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...cia, a fines de 1983, constituyó el ejemplo de una experiencia tenaz y muy valiosa para demostrar el perfil de una Dictadura sanguinaria y violadora de los más elementales principios de la dignidad humana. Esa experiencia, que no contenía ningún…
...the assumptions behind planning theories and practices. Unfortunately, the value of such debates is often misunderstood and simplified as being solely for and about women. Instead there should be a political stance about how many people in our society are…
...present papers on-line and to moderate the list. Every couple of years we evaluate how the list and its web site work for the participants, which are now about half academics and half practitioners and number 730 across over a…
...nformation, but telephone access and the alleviation of language and literacy barriers were perceived as higher priorities for addressing these issues. The school data suggests that computer and internet access parallel other dimensions of segregation in the school district. Gwen…
...osts navigation Older posts→ About Progressive City Progressive City: Radical Alternatives is an online publication dedicated to ideas and practices that advance racial, economic, and social justice in cities. We feature stories on inclusive urban planning practices, grassroots organizing, and…
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...risk controversy and possible physical harm. Accurate estimates of the prevalence of transgendered individuals are highly variable. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV) estimates that approximately one in 30,000 men and one in 100,000 women will undergo…
..., the opportunity to be part of a CTC-where people gain skills and acquire valued labor market experience-increases the symbolic value, prestige, and status associated with being part of a formal organization. Some CTCs provide more than affordable connections, they…
...otential to shape the scope of this law. In this panel, co-costed by Engineers and Scientists Acting Locally and the Ecological Society of America, we will hear from legal experts and implementers who will discuss the role of policy, both…
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...tor Bill Pitkin points out, in the past progressive planners have been ambivalent about using information technologies, seeing them as part of technocratic and apolitical practice. However, as this issue shows, in the past few years progressive planners have come…
...rying out the action plans; 8) designing and implementing a participatory evaluation. This is a somewhat idealized version of the process of our Analco project. In practice, various stages were overlapping, we weren’t able to get all the key informant…
...ream planning circles. In 2017, the magazine became Progressive City: Radical Alternatives, an online publication and podcast with the same editorial standards, but adding an opportunity for readers to interact through comments and social media. Our contributors and readers are…
...ed by technical and policy advisory committees. May lead such committees. Evaluates solid waste management program and project accomplishments against established goals and timetables and makes recommendations concerning future plans. Attributes for success: Thorough knowledge of solid waste management principles,…
...the statement here. Check out our online magazine, Progressive City: Radical Alternatives. You can also follow along on Facebook and Twitter. About Planners Network Planners Network is a 501 (3) (c) non-profit organization. Get details on how to Join Planners…
...a de Mayo: De la Protest Política a la Acción Social en el Habitat Popular por Alejandro Rofman Progressive Planning Profile: Jacqueline Leavitt Venezuela’s Communal Councils and the Role of Planners by Clara Irazábal and John Foley New Urban Planning?…
...r level. As ethnic engineers (through start ups and “spin ups”) in Silicon Valley, they are now key managerial actors driving a large part of growth in that region, and creating wealth for their community. The linkage of engineering skills,…
...y local organization. We should recognize that international networking is valuable but that popular movements can’t rely on the professionalized circuits of NGO and academic activism to achieve this. If popular movements are going to be able to represent themselves,…
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...and South SandwichSpainSri LankaStateless PersonsSudanSudan, SouthSurinameSvalbard and Jan MayenSwazilandSwedenSwitzerlandSyriaTaiwan, Republic of ChinaTajikistanTanzaniaThailandTogoTokelauTongaTrinidad and TobagoTunisiaTurkeyTurkmenistanTurks And Caicos IslandsTuvaluUgandaUkraineUnited Arab EmiratesUnited KingdomUS Minor Outlying IslandsUnited States of America (USA)UruguayUzbekistanVanuatuVatican CityVenezuelaVietnamVirgin Islands, BritishVirgin...
...onthly E-newsletter, Supporting an online magazine, Progressive City: Radical Alternatives, A discount to the PN Conference, And the opportunity to contribute to a planning organization that consistently promotes economic, social and environmental justice. Click here for the membership application! Make…
...onthly E-newsletter, Supporting an online magazine, Progressive City: Radical Alternatives, A discount to the PN Conference, And the opportunity to contribute to a planning organization that consistently promotes economic, social and environmental justice. To see full information about how to…
...ication of Planners Network is the online Magazine, Progressive City: Radical Alternatives. The online Magazine seeks to be an important means for networking among members, a source of innovative ideas, and forum for controversial policy questions neglected in mainstream planning…
...onference will be published in the online magazine, Progressive City: Radical Alternatives (www.progressivecity.net) The Plenary Panel Friday, June 21, 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm EST The Plenary panel was streamed to all sites. Speakers Katsi’tsakwas Ellen Gabriel, Mohawk activist and…
...e week left to apply for the third offering of the Yale School of Public Health’s innovative, fully-online certificate program on climate change and health. Our first two cohorts included a global audience of diverse and dynamic professionals. As a…
...e syllabi related to the teaching of Environmental Planning, and teaching evaluations or other evidence of superior performance in teaching-related activities; as well as strong letters of reference. Other teaching-related activities can refer to previous experience as a teaching assistant…
...nd experience. All York University positions are subject to budgetary approval. This opportunity is open to qualified individuals who self-identify as Black peoples of African Descent (e.g., Africans and African heritage people from the Caribbean, Americas, Europe). Recognizing the underrepresentation…
...submit a cover letter, CV, available teaching evidence (syllabus, course evaluations, etc.) and contact information for three references. Questions about the position may be directed to maria.nicolau@tufts.edu. Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.…
...submit a cover letter, CV, available teaching evidence (syllabus, course evaluations, etc.) and contact information for three references. Questions about the position may be directed to maria.nicolau@tufts.edu. Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.…
...affordable housing. Housing is a human right, and must be treated for its value as a home, not a commodity. These measures are crucial. Left unchecked and unchallenged, current models both augment white wealth and assets and contribute to what…
...ban space; and 2) the right to appropriate urban space in favor of its use value over exchange value. Notably, these components include legal rights, social and political claims and material conditions. Planning and the Right to the City The…
...will it be for a diverse local economy that actually produces something of value to people? Who will live in the new apartments? Will they be affordable to anyone who actually has to work for a living? The Un-Giuliani One…
...estion that access to and control of water is essential to their very survival. The source of the water challenges these producers face vary across the globe, from occupying powers to a state of war, and from government-sponsored, top-down development…
...directed at delegations of the International Monetary Fund upon their arrival at the airport. There have also beenescraches against the media in which those shunned by it reacted against it for ignoring their role as key protagonists. The slogans painted…
...ed officials who would move traffic at all costs. Too many planners and local governments in the United States are as car crazy as the American Automobile Association. They foster auto-dependent development by requiring excess roadways and parking and ignoring…
...open street life, mobility and access to public places, and its great social diversity. · Concentration or sprawl? To what extent will the disaster in New York City affect the national debates on Smart Growth? New York City is one…
...red across the landscape brings people and animals into conflict, with animals always losing. Cars use energy resources. Again in Asphalt Nation, Holtz Kay estimates that in the United States more than 50 percent of oil, 64 percent of rubber,…
...ed burden on professionals to be certain that they remain in tune with the values of those they are serving and not retreat into the peculiar values of the design subculture, with its narrowly focused media and design schools, which,…
...social development. Community development is linked to empowerment and to valuing diversity of cultures. This is true whether you are talking about planning in materially underdeveloped communities in the United States or in the so-called developing world. Manning Marable, an…
...rities, a factor which has contributed to program delays. Still another prevalent problem is the inability of prospective purchasers to secure clear land title, a prerequisite for PVSS loans which require mortgage security. Delays have also resulted from administrative shortcomings,…
...has been the case in other Mexican and Latin American cities, the new arrivals tended to relocate to the edge of city, where land was cheaper but infrastructure and urban services were lacking. The layout of Ciudad Juárez is sprawling,…
...d left our Boston planning experiences off the table. But when it came to evaluating the day’s work, the recurring comment was, “We would like the compañeros from Boston to tell us how they do planning at home.” Since shortly…
...t of Culture for the State of São Paulo, and its abandoned files contained valuable documentation of media history. The squatters set aside a small portion of the building for the preservation of these documents and moved families into the…
...time in twenty years, the construction of two new homes. In addition, the value of property has increased in anticipation of the MetroLink extension. A month before the route was officially announced one was able to purchase a parcel for…
...ano Land by Tom Angotti Feature Articles Israel’s Ongoing War Against the Palestinians of Gaza by Marie Kennedy Playas Para Todos: The Struggle for Puerto Rico’s Coast by Katherine T. McCaffrey Urban Prospects Under Obama Right to the City Builds…
...the local grocery chain. Their effort required to do so is well worth the value of providing healthier food to their families and lending direct support to the producers from whom they buy at the tianguis. Fair Trade In Canada…
...mmissioned neighborhood plans, market studies and design guidelines from several consultants. The Macon Housing Authority worked with the residents of Oglethorpe Homes to win a $19.5 million HOPE VI grant from HUD to demolish and replace the project. The ultimate…
...s work to professional staff and ensures appropriate training is provided Evaluates operations and activities of assigned responsibilities Prepares reports on operations and activities, recommending improvements and modifications Participates in budget preparation and administration, monitors and controls expenditures Attends substantial…
...Ts, but technical expertise is not the issue; we need a conversation about values. We know that the provision of supportive housing saves millions in emergency health care costs; meanwhile Toronto is becoming more inequitable not less so. Developers often…
...at arise in urban policy are not matters of expertise, but rather the general goals of what the community should be like in 20 years.The choices and decisions should be determined by a well-informed public able to understand the implications…
...s and early 1980s found a major focus on housing and housework. Growing female poverty and changes in family composition also shaped these early debates. From the mid-1980s feminist planners, architects, and geographers started focusing on different groups of women…
...ism that they see as threatening to their religious purity and traditional values”. Dean Joseph S. Nye of the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard, in a remarkable display of disingenuous understatement tells us that, “American support for Israel, the…
...men Plan Toronto: Incorporating Gender Issues in Urban Planning by Barbara Loevinger Rahder Lifting Women’s Voices: The Roofless Women’s Action Research Mobilization and Participatory Action Research by Marie Kennedy Engendering Neoliberal Reform by Amy Lind Subscribing to Gender: Internet Resources…
...k University Representatives are local PN contacts that help facilitate local, national, and international networking. If you have questions about progressive planning or PN activities at a certain school, in your area, or somewhere else, feel free to contact the…
...the digital realm. This hire is supported by CIVIC (Critical Inquiry into Values, Imagination and Culture), the Cornell provost’s radical collaboration task force in the Humanities and the Arts, which targets faculty hires in the fields of public life and…
...sistant Professor commencing July 1, 2021, subject to final budgetary approval. The area of specialization is Planning Law and Governance, with a particular focus on approaches that centre anti-Black racism, Black urbanism, and human rights in urban and regional planning.…
...ssions (roughly 500 words) for our online magazine, Progressive City: Radical Alternatives, on initiatives, strategies or actions that aim to secure more just forms of transit, with transit broadly understood in relation to walking, biking, rickshaws, bus, subway and a…
...xperience identifying current and emerging equity and inclusion issues to evaluate, develop, and implement programs in a way that addresses impacts on equity. Experience communicating to diverse audiences (verbally, written, and presentations). Minimum Qualifications: Education and/or Equivalent Experience: Graduation with…
...f Cornell University’s heritage. We are a recognized employer and educator valuing AA/EEO, Protected Veterans, and Individuals with Disabilities. We also recognize a lawful preference in employment practices for Native Americans living on or near Indian reservations. Our inclusive community…
...in the U.S. and internationally. Applicants should have a Ph.D. or an equivalent terminal degree in planning, regional science, geography, urban studies, public policy or another relevant field. Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. CRP is a top-ranked…
...end us your submissions by January 24th, 2022. We look for written and visual work from people from all backgrounds, in any language, and from any field. Written work should be submitted in .docx or PDF format. Visual content should…
..., subject to renewal contingent on funding and university needs. All official salary offers must be approved by Human Resources. UMass Boston requires all employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19 and to confirm proof of their vaccination status. Exemptions from…
...lities planning efforts. UNM’s PDC provides seamless delivery of professional support services to internal clients using best practices in capital project planning, development, and construction. Please note that incomplete applications will not be reviewed. See application instructions for details. Duties…
...lopment” have charged that its practitioners have failed to grapple with several long-standing problems, including the undemocratic and unaccountable nature of many non-profit community development projects, the limits of local responses to national and international economic and political problems, the…
...articles check out our current online publication, Progressive City: Radical Alternatives. 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 Sept – Dec: After September 11 July – August: The Road from Rochester May…
...The National Network Coordinator will be responsible for coordinating the overall process of developing, implementing, and administering the Technical Assistance Program in collaboration with expert consultants and member organizations. The goals of the Technical Assistance program include: to provide supportive…
...lement with proven strong communication skills and the ability to review, evaluate, and solve problems in an efficient and methodical manner. The Associate Planner is responsible for conducting professional planning work in land use and urban planning including current and/or…
...as assigned. Oakland is a racially, ethnically, linguistically and economically diverse community, and the City of Oakland welcomes candidates with diverse and multicultural skill sets. The Bureau of Planning supports the mission of the City of Oakland to transform practices…
...nt and/or activism. This hire is supported by CIVIC (Critical Inquiry into Values, Imagination and Culture), the Cornell provost’s radical collaboration task force in the Humanities and the Arts, which targets faculty hires in the fields of public life and…
...sen, 2008; Montgomery, 2008; Rohe, 2009). Urban regeneration has taught us valuable lessons such as: physical renewal alone is problematic; local social networks matter; total clearance cannot solve the underlying problems that cause decline; listening to local residents is particularly…
...gressive Cities and Neighborhood Planning” in the guise of a class on archival research. These papers reflect some of the work done in that course. The course itself was interesting, but more interesting is the story behind the collection and…
...nter data into computer system in a sustained manner. Special Requirements Valid driver’s license. Other Requirements Demonstration of the following established core values: Integrity, Respect, Communication, Teamwork, Accountability, Positive Attitude, and Dedication to Service. Regular attendance, as governed by and…
...Portland residents drive their automobiles over 27 million miles, the equivalent of fifty-six round-trips to the moon! The Health Connection All this driving has serious side effects, in Portland as in other parts of the US. Transportation is by far…
...May/June 2000 The Electronic Frontier Selected Feature Information Technologies and Progressive Planning by Ann Forsyth Online for Organizing: The Story of COMM-ORG by Randy Stoeker NKLA: Neighborhood Improvement and Recovery is Not Just for the Experts! by Bill Pitkin The…
...d be required to admit any new families from the lowest income bracket. No valid claim can be made that we are “reforming” public housing by denying poor families access to clean, safe, affordable housing. There are many more aspects…
...ibilities in the community – all in the name of sustainability. Environmental Privatization The sustainability agenda seems to romanticize a return to good old fashioned self-reliance, elbow grease, and homespun goods while taking for granted that gendered individuals will bear…
...al forums for sharing information and ideas. Our web site and listserv are valuable complements to these activities, even if we haven’t utilized their maximum potential. Despite PN’s relatively small size, our efforts to articulate our unique visions and goals…
...people are dying in Iraq as a result. However evil Saddam Hussein is, whatever potential danger he may represent, he is not, as the president said tonight (telling another lie) a “clear and present danger” to the peace of the…
...ble to increase access to information that community residents can use in evaluating property conditions, uncovering environmental risks, etc. With applications like NKLA’s interactive asset mapping, residents can present their own ‘bottom-up’ perspectives of their neighborhoods, helping residents organize around…
...o families in need of housing. Because of its historical and architectural value, Tenth Street had been designated an historic district in 1991, but gentrification and lack of resources were taking their toll on the neighborhood. Including Youth Out of…
...can go further by providing density bonuses to developers. These allow an overall greater numbers of units if built in a more compact pattern that encourages biking and walking while preserving open space. Even in already-developed, low-density suburbs you can…
...pular online networking sites:Facebook and LinkedIn. These sites allow users to create profiles, share information, news, and photographs, link to their own wikis and blogs, join groups, contribute to discussions, post important links, and promote events. Although both sites are…
...o redo existing research; convincing DCP to accept innovative proposals as valid and worthy of inclusion in a plan; organizing and applying pressure to convince the city to consider plans that do not coincide with market pressures; lobbying, protesting and…
...ldings cannot be separated from their political and social context, and it values and includes low-income stakeholders as decision-makers. Unlike other movements in architecture and planning, there is not a single stylistic or formalistic approach to community design. Practitioners revel…
...the Grassroots Women’s International Academy. At the World Urban Forum in Vancouver in 2006, Leavitt presented a report that analyzes community-based land tenure systems and housing development by women’s groups in Africa. Through the Community Scholars Program at UCLA, Leavitt…
...es as a form of abandonment, we discovered that in the last five years rental vacancy across the city has concentrated in these buildings, which have consequently seen deferred maintenance and accelerated deterioration. Because these buildings provide an enormous share…
...and guts in the city and plenty of determined people working for its survival, but Time seems to be asking the question, Aren’t they just rearranging the deck chairs? The introduction to a year of stories on Detroit in the…
...ractitioners, academics, and community members. Progressive City: Radical Alternatives grew out of Progressive Planning Magazine, a quarterly print publication of the Planners Network. We: Prioritize community-based voices and feature contributors with a range of professional and educational backgrounds.…
...ain an active research agenda in their field. The Department places a high value on professional applications that lead to innovations in planning practice and dissemination of those innovations through scholarly publication and other means of communication. DURP faculty contribute…
...ntributing to and implementing our Strategic Plan, who shares our cultural values, and who has a passion to be part of a solution to the affordable housing crisis. The emphasis will be on community education and outreach, networking, establishing partnerships,…