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...to their Google Groups page: http://groups.google.com/group/pn-nyc http://www.myspace.com/pn_nyc Event: Center for Community Planning and Development, Inaugural Forum,Advocacy and Community Planning: Past, Present and Future, November 14th 2007 Advocacy Planning began in the 1960’s when urban planners joined the Civil Rights movement…
....progressivecity.net/podcast?wix-music-track-id=6337292333481984&wix-music-comp-id=comp-ivh7vxtm Podcast Interviews with Mindy Fullilove “Revisiting Root Shock in an Age of Mass Displacement” https://www.progressivecity.net/podcast?wix-music-track-id=4929917449928704&wix-music-comp-id=comp-ivh7vxtm https://www.progressivecity.net/single-post/podcast-mindy-thompson-fullilove-on-main-street-as-a-21st-century-machine-for-living Podcast on “Everyday R...
...t corporations in rebuilding inner city neighborhoods or the work of low-income community groups protesting bank “redlining” and promoting community reinvestment. There is little news coverage of what Robert Putnam calls the “social capital” or what John Kretzmann and John…
...ontrol of Innovation The intersection among ethnic groups, high technology jobs (or jobs benefiting from organizational and technical innovations), and cooperative forms of organization is increasingly important. Some ethnic groups have uneven access to high technology jobs. At the same…
...ontréal, Québec Norma Rantisi – norma(dot)rantisi(at)gmail(dot)com https://www.facebook.com/groups/1502704893383292/ Toronto, Ontario Anna Kramer – ranna(dot)kramer(at)mcgill(dot)ca https://www.facebook.com/groups/829497817120171/ Vancouver, British Columbia Tanya Fink – tanya@communityimpacts.ca Winnipeg, Manitoba (University of Manitoba) Richard Milgrom – milgrom(at)cc(dot)umanitoba(dot)ca http://groups.google.com/group/PNManitoba United States...
...driving expensive cars and frequenting chic clubs and restaurants. Their income may come from trust funds or lucrative enterprises, instead of drugs, but the message is the same: only suckers become grinds at low-paying, dead-end jobs. From this standpoint, crime…
...uitment Consortium (NorCal HERC). Visit the NorCal HERC website at https://www.hercjobs.org/regions/higher-ed-careers-northern-california/ to search for open positions within a commutable distance of our institution. The University of California offers a competitive benefits package and a number of programs to support employee…
...e living standards of workers. In Chicago the outsourcing of public sector jobs from 1989 to 1995 meant income losses of between 25 and 49 percent for watchmen, elevator operators, cashiers, parking attendants, security guards and custodians whose jobs were…
...eneration of activist planners. For additional information on each of these projects, see: UCLA Community Scholars: www.sppsr.ucla.edu SPARC: www.sparcindia.org The Huairou Commission: www.huairou.org...
...resents a very dangerous course of action. In North America and elsewhere, academics routinely intervene in social struggles for just outcomes, this is an essential part of our work. We also believe that gentrification is a legitimate subject of research,…
...nd pedestrian access in otherwise impenetrable dead-end neighborhoods. (Seewww.walkablecommunities.org and www.pedbikeinfo.org for detailed design and engineering information, resources and an extensive image library.) Whatever avenues you pursue, keep in mind all of your potential allies. In Cohasset, MA it has…
...e to direct the trustee on how to vote their shares, while in closely-held companies, it is up to the company to decide. Employees have been given full voting rights in only about 40% of those cases in which they…
...of central Pennsylvania in the late nineteenth century was owned by mining companies. Company managers and owners, who were usually of English descent, generally lived in large houses near the center of town where the hotels, doctors’ offices and Episcopal…
...t: Why the Debt Crisis is Now the Greatest Threat to the American Republic(www.tomdispatch.com/post/174884). Military spending at these levels ensures that critical urban programs such as housing and transportation will be perpetually underfunded. Many local officials are not just oblivious…
...tests prevent vehicles from entering the construction site. Source: http://www.rioonwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/17003372271_ff7acd8909_o.jpg Residents of Horto, a more than 200-year-old community located next to the Botanical Gardens in Rio’s South Zone, have been struggling against eviction in a drawn out conflict with the…
...al and economic imbalance. While a concern is expressed for bringing low-income communities into the economic main stream, no concerted campaign is articulated for breaking up the ghettoes. In fact, the word “ghetto” does not appear in the document. Rather,…
...linois at Urbana Champaign’s 16 major academic units (https://illinois.edu/academics/academics.html), including its Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment (https://sustainability.illinois.edu/), and area studies programs, units, and centers with specific regional focus in Asia, the Middle East, Latin America, and Africa (http://international.illinois.edu/). Faculty…
...fields, to the pulse of the cities and towns, The Province of Manitoba’s (www.travelmanitoba.com) people and places – its 100,000 lakes, 92 provincial parks, winding river valleys and storied prairie skies – inspire. The University of Manitoba is committed to…
...intent on cashing in on this thirst. This is a perfect recipe for intense commercial competition, including wars, to explore, extract, refine, ship, and sell Middle Eastern oil to foreign customers. Optimists argue that there is enough oil in this…
...ots go back to the Industrial Revolution. By the mid-nineteenth century discontent with company food store pricing and quality led garment workers to form the first food cooperatives in England. A century later, America ‘s social democratic movement of the…
...dition of service to the community. The Faculty serves many interdependent academic communities in an urban environment where students and faculty can pursue their shared commitment to lifelong learning. About Concordia Concordia University is recognized as Canada’s top university under…
...pacity for developing and maintaining partnerships with academic and local communities; commitment to our values of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion as it pertains to service, teaching, and scholarly research or creative activities, including a demonstrated ability to make learning accessible…
...red by a member of the Steering Committee and are open to all members. The committees make recommendations to the Steering Committee and work directly on issues related to their mandate. Elections to the Steering Committee, and changes to the…
...d submit their materials electronically to Academic Jobs Online at https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/20253 Further information about Cornell University; the College of Architecture, Art, and Planning; the Department of City and Regional Planning and its students, alumni, and faculty, and the CIVIC initiative,…
...rs, clearing the way for construction to start. Columbia never intended to come to a compromise with the community on its vision for a twenty-first century research campus. During the more than three years between the plan’s presentation in 2004…
...and further research: 1) is the physical environment the problem in low-income communities and communities of color?; 2) are we looking at the right aspects of the physical environment?; and 3) how can we understand physical activity and active living…
...eeds of the region, of failing to meet the needs of its minority and low-income communities. According to the Federation, NIRPC ignored the implications of its land use policies and allowed sprawling development that uses up farmland, leads to environmental…
...or a non-profit organization. IOC representatives and their families get accommodation in five-star hotels, meals, transportation and all other expenses paid for by the local Games committee, costs that are in turn passed on to local taxpayers. IOC members have…
...esidents request and upgrading this essentially lower middle-class, up-and-coming community, which has proved its ability to coexist peacefully with major events ranging from the Formula 1 to Rock in Rio? Why not be really creative and develop a model for…
...t is neither the “free market” nor its global city status, but its diverse community of committed people who are unwilling to put up with theviolence of city planning–no matter how rational it seems to the “common sense” of corporate…
...determining how Katrina’s damages have been handled. The role of shipping companies, oil companies and real estate developers in magnifying the destructive impact of Katrina and the failures of the Army Corps of Engineers in preventing damage. It might propose:…
...dded into government and society been translated into both quantifiable outcomes and people’s lived experiences? How are communities and governments systemically, institutionally, and structurally addressing these issues? We encourage submissions that focus on race, ethnicity, class, and gender as well…
...me in the email subject line. Label your file(s) as LASTNAME_freecity. Website: https://free-city.ca/ Facebook (very much so a work in progress): https://www.facebook.com/freecitymagazine Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/freecityzine/...
...ollowing items through the university’s online application tool at https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/19750. Letter of interest specifying how the candidate’s skills and experiences align with the required qualifications and search objectives. Curriculum Vitae that highlights notable achievements. Names and contact information for five…
...h the applicant’s permission Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis beginning January 6, 2020 until an adequate pool of candidates for the position has been identified. All applicants should submit their materials electronically to Academic Jobs…
...recent community planning efforts can be found at both www.envisionhilltop.com and www.ourlinden.com. What you’ll do The ideal candidate will possess a broad range of planning experience coupled with excellent public speaking, research and community engagement skills. Specific skills include: Community…
...plemented along the Greenpoint-Williamsburg waterfront could lead to major community enhancement. Jobs and Internships. The most authentic experiential learning opportunities occur when students can apply the skills and knowledge they learn in courses and projects in the field or workplace.…
...vided into small plots suitable for new arrivals with limited means (Logan Community Committee Inc. 1982, p. 5). In the early years of this century, no restrictions were placed on land-uses in the area and industry was attracted by the…
...s sabbatical year is doing research and writing about urban enclaves and urban agriculture. For more information about the issue raised here, see: www.bimkom.org;www.icahd.org; www.stopthewall.org; www.btselem.org....
...ly examples of urban warfare was the infamous, long-lasting “battle of the hotels,” when various militias seized luxury waterfront high-rises that towered over adjacent Christian and Muslim neighborhoods. Fighting and sniping were followed by short ceasefires. During the years of…
...because of the sprawling car-dependent cities planners have designed. (Seewww.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,877203,00.html.) Our Planning is Global Awareness of the geopolitical footprint of the city confronts planners with new priorities. We can no longer, for instance, see our professional practice in solely local,…
...yes and Charlotte Mathivet (eds.), 2010, Cities for All: Proposals and Experiences towards the Right to the City, also available at http://www.hic-net.org/content/Cities%20fol%20All-ENG.pdf....
...nt, develop and preserve permanently affordable housing, and empower low–income communities. The work of our member organizations has resulted in nearly 30,000 units of affordable housing. For more on our work, please visit www.sfccho.org. About the Position: We are seeking…
...planning profession today. The City contracted with The Reinvestment Fund (www.trfund.com), a locally-based community development financial institution and one of the nation’s leaders, to formulate plans based on deep analysis of neighborhood housing markets. According to the plans, blighted “reclamation”…
...hew. Hydrogen Fuel Cells OK, assuming, for the moment, that these things become a common reality on American roads, with the refueling stations and repair shops necessary to keep them on the road, what’s really wrong with them? From an…
...this is to support the courageous work of ICAHD (for more information go towww.icahdusa.org). The Green Zone: Gated Community and Imperial Bunker As if following the model of the illegal Israeli settlements in Palestinian territory, the U.S. set up its…
...d submit their materials electronically to Academic Jobs Online at https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/20244. Further information about Cornell University; the College of Architecture, Art, and Planning; the Department of City and Regional Planning and its students, alumni, and faculty is found here https://aap.cornell.edu/academics/department-city-and-regional-planning.…
...re of the tensions embodied in our project. These are the tensions between commitment to communityled planning, which means a commitment to grassroots community groups already working on the ground, and the recognition of the privilege of our social capital…
...veloped organizational, analytical, investigative, problem-solving, report writing, communication, presentation, and public speaking skills. Strong interpersonal skills including advanced communication skills and effective management of diverse key stakeholder relationships. Considerable experience with Microsoft Office, including Excel, PowerPoint, and Word Experience working…
...ime with or without notice. 2) Urban Designer https://recruiting.paylocity.com/Recruiting/Jobs/Details/921890 Job Type: Full-time Description Our Urban Design + Planning Studio is seeking a mid-level Urban Designer to support an exciting range of projects across the state, including visioning, community/specific plans, zoning,…
...approach to planning, design, policy, and applied research. To address the complexity of communities, R+A integrates interrelated disciplines — land use and urban design, sustainability and green building, public health and equity, and community engagement — into planning and applied…
...ged a question about the clash between the construction unions’ desire for jobs and community concerns about sustainable development and community preservation — a critical issue in cities like Boston where a hot economy is fueling megadevelopments. We were not…
...he Integration Debate: Competing Futures for American Cities, a collection of the papers presented at a conference of the same title. (To order, call 800.634.7064 or visit www.routledge.com. A full table of contents is available at www.routledge.com/9780415994606.) Reprinted by permission....
...//www.dal.ca/faculty/architecture-planning/school-of-planning.html https://www.dal.ca/ https://www.halifax.ca/ Candidates should provide statements of their teaching and research interests, examples of peer reviewed published work, a curriculum vitae, and the names and contact information of three references (who may be contacted later with the applicant’s knowledge).…
...d historical richness to Melrose Commons. The plan should permit a mixed income community to develop and create a variety of ownership and rental housing. The development of an appropriate density, a minimum of 60 units per acre, is a…
...staffers, public health experts and other public employees whose courage, commitment and compassion helped people cope with one of the worst single tragedies in the nation’s history. After a few days delay, Bush came to the scene. With New York…
...munity gardens? Where is the union of planners on the government’s lack of commitment to community planning? When will the building trades advocate as strongly for low-income housing and affirmative action as they do for their union pay? One of…
...the regional economy is doing poorly, or because there are no entry level jobs in some communities and no affordable housing in others. Well thought out growth management strategies are more likely to help us produce affordable communities where people…
...routes themselves are discriminatory,” he says, pointing out that in low-income communities people generally have to walk farther and wait longer to catch a ride. In addition, even though Waukesha County’s population represents only 15 percent of the total population…
...ign policy. In others, participants focused intently on the needs of their community, such as jobs and housing. Other groups were very focused on the WTC site and ways to memorialize victims. The planning and design charettes were facilitated by…
...t for the rest of the world as well. Marie Kennedy is professor emerita of community planning at the College of Public and Community Service, University of Massachusetts Boston and a member of the Planners Network Advisory Committee. Chris Tilly…
...of the World Health Organization. About a quarter of all of Israel’s water comes from the Western Aquifer and over a third comes from the Jordan Basin. The occupied West Bank sits on top of 90 percent of the replenishment…
...lation are immigrant workers with temporary visas and limited rights. They come from India, Pakistan, Iraq, Egypt, the Philippines, China, Eastern Europe, Africa and beyond. Their stories make this giant bubble filled with real estate also one of the most…
...noted for their crime, drugs, and persistent urban blight have suddenly become competitive candidates for investment. Why is this happening now? Until recently investors considered the profit potential of the inner city to be insignificant. The Development of Underdevelopment First…
...ly important, the experience of NKLA has shown us that without appropriate content for low-income people, access is meaningless. This is confirmed in a recent report from The Children’s Partnership called “Online Content for Low-Income and Underserved Americans: The Digital…
...activist Bill Fletcher, Jr., unpack the argument that racial equity gives companies a competitive advantage, and what it means for our politics. APRIL 23, 2018 Living on 90 Percent Less Energy: Can We Do It for Climate Justice? Of all of the things…
...uction of city-owned properties and the cutbacks in city services in low-income communities. The city continued to auction properties back to the private sector and many of new city programs aimed at converting renters into homeowners but without the necessary…
...government provides no staff or financial assistance, l ow- and moderate-income communities have turned to foundations, banks, planning schools and technical assistance providers for support in developing their plans. Yet even after they have managed to complete their plans, many…
...one who actually has to work for a living? The Un-Giuliani One of the most common compliments heard about Bloomberg is that he’s not Rudy Giuliani, who preceded Bloomberg as mayor for eight years and was one of the most…
...te and local government dearly. Serious analysts know Proposition 13 has become a major tax dodge for commercial property. Nevertheless, it will continue to be a major backdoor subsidy for those who invest in commercial real estate in Los Angeles…
...cordia University Norma Rantisi (faculty) – norma(dot)rantisi(at)gmail(dot)com Dalhousie University Lisa Berglund (faculty) – lisakberglund(at)gmail(dot)com INRS – Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique Nick Revington – Nick.Revington(at)ucs.inrs(dot)ca McGill University Anna Kramer – anna.kramer(at)mcgill(dot)ca Ryerson University Pamela Robinson (faculty) – pamela.robinson(at)ryerson(dot)ca Simon…
...d the following documents: Cover letter Research and Teaching Statement CV Complete contact information for three academic references Application Deadline For maximum consideration by UPCD Economic Development Search Committee, materials should be submitted, via the UMB Employment Portal, by Friday,…
...y, including housing, medical care and employment. In all these instances, communities are once again coming up against the limits of the individualistic and formal political rights that mark the liberal democracies. RTTC and other movements like it across the…
...o City Charter for the Right to the City. More information is available at www.hic-al.org (in Spanish) and www.hic-net.org (in English and French). Figure 3: Key Strategic Principles of the Mexico City Charter for the Right to the City Vision…
...er, Metro Regional Government, Portland, Oregon https://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…
...out the world such as Hurricane Sandy lay bare the ongoing crises in low-income communities: unemployment, foreclosures, homelessness, and service cutbacks. However, community-based organizations and activist networks are mobilizing, networking, and filling the gaps left by the failure of local…
...o a predominantly immigrant, working-class neighborhood. The fight for $15 committee worked with the local Sikh community, the tenants organization, and the campaign to stop the hikes in electricity campaign to build a broad-based grassroots campaign in the neighborhood. They…
...continue to build the kind of people-to-people solidarity that Chalmers suggests, helping grassroots organizations steer Haiti’s development agenda through the challenging decades ahead. Nikhil Aziz is the executive director of Grassroots International (www.grassrootsonline.org). He also serves on the steering committee…
...persons with disabilities. The Affirmative Action program can be found at www.yorku.ca/acadjobs? or by calling the AA line at 416-736-5713. Applicants wishing to self-identify as part of York University’s Affirmative Action program can do so by downloading, completing and submitting…
...ory of the United States. This article was originally published by the MoJo Wire, Mother Jones magazine’s online sister: www.mojones.com....
...rs only (password protected)! Planners Network Listservs Planners Network is currently developing a general listserv to facilitate conversation among members after it lost access to its previous listserv (pn-net). In the meantime, please check out our Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/PlannersNetwork/?fref=ts or…
...ERAL LISTSERV (pn-net) HAS BEEN DISBANDED FOR THE TIME BEING…WE ARE LOOKING INTO ALTERNATIVES. In the meantime, please check out our Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/PlannersNetwork/?fref=ts or LinkedIn Page: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/67676 Also, local PN listservs exist Some local chapters have set up…
...nity we serve. For more details and to apply, visit: https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/oaklandca Opening Date: 1/21/2020 Closing Date: 2/10/2020 Hiring Contact: Human Resources Department, 510-238-3112 Job Title: Planner III Department: Planning & Building Department Agency: City of Oakland Salary: $83,041.80 –…
...has many tenets. Nonetheless, social justice planners often have full time jobs working at a not-for-profit organization, being the community relations personnel for a business improvement district, or worse, contributing to municipal economic development departments, which in most cases are…
...researchers with backgrounds in the fields of sociology, architecture, geography, childhood studies, communication science, urban planning, and social anthropology. The centre is funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) and hosted by the Technische Universität Berlin[https://www.tu-berlin.de/menue/home/parameter/en/]; partner institutions include the…
...out unwanted populations and maintain a particular ethnic status quo in a community. Two popular ways that occupancy standards are used for discriminatory purposes are by writing zoning policies that restrict the number of non-nuclear or unrelated people who may…
...ertainment, recreational and educational amenities, make Oakland a thriving city that offers a great place to begin and grow your career. To be considered for this exciting and rewarding career opportunity, please submit your application at: https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/oaklandca/jobs/3514041/planner-ii For more information…
...e scepter of block grant support to induce competition among the different communities, these communities came together to create the clearinghouse on the principle of providing two votes for each constituency. The number of people in that constituency did not…
...2022 More details and application instructions can be found here: https://www.concordia.ca/artsci/about/jobs/tenure-track-appointments/2022/assistant-professor-urban-planning-for-sustainable-and-resilient-cities.html Poste au rang de professeur adjoint en urbanisme axé sur les villes durables et résilientes Le Département de géographie, urbanisme et environnement est à la recherche de candidates et…
...s particularly evident at these times, a reality that itself has spawned a community-based counter-movement, a cop watch project run by various local community groups tasked with keeping a record of, and hence a tether on, police harassment. Activists led…
...are being debated that will shift indigent care and its state and federal compensation to private hospitals. Much of the uncompensated care provided by charity has shifted to other hospitals, forcing people to travel great distances—as far as eighty-five miles…
...ames against the peoples of other participants. But then, the Games have become spectacle, entertainment, rather than a component of an international relationship among states and peoples based on universal moral principles. What then provokes cities and nations to clamor…
...at “almost overnight, dozens of waste transfer stations appeared [in low-income communities] in Brooklyn and the Bronx.” Queens was also afflicted to a lesser extent. “You have to understand,” says Leslie Lowe of the New York City Environmen-tal Justice Alliance,…
...hborhood development is more and more a corporate enterprise. As housing becomes profitable, it becomes a source of capital accumulation for corporations, and neighborhoods redeveloped on this model sprout chain stores and franchise restaurants. The contradictions of successful redevelopment in…
...an Outdoors, NOSC’s free monthly e-letter, from which most of the information in this article is drawn. To subscribe visit www.treebranch.com....
...August 2009 field hearing of the House Committee on Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity. The data supports his conclusion. A 2008 analysis of Road Home grants by PolicyLink shows that homeowners in the Lower Ninth Ward, a…
...he title of his book, and they like being there. And, as planning issues become more regional and complex, more local and even state politicians are beginning to see political stakes in planning decisions and want to keep the process…
...tions and public facilitation Manages projects from marketing/proposals to completion Works with other team members to develop urban design concepts and plan content Supports internal firm initiatives based on interests and opportunities Required Skills and Qualifications Degree in Urban Planning,…
...easured, in part, by your comments and contributions. Dick Platkin rplatkin(at)aol(dot)com is a city planner in Los Angeles and member of the Planners Network Steering Committee. Ben Rosenbloom benrose(at)aol(dot)com is a city planner and architectural designer in Los Angeles....
...g campaign or petition drive. It would also be difficult to coordinate the writing of reports, position papers, or op-ed pieces, much less to collect the writing PNers are already doing with the purpose of amplifying our message to a…