Planning November 2020
Planning November 2020
Drones, Housing, Cities Post-COVID
In November's Planning magazine, dive into how drones can support more intelligent, more informed, and more inclusive planning. Drones are opening new avenues in transportation, particularly as a tool for visual storytelling, monitoring, and data collection. Then, read five tips on how to make more accessible housing — from boosting federal requirements to universal design. As financial structure of state and local governments has been bashed by COVID-19, there is an opportunity to reinvent how we pay for the peerless cities we plan.
Featured Articles
The Call for a New Fiscal Architecture
As state and local governments grapple with the fiscal challenges posed by the pandemic, we have a once-in-a century opportunity to reinvent how we pay for all our communities’ needs. Story by Michael Pagano.
Five Ways to Plan for More Accessible Housing
Steve Wright offers recommendations to better prepare America's housing stock for the 25 percent of U.S. residents who will experience a disability that will impact their daily life.
Air Support for Transportation Planning
Drones present a fresh perspective and new possibilities for intelligent, informed, and inclusive transportation planning. Planners Niek Veraart, David Reel, and Alicia McConnell report.
Intersections
When Crisis Becomes the Status Quo
As disasters pummel much of the U.S., affordability and shortage issues are starting to look like the norm.
Keeping Rural Water Running
Economic and structural weights have long left small town water utilities vulnerable. Now, the pandemic could leave them high and dry.
Tools for the Trade
A New Model for Town-Gown Engagement
Planners can be powerful partners to connect institutional resources with neighborhood priorities.
9 Tips for Promoting Gender-Inclusive Planning
Language, like planning, has the power to transform communities.
Cover: Illustration by Chris Gash.