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Planning for Dementia-Friendly Communities
PAS Memo — November-December 2021by: Jonathan KatzThis PAS Memo identifies strategies to engage people with dementia in planning processes and incorporate dementia-friendly approaches in planning for transportation, housing, public space, urban fabric, and social services.Nonmember price$10.00APA members & PAS subscribers$0.00 -
Planning the Wildland-Urban Interface
PAS Report 594by: Molly Mowery, AICP, Anna Read, AICP, Kelly Johnston, Tareq Wafaie, AICPWildfires pose a growing threat to communities across the country as development in the wildland-urban interface (WUI) accelerates. This PAS Report offers a holistic planning framework helping planners guide land-use decisions to create communities that are safer and more resilient to wildfire.List price$0.00APA member & PAS subscriber$0.00 -
Dynamic Zoning
Zoning Practice — October 2021by: Patrick Braga October 01, 2021This issue of Zoning Practice explains the need for and fundamental characteristics of dynamic land-use and development regulations. It surveys historical and contemporary precedents and summarizes three approaches communities can use to implement dynamic zoning.List price$10.00ZP subscriber$0.00 -
Long Beach’s Approach to Youth Advocacy in Planning
by: Isabella TiceUncovering JAPA: Long Beach invests in Youth, establishing a Global Model with the Office of Youth Development. -
2022 Trend Report for Planners
by: Petra Hurtado, PhD, Sagar Shah, PhD, , Joseph DeAngelis, AICP, Alexsandra Gomez January 18, 2022The 2022 Trend Report for Planners features nearly 100 existing, emerging, and potential future trends that APA identified as relevant to planning. The trends are structured within three timeframes (Act Now, Prepare, Learn and Watch), which indicate the urgency of planners’ action. -
Protecting Vulnerable Populations from Flood Hazards
Zoning Practice — September 2021by: Thomas SmithThis issue of Zoning Practice focuses on risk assessment, mitigation, and zoning recommendations for hospitals, nursing homes, and assisted living facilities. It explores how Boulder, Colorado; New York City; and several cities and counties in Florida have updated their land-use and development codes to protect vulnerable populations from coastal storms and flooding.List price$10.00ZP subscriber$0.00 -
Design Thinking in Planning Practice
PAS Memo — September-October 2021by: Thomas Fisher September 01, 2021This PAS Memo explains design thinking and explores how this process can bring creativity, agility, and inclusion to planning practice, offering communities an effective set of tools to achieve their goals.Nonmember price$10.00APA members & PAS subscribers$0.00 -
2024 Trend Report for Planners
by: Petra Hurtado, PhD, Sagar Shah, PhD, AICP, Joseph DeAngelis, AICP, Ievgeniia Dulko, Senna Catenacci, Scarlet Andrzejczak January 31, 2024The 2024 Trend Report features a list of over 100 existing, emerging, and potential future trends that the APA Foresight team, together with our Trend Scouting Foresight Community, identified as relevant to planning. -
Planning Officials Training Program
Planning Officials are often appointed with little to no background in community planning. Once appointed, there generally is little time and limited resources to secure the training needed to help them make sound decisions for their communities. APA's Planning Officials Training Program gives planners the tools and resources to effectively and easily on-board and train planning officials.December 20, 2021, 12:00 a.m. to January 25, 2024, 12:00 a.m. CST- Linda Amato, FAICP
- Ann Bagley, FAICP
- Michael Blue, FAICP
- Bonnie Johnson, FAICP, PhD
- Gregory Jones, AICP
- Stan Popovich, AICP
- Marjorie Press
- David Silverman, FAICP
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Smarter Zoning by Street and by Block
Zoning Practice — August 2021by: John Myers August 01, 2021This issue of Zoning Practice proposes a new, ultralocal, approach to upzoning that would use resident-initiated upzonings to increase housing supply and diversity on a street-by-street or block-by-block basis.List price$10.00ZP subscriber$0.00
Climate-Resilient Pollinator Gardens
PAS QuickNotes 96by: Sagar Shah, PhD, AICPThis edition of PAS QuickNotes explains how planners can use pollinator gardens with native plants to enhance their communities, increase climate resiliency by reducing extreme heat and flooding risks, and achieve the GI goals of protecting natural ecosystems and conserving biodiversity.Nonmember price$0.00APA members & PAS subscribers$0.00
Urban Heat Resilience
PAS QuickNotes 95by: Ladd Keith, Sara MeerowThis edition of PAS QuickNotes explains national trends in extreme heat and describes how planners can enhance urban heat resilience for their communities through planning and implementing heat mitigation and management strategies.Nonmember price$10.00APA members & PAS subscribers$0.00
Planning With Diverse Communities
PAS Report 593by: Ivis Garcia, AICP, Andrea Garfinkel-Castro, Deirdre Pfeiffer, AICP January 01, 2019The U.S. will become a “majority-minority” country by the mid-2040s. More than before, planners must serve diverse publics and build inclusive communities. This PAS Report offers the tools planners need to engage people of color and improve quality of life for all in ethnically and racially diverse communities.List price$25.00APA member & PAS subscriber$0.00
Planning With Foresight
PAS QuickNotes 94by: Petra Hurtado, PhDThis edition of PAS QuickNotes introduces the concept of foresight to help planners imagine and prepare their communities for the future.Nonmember price$0.00APA members & PAS subscribers$0.00
Guiding Plan Implementation With Degree of Change
PAS Memo — July-August 2021by: John Zeanah, AICPThis edition of PAS Memo explores how the city of Memphis used the Degree of Change approach to guide plan implementation and community reinvestment by targeting appropriate actions to designated Accelerate, Sustain, and Nurture areas of the city.Nonmember price$10.00APA members & PAS subscribers$0.00
Prioritizing Environmental Justice in Comprehensive Planning
by: Adin BeckerUncovering JAPA: California plans are analyzed for environmental justice (EJ) incorporation, revealing advancements in BIPOC communities while underscoring the absence of an explicit racial focus.
Planning for Autonomous Mobility
PAS Report 592by: Jeremy Crute, William Riggs, AICP, Timothy Chapin, Lindsay Stevens, AICP September 01, 2018Autonomous vehicles are poised to disrupt the built environment and planning practices. This PAS Report offers a road map for planners as they develop policy solutions and infrastructure investments for the future of AVs.List price$25.00APA member & PAS subscriber$0.00
Advancing Racial Equity Through Land-Use Planning
PAS Memo — May-June 2021by: Paul Mogush, AICPThis edition of PAS Memo explains how the city of Minneapolis addressed racial equity issues in their comprehensive planning process and became the first major U.S. city to eliminate single-family zoning.Nonmember price$10.00APA members & PAS subscribers$0.00
Boston Takes on Climate Change
Among the world's most prepared but also the most vulnerable, the city is making big plans to protect itself.by: Anthony Flint April 21, 2021Planners, engineers, and others in Boston have been working for years to prepare for the inevitable impacts of climate change – a projected 40 inches of sea level rise, and the creeping storm surge and high-tide flooding that comes with it.
New Challenges for Old Problems: Housing Affordability in a Comparative Perspective
The course will explore new ways to address old problems regarding lack of housing.- Bishwapriya Sanyal
- Salvador Herrera
- NICOLAS MAGGIO
- Agustina Biasone
- Carina Arvizu Machado
- Tenzin Jamtsho
- Jing Zhang, AICP
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Design Review: Guiding Better Development
PAS Report 591by: Mark Hinshaw, FAICP, Marya Morris, FAICP July 01, 2018Get an update on the time-tested tool of design review and guidance on creating effective design review processes, standards, and guidelines to improve development in local communities.List price$25.00APA member & PAS subscriber$0.00
Zoning, Land Use, and Local Policies for Environmental Justice
Zoning Practice — March 2021by: Ana BaptistaThis issue of Zoning Practice reviews the relationships among zoning, land use, and environmental justice. It highlights local strategies that illustrate the diversity of approaches cities and counties across the country are using to protect traditionally overburdened areas from noxious land uses.List price$10.00ZP subscriber$0.00
Partnering with Health Systems on Affordable Housing Investments
PAS Memo — March-April 2021by: Alyia Gaskins March 01, 2021The March/April 2021 edition of PAS Memo explains why and how planners can partner with hospitals and health systems to create more equitable communities through affordable housing development.Nonmember price$0.00APA members & PAS subscribers$0.00
Reconsidering the Role of Consistency in Plan Implementation
Zoning Practice — February 2021by: John Zeanah, AICP February 01, 2021This issue of Zoning Practice considers how consistency is used in plan implementation to align zoning regulations and land use decisions with local plans. It makes recommendations based on examples from across the United States for how planners and municipalities can build consistency by building stronger links between local codes, regulatory mechanisms, and existing local planning processes.List price$10.00ZP subscriber$0.00
Urban Air Mobility
PAS QuickNotes 91by: Alexsandra Gomez February 01, 2021This edition of PAS QuickNotes explores the opportunities and challenges of using urban air mobility (UAM) — aerial vehicles, either crewed or automated, with the capability to maneuver in and across cityscapes — for passenger transportation.Nonmember price$0.00APA members & PAS subscribers$0.00
Local Food Systems Key to Healthy, Resilient, Equitable Communities
From the economy and environment to health and food access, local and regional food systems can help address a wide range of community concerns.by: Mary Hammon, Cynthia Currie February 01, 2021As pressures on the U.S. agriculture and food businesses grow, governments across the country are experimenting with local and regional food systems models to better need their communities' needs.
The Market Factors That Make Transferable Development Rights Work
Zoning Practice — January 2021by: Lane KendigThis edition of Zoning Practice highlights the distinct market challenges of targeted and rural TDR programs. It explores the key determinants of targeted TDR success and presents six potential alternatives to conventional rural TDR systems.List price$10.00ZP subscriber$0.00
Design Thinking
PAS QuickNotes 90by: Thomas Fisher January 01, 2021This edition of PAS QuickNotes defines design thinking and suggests how planners can use this five-step process to help improve systems, processes, and policies.Nonmember price$10.00APA members & PAS subscribers$0.00
Building Resilience Through Plan Integration
PAS Memo — January-February 2021by: Joseph DeAngelis, AICP, Johamary Pena, Alexsandra Gomez, Philip Berke, Jaimie Masterson, AICPThe January/February 2021 edition of PAS Memo explains how planners can use the Plan Integration Resiliency Scorecard (PIRS) method to ensure local plans are consistent with each other in supporting greater community resilience.Nonmember price$0.00APA members & PAS subscribers$0.00
Strategies for Family-Oriented Densification
Central cities aren’t just for the childless. Parent-friendly policies can revitalize urban neighborhoods.by: Louis Thomas, AICP January 01, 2021Vancouver, Canada, is the North American policy pioneer for high-density, family-oriented urbanism.
Federal Zoning Reform Funding Available Now
by: Emma WestA new federal competitive grant program – totaling $85 million – is now available to help local governments develop and implement policies that create and preserve housing options by breaking down barriers to zoning reform.
City Digital Twins: The Virtual Lab for Planners
In planning, city digital twins can be used for experimentation and simulation, to test policy options, to enhance cross-departmental collaboration, and to improve community engagement. Learn how to get started with examples from Columbus, Georgia, and Boston.- Heather Sauceda Hannon, AICP
- Neda Mohammadi
- John Taylor
- Carolyn Bennett
- Petra Hurtado, PhD
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Smart City Digital Twins
PAS QuickNotes 89by: John Taylor, Neda Mohammadi December 01, 2020This edition of PAS QuickNotes defines smart city digital twins and explains how this emerging tool can be used to support better decision making, more effective stakeholder engagement, and more robust scenario planning processes.Nonmember price$10.00APA members & PAS subscribers$0.00
Climate Action and Transferable Development Rights
Zoning Practice — December 2020by: Richard Pruetz, FAICP December 01, 2020This edition of Zoning Practice makes the case for why communities should consider adding TDR to their climate action toolbox, and explores 10 TDR programs in municipalities across the United States that have used TDR for both mitigating and adapting to the impacts of climate change.List price$10.00ZP subscriber$0.00
Downtown Revitalization in Small and Midsized Cities
PAS Report 590by: Michael BurayidiDemographic shifts and growing interest in walkable, convenient urban experiences have put a spotlight on city centers. This PAS Report shares strategies that have proved successful in transforming the downtowns of small and midsized cities.List price$25.00APA member & PAS subscriber$0.00
The Use Variance: Zoning Savior or Annihilator?
Zoning Practice — November 2020by: Josh Whitehead, AICP November 01, 2020This edition of Zoning Practice reviews the history of the use variance, with a special focus on how states and local communities have refined their approaches in response to key court decisions. And it highlights approval criteria and procedures that Memphis and Shelby County, Tennessee, and other communities use to curb use variance abuses.List price$10.00ZP subscriber$0.00
Eliminating Food Insecurity With Aquaponics
by: Dina WaltersEquity in Practice: East Oakland partners to address food insecurity.
Zoning for a Post-COVID World
Zoning Practice — October 2020by: Donald Elliott, FAICP October 01, 2020This edition of Zoning Practice highlights short-term zoning adjustments that can minimize economic damage and promote economic recovery from the pandemic, and it analyzes how COVID-19 may reinforce or disrupt long-term zoning trends related to housing diversity, flexible use permissions, built form, and the public realm.List price$10.00ZP subscriber$0.00
Creating Planning Documents
PAS Report 589by: Allyson Mendenhall, Claire Hempel, AICP CUD, Emily Risinger, Stephanie Grigsby, AICP November 01, 2017Planners routinely create plans, reports, and guides. This PAS Report is a guide to recommended practices, including field-tested tools and strategies to help planners manage the process of creating planning documents from concept to delivery.List price$25.00APA member & PAS subscriber$0.00Ventura, CA, Municipal Code
2017The development code protects environmentally sensitive habitat areas and recommends sustainable design features, including solar readiness.San Buenaventura (Ventura), CASolar Energy Standards - Urban Communities
Updated 2014by: Brian Ross, AICPThis model solar energy system ordinance with commentary for Minnesota communities addresses standards for accessory solar energy systems, provides for solar access protections, prohibits private covenants from restricting solar energy use, and offers incentives for solar energy system installations and solar access protections.MinnesotaU.S. Forest Service Urban Research
2017This clearinghouse website provides links to a wide variety of research related to urban forestry policies, practices, and benefits.i-Tree
2017This website provides links to a software suite that enables planners and urban forestry program managers to quantify various aspects of their programs.Renewable Energy Ordinance Framework – Solar
2015This document provides municipalities with a framework for drafting their own ordinances for small-scale accessory solar energy systems, offering a menu of sample ordinance language options to build a customized ordinance that addresses local issues.Philadelphia, PASustaining America’s Urban Trees and Forests
General Technical Report NRS-62, 2010by: David Nowak, Susan Stein, Paula RandlerThis report from the U.S. Forest Service provides an overview of existing urban forests in the U.S. and discusses challenges facing them.Watershed Forestry Resource Guide
2008This clearinghouse website provides high-level summaries and links to resources that provide additional information about a wide range of urban forestry related topics.Human Dimensions of Urban Forestry and Urban Greening
2017by: Kathy WolfThis clearinghouse website provides links to numerous articles, reports, guides, and fact sheets with information about human perceptions and behaviors regarding urban trees.Urban Forestry South
2017This clearinghouse website provides links to research, policy guidance, and analysis tools to help state and local forestry programs develop and implement urban and community forestry plans.Municipal Tree Care and Management in the United States: A 2014 Urban and Community Forestry Census of Tree Activities
Special Publication 16-1, 2016by: Richard Hauer, Ward PetersonThis report provides extensive information about how local urban forestry programs are organized, funded, and operated across the U.S.Benefits of the Urban Forest
Fact Sheet #1, 2001by: James GeigerThis fact sheet cites several specific environmental and economic benefits associated with trees in urban areas.