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...story changed its course. Meanwhile, among the eight billion humans in the world today, I don’t think many remember exactly when the tragedy of Chile happened. That famous North American exceptionalism has in fact ended, the attitude that has allowed…
...world’s resources and living off the surplus drained from the rest of the world. The Western world, Japan and a handful of “newly developed” countries continue to hog the lion’s share of capital and commodities. This feast is warming and…
...es, have proven that “Another World Is Possible,” to use the phrase of the World Social Forum. In the U.S., many progressive professional planners went to work in public agencies and became quiet advocates from within. Norman Krumholz popularized the…
...the United Nations to examine one of the most pressing problems facing the world today: rapid urbanization and its impact on communities, cities, economies, climate change and policies. It brings together government leaders, ministers, mayors, diplomats, members of national, regional…
...comes easier to understand how traditional communities evolved distinctive world-views. Such world-views embody values that were essential for attaining a balanced and symmetrical relationship between humankind and the natural environment. Because it is experientially based, there is a certain tolerance…
...ey face many of the same problems — crime and violence, infant mortality, crumbling infrastructure, inadequate housing, and chronic fiscal crises. Many cities and their inner-ring suburbs have much in common. For example, 8.7% of the suburban population (compared with…
...ly. This isn’t strictly a matter of separate identities. It is the class struggle, never a “pure” struggle and always mediated by social identities and specific environmental conditions. Readers may find similar views in Andy Merrifield’s new book, Dialectical Urbanism,…
...but because it is the most influential political-economic ideology in the world today; because it severely constrains not only what planners do, but also what they think they can do. In order to liberate planning practice from the boundaries erected…
...d at from within. Planners are significant players in creating the sort of world we want. We need to ask ourselves if the world we are now seeing emerge is one in which we want to share credit. The peace…
...is neoliberalism, the most successful ideology of the last decade, if not world history. This is the ideology that causally links free-markets with democracy and freedom, and thus claims the world-historical victory of Western liberal capitalism over all rival political-economic…
...eople who enter from all parts of the world, we travel to all parts of the world.” The rubber really hits the road, however, at the municipio level. In Magdalena de la Paz, the seat of the autonomous municipio of…
...Regional Planning from the University of Pennsylvania and is founder and executive director of Catalytic Communities (www.catcomm.org), a Rio de Janeiro-based NGO. Follow the latest news on Rio’s mega events and related city politics as relayed by the city’s community…
...pation can offer a foothold for struggle. On the other hand, participation today is frequently structured into a win-win framework—if we just hear from all the stakeholders, we can figure out what’s best for all. By ignoring power disparities, participation…
...e major concerns. What kind of transportation is needed? The attack on the World Trade Center caused major disruptions to New York City’s mass transit network, the largest in the nation and central to the city’s functioning. Subway lines below…
...Midwest than Mideast. It is home for the largest U.S. Embassy staff in the world, and a new embassy building now under construction will be a giant fortified bunker, the largest in the world. It will have 21 buildings, its…
...ular urban movements walked out of the national NGO-dominated networking forum—a forum that also sought to regulate international networking—in 2006 because they felt that they were systematically disrespected by the NGOs and treated as if they were stupid rather than…
...ng. Earlier this year I sent out a….. For the full text download the First Newsletter from our Newsletter Archives [/quote] [/half_last] On the domestic scene, Jim Crow was dead and affirmative action alive. Community, women’s and other grass roots…
...nizations, community development and economic development corporations; 2) breaking down the academy’s insularity and connecting to the world beyond the ivory towers; 3) turning university resources outward through an applied research project, encouraging graduate and undergraduate students to collaborate with…
...f Planners Network. Access to back issues are available to paid members. E-Newsletter and Newsletter Archives We launched an E-Newsletter in 2005 to update paid members on more time-sensitive information. Access to archived e-newsletters are available to paid members. PN…
...ist Richard Butler, who says openly that Arabs have a different notion of truth than the rest of the world – have made it clear that even if Iraq is completely reduced militarily to the point where it is no…
...udes the extensive involvement of military contracting giants such as Northrup Grumman, Lockheed Martin, SAIC, Titan, Booz Allen and Raytheon, just to name a few. Compounding this problem, most infrastructure protection projects are designed and carried out by federal contractors…
...part of the national lore. Or are we trying to build a future that deconstructs and then reconstructs Canada in the interest of equity? Canada is worth investing in, but we must remember that Canada is not a final product…
...here is a portfolio of actions and projects often recurring throughout the world. These include renewal of central areas, the development of teleports in big cities, redevelopment of port areas, rehabilitation of commercial areas, and the construction of roadways. Investments…
...of water.” In this issue of Progressive Planning you will read of other struggles for safe, affordable, accessible water in many parts of the world. Many have predicted that wars of this century will be over water rather than oil.…
...e rights they violate or deny. GRI partner Pólo Sindical dos Trabalhadores Rurais do Submédio São Francisco (Union Pole of Rural Workers of the Lower-Middle São Francisco River Valley ) works with displaced rural communities along the border of Brazil’s…
...ght on speculation can’t be sold and lots of new ones sit half completed. Office and hotel vacancies are increasing. The question now is how long the bubble built by cheap petroleum, concentrated wealth and global capitalist profligacy can last…
...n on right-of-return policies, strengthened rent controls, community land trusts, and other policy tools can help to stabilize struggling communities and keep people in their homes. The government must also intervene to ensure the maintenance and creation of truly affordable…
...in restricted sections of cities influenced public policy decisions after World War II. The movement to the suburbs by the white middle and working classes, which one author calls a true “metropolitan revolution,” clearly established decentralization as the dominant urban…
...esidents only learned that their neighbourhood had been expropriated “from newspaper reports published after the project was officially unveiled” (Rubin 1981) and when a door-to-door survey was conducted in May 1981 asking them how they felt about the expropriation (Logan…
...e planner does not, or conversely, that the planner fully understands the truth (or has the research and analytical tools to get at the truth) about people’s oppression and that the people do not. The process of achieving this balance…
...as well as institutions in the area and almost 4,000 dues-paying members truly runs the organization. Hundreds of volunteers lead and participate in DSNI activities, ranging from working committees to community-wide meetings and planning processes to neighborhood cleanups and festivals.…
...ties that everyone, every group, and every interest will or should or must accept in their own best interest. It is a delusion to think that only our ignorance or stupidity prevents us from seeing what we all need to…
...gendered planning issues? Women and New Technology. Men still dominate the world of computers and automation, though this world affects women quite differently. Low-skill clerical and assembly line jobs held mostly by women have fallen to automation. Call centers and…
...ng the highways the government built and maintained. International lenders rushed in to back the construction of a new urban infrastructure to support new development. In this climate, master plans follow the growth instead of leading it. Government and party…
...ll Be the Effects of the Plan? While the plan represents a victory for the ruling classes of Toronto and the world, some of the background documents prepared for the plan reveal traces of a struggle, even within City Hall.…
...line, diesel, hybrid, electric and HFC. Right now, only HFC lacks the real world infrastructure to support it. That might change, but neither you nor I want to be the one betting on it. So what do you want your…
...for new incinerators had to be scaled down during the Great Depression and World War II, so the city’s sanitation infrastructure continually lagged behind its needs. Most garbage ended up as landfill for public works projects like Robert Moses’ parks…
...ledge, and using insights derived from the synthesis to help advance the struggle. In my world, activism and struggle are never separated. My point is that many different types of research and methodologies can contribute to the production and implementation…
...terrorists became barriers to local residents who had hoped to welcome the world. The well-documented scandal around Salt Lake City’s bid committee was regularly in the news, and there was a collapse of confidence around anything Olympian. Notable exceptions were…
...he nation was founded. The burdensome taxation polices of British colonial rule made for heated discussion and debates in town halls throughout the country. The predecessors of todayís locally elected officials had much to say in response to their constituentsí…
...nglophone population, it is the second largest French-speaking city in the world. Montréal is famed for its innovative culinary scene and festivals that run throughout the year. As North America’s number one choice for international events and festivals, it was…
...order to effectively support movements for racial and economic justice in today’s changing world. Historically, discussion of race relations has been framed as a black-white question in the U.S. Aside from the fact that race is a social, not a…
...ents were displaced from their homes. Small businesses were at risk of bankruptcy. Transportation systems were destroyed. Air quality and noise were and continue to be concerns. Affordable housing that was to be paid for through the lease of the…
...frequency, they provide a window through which to see and listen to other worldviews, and to appreciate the struggles of people living in those realities. There are, of course, many other avenues that designers can choose to help enrich the…
...ust and Sustainable Transportation. As we said in the last issue of the PN Newsletter, “We strive to remain a forum that gives voice to ideas and topics that would not otherwise get attention in mainstream circles…[and] encourage dialogue in…
...ate from Rutgers University PN Chapter, November 7, 2005 After many years, Rutgers University in New Brunswick now has a PN chapter! We have held two meetings and we have about 15-20 confirmed members. I received about 20 additional positive…
...as exposed when John Dilulio, the conservative political scientist Bush recruited to run the faith-based program, leaked a letter to Esquire magazine criticizing the President and his advisors for their “lack of even basic policy knowledge, and the only casual…
...ervasive belief that, rotten as capitalism may be, all other alternatives are worse or out of reach. Unless we do, Americans will remain unable to name more than one or two worker-owned enterprises, much less identify any of the four…
..., the City left half-demolished homes that were then occupied by homeless drug addicts, and large lots of rubble that attracted dengue-carrying mosquitoes and rats. The City also ceased to provide basic services such as garbage collection, making life for…
...year, the Wyandanch development was vetoed by conservative town officials. Today, Wyandanch is still struggling. In 1973 Wyandanch had no sewers and today it is still without sewers, an underdeveloped suburban ghetto. Long Island, too, remains divided on the need…
...orhood Design (AND) began working on issues in San Francisco ‘s Chinatown. Today, AND is a full-service professional planning and architectural service that has an annual operating budget of about $4 million and is dedicated to housing and community development…
...nd implementation of particular projects rather than broad societal reconstruction. While there is a qualitative difference in the dynamic of today’s discussions of alternatives to capitalist development, that discussion remains vital. The Circuit of Capital Marxist analysis is as useful…
...of the uneven development of capitalism, bound to be followed in the long run by neighborhood redevelopment for profit.” Many of the neighborhoods in the city today that are experiencing intense gentrification are those that were once plagued by landlord…
...tive. All of the new schemes included large office towers as their major structures. The firms followed a program established by the LMDC, which included the following guidelines: respect for the footprint of the two World Trade Center towers; space…
...was not even a pretense. Rather, the US and its client simply informed the world that they are criminal states, and that the structure of binding international law and conventions that has been laboriously constructed over many years is now…
...se homogenizing discipline and stifle the voices of the most excluded. The world forums confront even more serious barriers than the national and regional forums because deep language and cultural barriers often prevent basic communication so English—the premiere language of…
...try—i.e., rebuilding high-profile buildings and institutions and accepting World Bank loans for long-term infrastructure projects, rather than addressing immediate humanitarian needs—called the entire logic of Mexico’s political economy into question among ordinary residents. This suggests that disasters such as Hurricane…
...a and UCLA, Peter has been a visiting professor at universities around the world, including in South Africa, East and West Germany, Canada, Australia, Hungary, Austria, Venezuela and Brazil. He has also given guest lectures at many more universities, including…
...of resistance”. Richard Florida, influenced by Benjamin Barber’s If Mayors Ruled the World, has advocated a new urban agenda comprised of a “devolution” of power to the local level: “to turn back power to the states and the cities, to…
...ck issues of the former print magazine (including the last issue: Spring 2016: Fighting Displacement in Barcelona) in the News & Knowledge section. See the latest E-Newsletter by clicking here. See the latest Individual Membership Directory....
...ity as security concerns, real or imagined, arise. Police and the military rule the streets, using increased surveillance of all citizens and often newly enacted laws that ban anti-Olympic protests. Athens spent nearly US$2 billion on security, yet couldn’t protect…
...early 1990s, as urban neighborhoods were perceived to be under siege—with drugs and crime running rampant and property values declining—vacant land was reclaimed by urban gardeners around the country and transformed from eyesores into mini-Edens through the backbreaking work of…
...onferences and campaigns. In 1975, Networkers in New York City started a forum series that continues today. There have also been local activities in Boston, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Toronto. Today chapters are forming in many other U.S.…
...lanes, battery-powered trolleys and an ambitious subway system. 4. Infrastructure upgrading: Infrastructure needs to be upgraded according to modern technology 5. New urban image: The city needs a new image that speaks for its regeneration and vitality The detailed urban…
...the world’s premier research universities, consistently ranking among U.S. News & World Report’s top 10 public universities and the Times Higher Education’s world top 10 technology universities. The Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia, is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action…
...n this context, urban planning was a clear and explicit political project. Today international economic restructuring and globalization are transforming the U.S. political economy. Moreover, as the US shifts from an industrial to a service economy it has become increasingly…
...ional Domestic Workers Alliance and RTTC. Beyond the U.S. border, the 2010 World Urban Forum V, to be held this coming March in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, has taken as its theme Right to the City. This is certainly encouraging.…
...e also integral to his identity. “We identify with justice,” he concluded. Today, Israeli Bedouins are in a Kafkaesque legal limbo, living in villages that do not appear on maps because mapping them would require providing public infrastructure such as…
...orated with capital in the special historical circumstance of a capitalist world dominated by the U.S. after World War II. This economic success allowed capital to sweep a few crumbs off the table in exchange for labor peace. Meanwhile, popular…
...at, “ˆnecessary research must soon assume a public character, so that the fruits of scientific work will be devoted to the whole nation, in distinction to the secretive character of the research work of the industrial laboratoryˆ” During the Depression…
...r major policy maker is the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, a state-run agency that strongly favors its suburban commuters and runs buses that are major polluters and forever stuck in traffic because DOT won’t reduce the number of autos. Transportation Alternatives…
...arly. Squatters have always claimed that property ownership rights can be trumped by a moral right to occupy land. At a less radical end of the spectrum, many activists and even city officials are talking seriously about expanding the use…
...theoretical knowledge, technical tools and the ability to function in real world planning dilemmas, then I feel it is partially failing. As Planners Network looks into the future and questions its mission, activities, and usefulness, students in progressive planning have…
...s of scarcity. The Clearinghouse was the result of a long and relentless struggle waged by construction workers in Boston against the construction industry in an effort to persuade the industry to provide apprenticeships and jobs in the construction trades…
...was championed by Lawrence Veiller and Robert DeForest, later head of the Russell Sage Foundation, the principal sponsor of the first Regional Plan. These earlier efforts shared with the RPNY an overriding emphasis on physical infrastructure as cause and cure…
...ning process with the residents of San Miguel Analco, a small, low-income, rural community of about 1400 residents in the state of Tlaxcala, Mexico. We sought to demonstrate that: 1) participatory planning is an effective tool for community development; and…
...oesn’t meet your family’s needs.” Moreover, the pervasive institutional corruption trickles down. “We understand why acts of corruption happen in the cooperatives,” said Pixton. “They’re imitating what they see around them. And they’re economically desperate—if our kids didn’t have anything…
...ig and small–, into suburbs, into towns, and into rural areas all over the world. While unrestrained globalization continues to homogenize some places, enclose and expropriate others, and produce new tensions and cleavages; people and communities are resisting. They are…
...velopment in Upper Manhattan. Columbia is moving forward on initial infrastructure construction for the Manhattanville expansion despite an ongoing lawsuit filed by property owner Nicholas Sprayregen challenging the validity of the city’s environmental impact review and the Empire State Development…
...method Sharing announcements about the University’s progressive events and news with PN Assisting PN in finding a successor when the Rep can no longer fulfill his or her role These roles are expected to take less than an hour a…
...effort to transform society. But how might this happen, and what would a truly sustainable world look like? NOVEMBER 16, 2017 Everyday Radicals: What #TheResistance Can Learn From the League of Revolutionary Black Workers In too much American political discourse,…
...reas twenty years ago the cooking shows on public television, such as The Frugal Gourmet and others, patiently took the mystery out of simple, everyday food preparation, most programs on today’s Food Network seem to promote a culture of paralysis,…
...ious in the 1970s and has since gotten steadily worse. This is clearly bad news for most communities. But there is also some good news. These cutbacks have spawned pockets of organized resistance, in local communities and at work places.…
...ally dynamic cities, Austin was selected as the #1 Best Places to Live (US News and World Report 4/2017), # 5 Top 25 Future-Ready US Cities (Convention Management Association Convene Magazine, 2/2016), “Best City for the Next Decade” (Kiplinger), the…
...s responsible, we need to think about what can be done to create an infrastructure that makes Ciudad Juárez a safer city for all women and men. Although new infrastructure, an improved urban form and community development will not stop…
...overage, at least half of New Orleans residents are still displaced. The struggles for their right to return to New Orleans highlight powerful issues of social and spatial justice. Post-disaster conditions in New Orleans are amplified by serious pre-disaster social…
...ivia’s centralized governmental structure, a controversial political issue today. Popular frustration with centralized government has been manipulated by regional elites to fuel the autonomy conflicts that brought the country to the brink of civil war last September. The weakened capacity…
...uns of the Vietnam War and the butter to meet urban needs. The same holds true today. The overall cost of the U.S. military budget, including current wars, is now conservatively estimated at over $1.1 trillion by historian Chalmers Johnson…
...e independent lives. Another important chapter, “The Road to Environmental Ruin,” details car culture’s many destructive effects on the natural and built environments. The indicators of an unsustainable car culture are many: asthma from tail-pipe emissions, loss of diversity due…
...t of Soweto (South West Township), which was created during the 1890s gold rush to house poorly paid black laborers and is now a magnet for impoverished rural migrants. Yet less than a mile away in Diepkloof, known as the…
...answers are in our present and recent past. The annual conferences and the newsletter have proven vital forums for sharing information and ideas. Our web site and listserv are valuable complements to these activities, even if we haven’t utilized their…
...ire developer, created the Lebanese Company for the Development and Reconstruction of Beirut Central District (Solidere) and became one of its largest shareholders. The reconstruction project in the historic center of the city covers 19.4 million square feet, of which…
...would appear to conform to the landscapes of separation so prolific in the world today, however, if one goes beyond the visual imagery, a far different meaning for this barrier emerges. The government of Israel states that the purpose of…
...area had dropped by 50 percent. The Westlake Community and MacArthur Park Today Today, the Westlake neighborhood is 78 percent Latino. Depending on how neighborhood boundaries are drawn, 65 to 70 percent of the area’s population is foreign-born, and fewer…
...Throughout its history, differential access to space has been used to construct and reconstruct social difference in the U.S. Local authority over housing codes, bylaws and zoning regulations has long been used to reinforce segregation, maintain a marginalized labor force…
...ites have deflated some of the pressure for integration. Many suggest that today we live in a “post-civil rights world,” and so perhaps the need for integration, like the civil rights movement itself, has faded. This would be an unfortunate…
...dels and offer prototypes, and few community organizers. State and Local Structures The Housing Restructuring Act of 1992 reorganized the housing owned, financed, and administered by the central government. The non-commercial Housing Corporation was taken apart and Housing New Zealand…
...Zona Sur wait. Contributing to the already formidable obstacles of infrastructure and finance facing Rodriquez’s Department of Planning, SEMAPA’s organizational structure has been unable to escape its reputation for highly politicized and unresponsive decision-making that is so typical of state…
...ver land they sought was the prevailing ideological justification for the brutal and unscrupulous takeover of land. It is precisely this memory of invasion that permeates the perspective of the Chicano in Aztlšn and the indigenous people from a multitude…
...duced within the state of Israel and is now deeply imbedded in the urban structure. We see it in the gated Israeli communities that have sprung up on hilltops in the mixed Arab-Israeli regions and cities. There, too, the exclusive…