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...producers wealthy and powerful. The Costs of Growth This growth could only last so long, and since 1975 the bottom began to fall out. Congestion costs urban regions billions every year, air pollution and runoff have grown to unacceptable levels,…
...also trigger emphysema attacks and cause lung cancer and a host of other maladies. The American Lung Association calculates the medical cost arising from auto pollution at $50 billion per year. Casualties Driving kills people. According to the US Census…
...ía apresados. El escenario del reclamo era la Plaza de Mayo, enfrente del Palacio presidencial, en la ciudad de Buenos Aires. Una vez a la semana, todos los jueves, un grupo de madres comenzó ese reclamo, desafiando el poder dictatorial…
...that underlying gender inequality are the larger economic and political imbalances that are reproduced by every wave of global capital expansion. Global financial institutions such as the World Bank and International Monetary Fund, which are dominated by the U.S. and…
...the country. Those charged with planning for reconstruction will have to balance concerns about public safety with the need to protect New York City’s vibrant and open street life, mobility and access to public places, and its great social diversity.…
...Starting in 2019, articles in the online magazine can be accessed at www.progressivecity.net...
...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…
...stainable transportation planning have to be part of the same package. PN Tax-Deductible Planners Network is now a non-profit corporation registered in the State of New York. This means that your contributions to PN will be fully tax-deductible. If you…
...G comes through for them, linking them up with people who sometimes become lasting contacts. It is interesting to me, also, how often practitioners can help academics with their research questions and how often academics can help practitioners with their…
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...ving outdoor spaces that everyone can enjoy. The Clean Water Act is a federal law that gives authority to states to protect the nation’s waters. An ongoing Supreme Court case (Sackett vs. EPA) has the potential to shape the scope…
...l a project I co-facilitated with graduate students in the Colegio de Tlaxcala in Mexico. COMMUNITY PLANNING RESEARCH AT UCLA In the first class of my course in Community Research and Organizing, in which students would be placed with community…
...itional roadside parking for hunters, but America’s Twinkie addiction. The last section of the book, comprising Kay’s proposed solutions, is the smallest section, and the weakest. This may reflect the complexity and difficulty of changing an economy and society so…
...tural gas wells in North America, we’re headed pedal-to-the-metal into The Last Energy Crunch. But you knew that, didn’t you? Then again, you also know that you might have to buy a new car in the next few years. So…
...rbanites. While this is encouraging news for planners and other environmentalists, this research does little to inform us about the likely consequences that would result from building more urban and mixed-use communities. Why? Because, in part, most of this research…
...roll down for submission guidelines) and email: info(at)progressivecity(dot)net Download the Disorientation Guide in the News & Knowledge section. See back issues of the former print magazine (including the last issue: Spring 2016: Fighting Displacement in Barcelona) in the News &…
...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…
...tps://www.governmentjobs.com/jobs/3825545-0/principal-solid-waste-planner Salary: $88,982.40 – $119,225.60 Annually Location: Portland, OR Job Type: Full Time Remote Employment: Flexible/Hybrid Job Number: 2022-0346-WPES Department: Waste Prevention and Environmental Services Closing date and time: 12/23/2022 at 5:00 PM Pacific Time (US & Canada); Tijuana Position…
...Labor were advocating industrial cooperatives as a way to replace the capitalist wage system; about 130 such enterprises were inspired by this trade union movement. And in the late 1930s, plywood in the Northwest was largely produced by medium-sized cooperatives,…
...assistant planner in Talent for one year and learn firsthand one of the best land use systems in the country. I have met some dedicated public servants and citizens in my tenure and wouldn’t trade away this experience for anything.…
...nt lower-density suburbs that were built for the automobile. Further, the balance of power on the new City Council lay (and continues to lie) with the outer suburbs and their councilors who, with few exceptions, believe that increased car usage,…
...program began in New York State in 1989 with $600,000 in redeemed coupons. Last year, over $2.87 million were redeemed by over 225,000 households, with half that activity occurring in New York City. In addition to encouraging families to purchase…
...nce. We draw from the Movement for Black Lives which has produced a political standpoint for and had great success in confronting racial liberalism by drawing the nation’s attention to police killings, mass incarceration, and economic degradation. 2. COMMUNITY LED…
...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…
..., although it is possible to negotiate a different time/day. Instructors must also be willing to offer the course online if needed. This course explores companies’ responses to pressure from stockholders, regulatory agencies, community, and nongovernmental organizations to exercise greater…
..., although it is possible to negotiate a different time/day. Instructors must also be willing to offer the course online if needed. This course is an introduction to key characteristics of the U.S. social welfare state. It examines the socio-historical…
...d Environment at the Assistant Professor level, to commence July 1, 2021. Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. All York University positions are subject to budgetary approval. This opportunity is open to qualified individuals who self-identify as Black…
...will be considered an asset, and may be acquired subsequent to the hire. Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. The University of Toronto is a tri-campus, research-intensive institution. This appointment is at the St. George campus, which is…
.... As a benefit to your members, we offer a 10% tuition discount. There are also scholarships and needs-based tuition assistance available for qualified applicants. The Yale Climate Change and Health Certificate is an 18-week, online certificate program that prepares…
...Gabriel is a Mohawk activist and visual artist from Kanehsatà:ke, Kanienkehala Nation -Turtle Clan. She is known for her involvement as the official spokesperson chosen by the People of the Longhouse during the 1990 Kanehsatà:ke siege, commonly known as the…
...t in late 1993. The route will begin at an existing MetroLink station in East St. Louis and end at the Mid-America Airport in neighboring Belleville, IL. Twelve stations are planned along the extension which is approximately 27-miles long and…
...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…
...rk trip to Brazil was our December 11 visit to a squat on a lively commercial street in São Paulo’s downtown, close to the streets where mass demonstrations assembled in the 1980s to help bring down the military government. The…
...had to manage a set of tensions surrounding popular participation: How to balance local initiative with a set of national priorities? How to reconcile goals of equality with opportunities for communities to shape their own development? How to facilitate widespread…
...he dark, with no sidewalks or streetlights to guide her way. She carries a flashlight to see where she is walking. Like many other people who go to Ciudad Juárez either looking for a job in the maquiladoras or trying…
...s in the lowest price categories ($2,500 to $8,000 initially, indexed to inflation), and 3 percent for houses in the next price tier ($8,001 to $15,000). For a point of reference, the interest rate on a typical private bank loan,…
...n.” So, here’s a central dilemma for the transformative planner–finding a balance between assuming that oppressed people fully understand their own oppression and the planner does not, or conversely, that the planner fully understands the truth (or has the research…
...roducts of the opening to foreign investment (doi moi) that began over the last decade. These imposing giants threaten the city’s greatest asset, it’s street life. Hanoi’s lively street life is possible because bicycles and pedestrians far outnumber cars. Small…
...history? It has displaced tens of thousands of low-income people over the last decade without any compensation. In their place, the government builds new gated communities with modern infrastructure for a privileged population. These new enclaves are linked to one…
...man Seventh Generation By Tom Angotti Transportation Equity and Environmental Justice By Rich Stolz Toronto Car Culture Is Alive and Well By Janice Etter Toronto Cyclists Fight for Respect By Nick Gamble and Nancy Smith Lea Toronto’s Eco Foot Soldiers…
...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…
...CT’s members were predominantly technicians in industrial, medical and dental laboratories, construction draftsmen and chemists. They organized in a wide variety of locals, including museums, dental labs, architectural firms, housing authorities, WPA projects, and shipyards. They attracted civil service workers…
...abor may be regaining some of its militance and working together on political strategy. But something’s missing here. The massive presence and unity of labor was sorely missed in recent demonstrations against police brutality and homophobic violence. Some unions have…
...ortation Agency did the region’s MPO, known as the Met Council, agree to install additional station stops in the minority communities. Now with the stations approved, the communities are being offered little to ensure that market-driven TOD does not displace…
...ildcare experts, union and community organizers, economic development specialists, and policy advocates. Childspace Cooperative Development Inc. (CCDI), a Philadelphia-based developer of worker-centered childcare enterprises, cosponsored the gathering with a local think-tank. CCDI is a driving force behind this unusual organizing…
...d rooftop composting could also go a long way in restoring the food-waste balance of cities, thus reducing the amount of waste needing disposal. There are huge economic and environmental costs in bringing food to cities and hauling away organic…
...e;” 2) the neoliberal legacy; 3) infrastructure deficit; 4) the bailout imbalance; and 5) climate change/peak oil. Storm Cloud #1: High Hopes and “Shared Sacrifice” High hopes for the Obama administration are to date tranquilizing many community activists, non-profits and…
...sts and planners in the West hear only about the failures, if anything. A balanced assessment of these experiences can offer us many important lessons. In socialist cities, housing, public transportation, health care and education were offered at virtually no…
...ite gaze and nurturing cross-cultural interactions and community building. Last year, a Scarborough strip mall was the backdrop of Joyce Wong’s film Wexford Plaza. The film follows the encounters between a female security guard and a bartender, and depicts strip…
...own progressive wage policy, making increases every two months to follow inflation (a perpetual Brazilian problem, under control only in recent years). Porto Alegre municipal workers are the best paid, compared to other city halls in the country, and their…
...orporate sentiments to pull the debate to the right and there would be no balancing voice on the left. Can we influence the Republicans? Can you change a bush into a sequoia? Maybe they’ll get it some day, but in…
...f cities everywhere is being challenged by global restructuring and the escalating marginalization of low-wage workers and minority groups. One of the ways community groups have challenged this process is to reclaim neglected public and private land for communal use.…
...heme called for “Bridging the Gap between Labor and Community,” and the first step in our weekend-long dialogue on that subject had to be figuring out who was present to talk. Achieving Diversity So, who was in the house? Young…
...t, including that of navigating, interpreting and analyzing data streams. Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. CRP is a top-ranked planning department with 130 undergraduate majors (BS-Urban and Regional Studies), 110 master’s degree students in programs in City…
.... 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 important as experts do not…
...and how to become one on our Uni Rep FAQ. Online Member Directory See the latest Individual Membership Directory from December 2019. All members and their locations are viewable, members only (password protected)! Planners Network Listservs Planners Network is currently…
...be able to teach a combination of workshop, lecture, and seminar courses. Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. CRP is a top-ranked planning department with 115 undergraduate majors (BS-Urban and Regional Studies), 125 master’s degree students in programs…
...ke to learn more about working at Ryerson University may contact: Dr. Lynn Lavallee [lavallee@ryerson.ca], Strategic Lead, Indigeous Resurgence and Professor, School of Social Work, Faculty of Community Services. Tracey King [t26king@ryerson.ca], Indigenous Human Resources Lead. Black identified candidates who…
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...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…
...with diverse positions to include parking officers, technicians, permit analysts, planners, project managers, engineers, support staff, and more. Preferred Qualifications: Experience in strategic and long-range equity planning for governmental municipalities, corporations, or non-profit organizations. Demonstrated success at implementing programs that…
...graduates, master’s students (professional and research degrees) and doctoral students. As AAP’s academic diversity officer, the Associate Dean will also work closely and coordinate AAP D&I efforts with university-wide entities including among others, the Graduate School and the Office of…
...services? How can we promote community-based initiatives that contest capitalist models and the colonial and racist legacies of ‘wealth creation’? For this call, we are seeking short submissions (roughly 1000 words) for our online magazine, Progressive City: Radical Alternatives on…
...ience, geography, urban studies, public policy or another relevant field. Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. CRP is a top-ranked planning department with 115 undergraduate majors (BS-Urban and Regional Studies), 125 master’s degree students in programs in City…
...f the posting. All other candidates will be considered after that period. Salary Ranges for the appropriate Pay Grade can be found at the following link: Grade: 34 Salary Ranges This is an exempt union position. This is a grant…
...scopes, programs, program adjustments and project revisions. § Leads special studies and environmental design projects. § Maintains consistent design guidelines and standards. § Assists with various internal and external committees and working groups concerned with the campus physical development plans.…
...rmat. Visual content should be submitted in high quality JPEG format, or as a PNG. Email all contributions to zinefreecity@gmail.com. Please include your name in the email subject line. Label your file(s) as LASTNAME_freecity. Website: https://free-city.ca/ Facebook (very much…
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...June 10, 2022 at 5:00 pm EST Work Week: 37.5 hours/week Contract: 2 year Salary: $55,000 – $62,000 + benefits Download Job Posting and Form: Word / PDF CNCLT seeks a National Network Coordinator to lead the implementation of a…
...(Employee contributes 8% (employee cost) and 1% (cost sharing) of annual salary) ? CalPERS Pension Reform Formula 2% @ 62 (Employee contributes 6.75% (normal cost) of annual salary) ? Health Benefits – up to $1,450 per month toward medical, dental…
.../or long-range planning; reviews and implements zoning ordinances and general plan documents; conducts neighborhood and environmental impact studies; provides information to property owners, developers, and the public at the public information counter and in public meetings.; and performs related duties…
...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…
...things together during tough times; can handle stress; is not knocked off balance by the unexpected; doesn’t show frustration when resisted or blocked; is a settling influence in a crisis. Managing Vision and Purpose: Communicates a compelling and inspired vision…
...Today a better program has been achieved. In the Museum of Murals in the Palais de Chaillot, a large number of admirable replicas of these paintings have been brought together. In a single afternoon one may see more paintings than…
Planners Network now has a presence on two popular 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…
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...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…
...ation’s poorest citizens. Lazio’s bill fails terribly in that regard. Most alarming is HR.2’s Àprofile targeting” provision, under which only 35 percent of the total number of housing units will serve families making less than $10,000 per year. Currently, 75…
...under the assumption that women’s ability to care, provide, and serve is elastic and can expand indefinitely. Rarely is there any mention of the work required or who will do it, because women’s work is taken for granted, or “externalized”…
..., able to articulate the shared values and commitment PN stands for. My first step is that I am stating my affiliation with Planners Network when I publish articles and attend public meetings. By becoming more vigorous representatives of PN,…
...thor of A People’s History of the United States. This article was originally published by the MoJo Wire, Mother Jones magazine’s online sister: www.mojones.com....
...tem’ for neighborhood disinvestment. In concert with this “techie” work, NKLA staff train community residents and organizations on using NKLA and other websites to conduct neighborhood research for strategic action. As part of this outreach program, NKLA also provides residents…
by Blanca Gordo In the last six months, the “digital divide” has attracted a lot of public attention from corporate leaders, politicians, and scholars. The growing interest is in part a response to the release of the Department of Commerce’s…
...xecutive Director of the Tenth Street Housing and Community Developers in Dallas, Texas approached the School of Urban and Public Affairs (SUPA) at the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA), her main concern was to stop the process of “yuppification”…
...alone. Individualized marketing has been used successfully in Europe and Australia. In South Perth, Australia, a large-scale project that contacted 35,000 people achieved a 14 percent reduction in car travel, and biking, walking and transit usage all increased as a…
...nine- month tenure-track faculty appointment that begins 16 August 2019. Salary is commensurate with experience. All applications must be submitted online at http://jobs.illinois.edu. Applicants should upload a letter of interest (2-3 pages) that includes the following: a description of your…
...most people now recognize that obesity is a result of a chronic caloric imbalance–eating more calories than you burn on a regular basis. Over the past decade the public health community has seen this epidemic looming and has warned of…
...rdable housing, open space and economic development opportunities. As an inflated real estate market in Lower Manhattan forces the attention of developers to areas elsewhere, many communities are concerned that redevelopment inevitably results in their displacement. Community-based plans, with their…
...University, which has been adding homes and community facilities in rural Alabama for both the young and old since 1993. The State University of New York at Buffalo ‘s Department of Architecture has a long tradition of community engagement that…
...ulbright fellowship to study the rollback of the state in housing in New Zealand. And since 1999, Leavitt has been working closely with the Huairou Commission, an international network of grassroots women’s organizations. She co-documented and analyzed the evolving structure…
...housing in Toronto, and many of them are single-mother families. Over the last few decades, mixed-income neighborhoods, once ubiquitous across Toronto, have been disappearing as the spatial segregation of the working poor (overwhelmingly immigrants) in the city’s inner suburbs and…
...l be a long time before wholesale demolition of McMansions is politically palatable, an interesting variation on this paradigm is being tested in Syracuse, New York. There, a collaboration between Syracuse University, the Syracuse City School District and the Say…
...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…
...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.…
...rganization in a favourable financial position. 2. Provides monthly financial statement reporting to the Board. 3. Works diligently to raise funds for the organization through marketing campaigns, appeals to appropriate organizations and sponsors, grant proposal writing and other means. Strategic…