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...legada socialmente de la ciudad de Buenos Aires. Este esfuerzo asociativo se constituye en el jalón más reciente de un proceso de transformación de la Asociación Madres de Plaza de Mayo–que dirige Hebe de Bonafini–de una institución de perfil político…
...es among them.” Of course, if the only costs of auto dependency were to personal finances, supplementing lower-income household budgets–similar to a food stamp program–might solve the problem. The societal payments, however, go far beyond cash outlays for roads, cars…
...ted commuting longer distances to more remote and sprawling developments built along a highway system supposedly designed for interstate travel in the event of a national emergency or foreign invasion. In short, the traditional dominance of public space over circulation…
...lso a reality throughout parts of Western Europe, though usually not as prevalent or obvious as in the U.S. The most important experience in transforming segregated cities to non-racialized metropolitan regions is underway in South Africa. With the end of…
...e means of transportation. This makes sense for security purposes, but it will also improve commerce and the environment, and keep people coming to the city. Measures that have been proposed by city planners for years but which now should…
...te development, are notoriously opaque. The key is often the district councilperson who represents district residents. There is, however, a strong tradition of “pay to play” in Philadelphia, which favors developers’ interests over those of community gardeners. Given the preceding…
...chel Fruchter became one of the 250 or so bikers and pedestrians killed by automobiles each year in New York City. The driver of the van got off with a ticket for a cracked windshield. The cops and the Parks…
...their beginnings, they created a style aimed at shocking and galvanizing a paralyzed society. This style was marked by a powerful presence in public spaces and the establishment of the Plaza de Mayo (la Plaza) and the streets as their…
...change, urban ecology, urban agriculture, transportation planning, geospatial analysis, environmental justice, just sustainability, and socio-environmental inclusion. The successful candidate is expected to hold professional planner (urbaniste) status through the Ordre des urbanistes du Québec (OUQ) and will take a lead…
...unity planning and suggests some workarounds when circumstances are not ideal. Although this community is in Mexico, the situation wasn’t that different from many we face here—a divided community, no organized community-based group to take the lead, a failing economic…
...orting the movement of the Women of Juárez in order to jointly organize a bilateral/international meeting to work out a grassroots plan for Ciudad Juárez. This plan, the purpose of which would be to make Juárez a safer city and…
...logical models is that there are a variety of context –individual, interpersonal, organizational and community–that operate at multiple levels to influence action; behavior does not occur within a vacuum.Environmental contexts (i.e., urban design characteristics such as street design, mixed land…
...favor of pushing for HFC-powered machines as the wave of the future in personal transportation in America. Oh, brother. Here we don’t go again. Hydrogen fuel cell cars use hydrogen to produce electricity to move a vehicle. What’s wrong with…
...fairness to transportation spending and to create a “market” that offers real alternatives. If I am partly dissatisfied by Kay’s solutions, it is because she fails to fully recognize how car-dependency and petroleum addiction are, in a sense, only symptoms…
...uns , un ancien couvent historique situé dans le centre-ville, à seulement quelques coins de rue de la majeure partie de la conférence. Pour plus d’informations ou pour réserver une chambre, cliquez ici. De même, l’Université McGill offre des logements…
...n in the post-1998 Toronto have been enormous. Amalgamation presented an unparalleled opportunity for new and creative thinking about a citywide approach to transportation. At the same time, it exacerbated the pre-existing tensions between the high-density downtown core, the medium-density…
...lanners of the food system and its relation to community development. This parallels the failure of most physicians to grasp proper nutrition and most architects to understand renewable energy or efficiency. To generate new and real concern for innovative plans…
...st of the country could see the image of Oregon that I see with its strip malls, auto centers, and a comic book-like reflection of fast food establishments contained only by a line in the sand. (It’s far different than…
...activists, planning students, professors, and professionals add to your personal and professional network get the lowdown on planning issues locally, nationally and internationally You might find an opportunity to: organize new Planners Network events or a chapter in New York…
...f their waking hours and where they have made significant financial and personal investments. Therefore, they are a bit more cautious about what level of experimentation to let into their backyards. This is almost equally as true for lower-income communities…
...k more and more like a disjointed amalgamation of separate enclaves. The real question New Yorkers have to face is not how many jobs and how many housing units will new real estate deals create but what kind of city…
...AdT improvements to the water system that increased the hours of water availability, consumption also increased. AdT also implemented aggressive water billing practices. As a result, many families experienced net increases in their water bills far beyond the 35 percent…
...athy Dorgan Each community design center (CDC) has a unique and winning personality. The character of these participatory public interest professional design practices are shaped by the communities they serve, their funders and, perhaps most importantly, their leadership. Centers vary…
...o plan. Under the leadership of Planning Director Joseph Rose, son of a local real estate magnate, planners have been instructed to be “user-friendly.” This translates into obediently processing developer proposals. The planning staff does not work with neighborhoods in…
...er illustrate this complexity, I will introduce two Antillean metaphors: “kalalloo” and “el mogoyón.” Kalalloo is a regional dish (similar to Cajun “gumbo”) including assorted greens, meats, seafood, and savory seasonings. The origins of the dish are uncertain. It has…
...are higher than the Canadian average. Indeed, Torontonians today are virtually all bilingual (if not trilingual or “quadlingual,” as my son calls himself), but they don’t always just speak English and/or French. For many Torontonians, the shores of Africa or…
...’s planners and architects, EPDC crafted a proposal that would route the rail along the interstate and crossing over to the north side. They argued that the south side route did not have an adequate amount of land available for…
...ormative planning means wielding our planning tools in a way that frames real alternatives; that elaborates the trade-offs in making one or another choice–that puts real control in people’s hands. It does not mean making everybody a professional planner–a possessor…
...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,…
...d by the disappearance of Soviet influence and by the economic crisis that paralyzed standard planning methodologies predicated on plentiful resources. Given the country’s high level of collective consciousness and organization, participatory planning would seem like a natural approach for…
...government. The squat is just one Brazilian manifestation of a growing global social movement which challenges municipal and national governments to provide their citizens with secure and adequate housing. A group of 87 families affiliated with the Integrated Participatory Project…
...by Katherine T. McCaffrey Urban Prospects Under Obama Right to the City Builds Alliance, Confronts Mayors by Jacqueline Leavitt Urban Prospects in the Age of Obama by Dick Platkin Will the Obama Administration Cut the Racial Trip Wire? by Bill…
...quet table — where our cities’ strategic destinies are being decided — we will also better view the ambiguous game of light and shadow played by international planning consultants. With better vision, to include more participants, we can more effectively…
...ubai, the maximum enclave and theme park of global capitalism. Its monumental malls, skyscrapers and millionaire condos loudly announce this brash newcomer to the global competition for the most ostentatious city in the world. It proves that with enough money…
...l of large commercial and residential development to line the avenues that parallel the Hudson River waterfront, the HKNA plan places towers on the four corners of the expanded Javits site, with lower commercial structures between them on three sides.…
...ing questions about the authenticity of the formal government are as critical a challenge to effective planning as the severely polluted land and water. The Oneida in Wisconsin, who had early successes with gambling, have built a planning center and…
...ley Seventh Generation By Tom Angotti Over 160 US Cities for Peace By Eugene Patron Dividing and Rebuilding Beirut By Katja Simons Vieques: El Impacto del Bombardeo en las Poblaciones Civiles Plan Puebla Panama By Wendy Call Roadmap to Stop…
...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? Can We Reinvent Planning? by Cliff Hague What About an…
...e Negev Desert in the south of the country with the water from the Sea of Galilee and the Jordan River, was completed in 1964. Israel began to withdraw water from the Jordan, soon taking more than its previously agreed-upon…
...0 city officials, professors and students attended the intensive workshop. Parallel presentations were made by the Brazilian and North American participants on the following topics: Globalization, Decentralization, Local Democracy, Privatization, Real Estate Markets, Environmental Justice, and University/Community Partnerships. Other PNers…
...nd downtown growth led the city to adopt a transit-oriented upzoning that will allow more than a doubling of housing units in the already high-density district. On paper, the plan’s goals would create 4,500 units of housing affordable for lower…
...dvocates view the president’s policies and programs through the lens of personal biography. They see a young, articulate Barack Obama who lived in Los Angeles, New York and Boston before moving to Chicago and entering politics. They welcomed Obama and…
...erek Chisholm argues in this issue, progressive planners need to make a personal commitment to put their progressive ideas into practice. In her article, Joan Roelofs underlines the importance of utopias to progressive urban planning and gives us a useful…
...privatized, the Fair Share Guidelines do not apply, and there is no official evaluation of the suitability of new or expanded facilities or the concentration of the facilities in a particular neighborhood. Due to historic settlement patterns and the importance…
...s for lost land, crops, or homes.” The settlements are part of a geopolitical and military strategy to make the formation of a viable Palestinian state impossible. They are usually located near existing Arab towns and villages, often overlooking them.…
...that the Committees should be limited to “making suggestions,” Charles E. Wil*]}*son of General Motors viewed them as labor’s attempt “to press the boundary further and further into the area of managerial functions, threatening the American [sic] system with a…
...d feelings didn’t mean controversy was absent. In the final plenary, Paul Fil*]}*son, a Pennsylvania official of the Union of Needletrades, Industrial, and Textile Employees (UNITE), voiced skepticism about the prospects for labor-community cooperation, saying “My dream is that just…
...ressive change, it’s a chance to get involved in the discussion and pose real alternatives. And if Pat Buchanan enters the fray, he could use anti-corporate sentiments to pull the debate to the right and there would be no balancing…
...ent basis for free community use.” The group built new housing using material from dilapidated structures, and reclaimed vacant land for use as a community farm. They hold ‘raves,’ or community dances, as a way to raise money from voluntary…
...ng, low wages, few benefits, and limited career opportunities. It’s a natural alliance. Childcare employers and the union face a shared dilemma, due in part to inadequate funding. “You can’t just organize workers to get more money because there is…
...heir members. Many go beyond this to support national reforms, like universal health care, that would benefit the entire working class, and some have been outspoken in support of civil rights and environmental issues. The isolation of organized labor from…
...in Vietnam from 1964 to 1975, in which the United States dropped bombs equivalent to 450 Hiroshimas and left 25 million bomb craters. Over two million Vietnamese died. Millions more were maimed and wounded. Every family remembers the pain. Many…
...Selected Feature The Growth Machine Goes to the Inner City By Dwayne Wyatt The Seventh Generation: Alternatives to the Growth Machine By Dick Platkin and Ben Rosenbloom, Guest Editors The Auto Drives the Growth Machine By Aaron Golub Profit Drives…
...ers Organize By Eugene J. Patron Ciudad Viva Fights the Costanera Norte By Patricio Lanfranco Chicago’s Campaign for Better Transit By Patricia Nolan and Jacqueline Leavy Zipcar: Reshaping Our Relationship With The Automobile By Mark E. Chase Feature Article Section…
...housing—apartment towers, townhomes, and single detached houses—the strip mall also emerged, each with its own setback, its own messy parking lot, its own mix of retail, residential and offices. Strip malls undeniably have an auto-centric history. Traditionally, they housed pharmacies…