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August/September 2019
The Hazards Issue
Learn why communities must use different recovery methods when one natural disaster prompts another. City planners explain why it's so important to address housing equity before and after disaster hits a community. In California, planners are using valuable new data and research to plan for the next earthquake.
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Featured Articles
The Falling Dominoes of Climate Change
Funding for More than a Rainy Day
Planners Tool Up for the Next Big One
Striving for Equity in Post-Disaster Housing
Puerto Rico Lurches Toward Recovery
News & Departments
Perspectives
A regular column by Chief Executive Officer Joel Albizo.
Intersections
Disaster recovery grants, APA elections, 2019 Planning and Advocacy Conference.
Planning News
Prescribed burns, Illinois cannabis bill, federal LGBTQ protections.
Legal Lessons
Takings takes a turn with Knick v. Township of Scott.
The Commissioner
A bimonthly department aimed at planning commissioners. Edited by Kimberley Jacques.
Ever Green
Timothy Beatley explores green burial options.
Planners Library
TOD, green infrastructure networks, net zero building.
Et Cetera
The Age of Stupid, Google SOS Alerts, Wizards Unite.
Viewpoint
Planning’s prime directive.
Cover: Members of a search and rescue team leave a collapsed home in Montecito, California, in January 2018. Jim Wilson/The New York Times.
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