Planning January 2016
Planning January 2016

Special Issue on Phoenix
The January issue of Planning profiles Phoenix, host to APA's 2016 National Planning Conference. In less than three generations, Phoenix has grown from a nondescript desert town into the nation's sixth-largest city, thanks largely to air conditioning, automobiles, and the freeways beneath them. The enormous metropolis is slowly swapping its sprawling suburban identity for a denser, more urban persona.
Featured Articles
The Land of Reinvention
Arizona's Cool (Planned) Places
Making Space for the Desert
Web Exclusive: The Sun Industry
Phoenix Rises Again
An Eye on Every Drop
Blurring Borders
News & Departments
Perspectives
A regular column by Executive Director James M. Drinan.
News
Big Florida plan, clean air and water.
Legal Lessons
The Clean Water Rule.
Ever Green
Biophilic urbanism.
Letters
Choice neighborhoods, CEQA.
Planners Library
Ecodesign, airports.
Media
News reports, blogs, videos, etc.
Viewpoint
Planning for — not just around — agriculture.
Cover: Sonoran Desert sunset seen from South Mountain Park near Phoenix. Photo by Greg Russell, Alpenglow Images.