in Portland
September 2019by: City of Portland Bureau of Planning and SustainabilityThis report summarizes and reflects on the city of Portland's use of racist and exclusionary planning practices, as a way of actively addressing and preventing further harm to affected communities. -
A Call to Courage: An Open Letter to Canadian Urbanists
June 2020by: Jay PitterThis article and online training encourages urbanists working in the Canadian context to respond to discussions of systemic oppression and anti-Black racism occurring across North America. -
Working With Differences in Communities
Oregon State University Extension Service, Manual 13: March 2002by: Ann SchauberThis book explores intercultural communication and provides strategies for working with cultural difference. -
What Does "Equity" Look Like? A Synthesis of Equity Policy, Administration and Planning in the Portland, Oregon, Metropolitan Area
April 2014by: Diane BesserThis report shares the results from a literature review and series of interviews with regional equity experts which explores the opportunities and challenges of achieving social equity in Portland, Oregon. -
America’s Tomorrow: Equity is the Superior Growth Model
2011by: Angela Glover Blackwell, Manuel PastorThis report lays out a framework for equity-driven growth that is responsive to economic and demographic changes. -
The Ingredients of Equitable Development Planning: A Cross-Case Analysis of Equitable Development Planning and CDFIs
2019by: Alexander Von HoffmanThis report introduces the practice of equitable development and shares three case studies from Washington DC, Detroit, and Phoenix. -
Equitable Development and Urban Park Space: Results and Insights from the First Two Years of Implementation of the Equitable Development Plan of DC’s 11th Street Bridge Park Project
March 2019by: Mary Bogle, Somala Diby, Mychal CohenThis report assesses whether the ongoing Bridge Park project in Washington DC has been a driver of inclusive growth. -
Municipal Innovations in Immigrant Integration: 20 Cities, 20 Good Practices
September 2010by: Ricardo Gambetta, Zivile GedrimaiteThis report shares what local governments are doing to address immigration in the absence of a national immigrant integration policy. -
America's Racially Diverse Suburbs: Opportunities and Challenges
July 2012by: Myron Orfield, Thomas LuceThis report studies the largest 50 metropolitan areas in the U.S. to create a typology of the racial diversity of suburbs. -
The Business Case for Racial Equity
2018by: Ani TurnerThe report details the economic impact of racial inequity and the benefits of advancing racial equity as a strategy for economic growth. -
Community Immersion, Trust-Building, and Recruitment Among Hard to Reach Populations: A Case Study of Muslim Women in Detroit Metro Area
Qualitative Sociology Review, 14(3): 24-44, 2018by: Mehri Mohebbi, Annulla Linders, Carla Chifos, AICPThis article shows that trust is a necessary component for doing research with hard-to-reach populations. -
Equity Planning Outside City Hall: Rescaling Advocacy to Confront the Sources of Urban Problems
Journal of Planning Education and Research, 35(3): 296-306, 2015by: Marc DoussardThis article reviews how and when equity planners should partner with outside organizations to push for large-scale redistributive policies. -
“We're Not in the Business of Housing:" Environmental Gentrification and the Nonprofitization of Green Infrastructure Projects
Cities, 81(2018): 71-80, 2018by: Alessandro Rigolon, Jeremy NemethThis article looks at the procedural justice issues of large green infrastructure projects. -
Dietary Inequalities: What is the Evidence for the Effect of the Neighbourhood Food Environment?
Health Place, 27: 229-242, 2014by: Christina Black, Graham Moon, Janis BairdThis article outlines the state of research concerning food environments and dietary intake. -
6 Ways Cities Can Create Economic Opportunity for All
Governing, July 2018by: Sterling JohnsonThis article argues that cities need to revise their planning processes in order to achieve more equity, rather than looking for policy solutions. -
A Divided Neighborhood Comes Together Under an Elevated Expressway
Next City, August 2018by: Katy ReckdahlThis article tracks a group of New Orleans residents that are reclaiming a space stripped from their community decades ago. -
Creating Welcoming and Inclusive Communities
Minnesota Cities Magazine, May-Jun 2018by: Danielle CabotThis article features a city’s response to a hate crime and their efforts to create a more inclusive community. -
Active Living and Social Justice: Planning for Physical Activity in Low-income, Black, and Latino Communities
Journal of the American Planning Association, 72(1): 88-99, 2006by: Kristen DayThis article belongs to the Built Environment and Health and Social Equity collections. -
Do Strict Land Use Regulations Make Metropolitan Areas More Segregated by Income?
Journal of the American Planning Association, 82(1): 6-21, 2016by: Michael Lens, Paavo MonkkonenThis article finds that density restrictions are related to the segregation of the rich into enclaves and suggests that inclusionary housing requirements from regional and state agencies may help curb income segregation. -
Refusing to Appropriate: The Emerging Discourse on Planning and Race
Journal of the American Planning Association, 60(2): 242-243, 1994by: Teresa CordovaThis article unapologetically claims that race cannot continue to be a taboo subject in planning and urges planners to create a more equitable planning process. -
Evaluating Transportation Equity
World Transport Policy & Practice, 8(2): 50-65, 2002by: Todd LitmanThis article introduces transport equity analysis and shares how to incorporate equity into project objectives and evaluation processes. -
Inclusive Planning: Centering Community Voice in Equitable Development
June 2018by: Vaughn Perry, Tony DeFalco, Tracey RossThis recorded webinar points out strategies that can help engage residents in an equitable development process. -
What Does Gentrification and Displacement Mean for Equitable Economic Development?
May 2017by: Anita Cozart, Kalima Rose, Victor RubinThis recorded webinar discusses the impact of gentrification on low-income residents and communities of color and asks how to prevent displacement from gentrification. -
Understanding Gentrification and Displacement The Path to Equitable Development
May 2019by: Paulina Lopez, Robin Schwartz, Chris SchlindtThis recorded webinar takes on the topic of environmental gentrification and considers what urban water practitioners can do to prevent displacement. -
Different Neighborhoods, Different Needs: Tailoring Economic Development Strategies
January 2019by: Chris Schildt, Tony To, Ubax GardheereThis recorded webinar describes what Seattle is doing to center racial equity in their planning and economic development practices. -
Building Healthy, Equitable Communities
2019This online training is designed for government and community leaders that want to address health equity at the local level.