PAS Reports
Four times a year, APA's Planning Advisory Service publishes a new PAS Report with guidance on current issues and innovative practices.
Planning the Wildland-Urban Interface
PAS Report 594
Wildfires 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.
Members and Subscribers
PAS Report Archives
APA members and PAS subscribers can download each new report as it is posted, and can download nearly 100 reports published since 1994. Others may purchase PDFs of the reports. PAS subscribers also receive a print copy of each new PAS report.
Historic Reports
PAS published its first Information Report in 1949. To celebrate this history, each month we'll present a new report from the archives. We hope you enjoy these fascinating snapshots of planning issues of yesteryear.
Water fronts: Planning For Resort and Residential Uses
Information Report No. 118, January 1959
In the post-WWII years American families flocked to water front resorts for recreation, spurring rapid and in most cases unregulated development of these areas. This month's historic PAS report examines these challenges and outlines possible state and local regulatory solutions.
Become a PAS Report Author
We’re always looking for authors to write or update PAS Reports on a variety of planning topics. Visit the archive to see the list of all past reports. If you have an idea for a PAS Report, please contact Ann Dillemuth at PASReports@planning.org.
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A subscription includes PAS Reports (print and digital), PAS Memo, PAS QuickNotes, and PAS Essential Packets. APA members receive digital PAS publications free.