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by Sherilyn MacGregor Recent interest in “sustainability” has overshadowed issues of social justice in planning. There is an implicit assumption that, in the face of impending ecological destruction, we’re all in this together. But, as Peter Marcuse argues, we are clearly not all in this together. The costs and benefits of moving toward a sustainable […]
by Richard Milgrom The term “sustainability” has become problematic. Some now argue that it is so overused as to be useless, co-opted by many for self-centered agendas. The four main articles in this issue of Planners Network attempt to come to grips with the term. All four recognize that it is necessary to address both […]
Columns The Seventh Generation: Regional Planning and Reason by Thomas Angotti Feature NEW YORK CITY: The First Regional Government Still Cries for Planning The Case of Waste Management by John McCrory New York: RACE, CLASS & SPACE: A Historical Comparison of the Three Regional Plans for New York by Tony Schuman and Elliott Sclar REGIONAL […]
by Tasha Harmon The Portland Metro region is hailed all over as the mecca of growth management – a unique regional planning tool that limits suburban sprawl and central city disinvestment. But is growth management good for low-income people? Can growth management incorporate strategies to increase equity? Our experience as advocates of affordable housing in […]
by Dalila Hall Portland, Oregon’s Metro Metro is the only directly elected regional government in the United States. It serves more than 1.3 million residents in three counties, and 24 cities in the Portland, Oregon metropolitan area. Established in 1979 in response to a state wide land-use planning program (1976) that required all cities to […]
by Tony Schuman and Elliott Sclar The raw material of American planning history derives from two concerns: the physical problems associated with regional growth and the social ones connected to race and class. New York, because it is simultaneously one of the nation’s oldest cities as well as its largest, has been the crucible in […]
by John McCrory Proponents of regional governance as a means of correcting disparities between central cities and their suburbs can find a real-world test of their theories in New York City, which became the nation’s first major regional government one hundred years ago. Manhattan’s consolidation with the four adjacent boroughs (Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, and Staten […]
by Tom Angotti So you’re a planner? That’s just what we need. Ever hear that before? Why is it some people think planning can set things right? If cities are a mess, they think planning will bring order to chaos, reason to insanity. Isn’t this just another example of the American belief in wonder drugs […]
Columns The Seventh Generation: Street Life and a Connection to the Land by Tom Angotti Feature Planners Can Plan to Plant by Ellen Kirby Commentary Two Corners of the Same Tent: A Response to Tom Angotti by Timothy Ross Review William J. Wilson’s When Work Disappears by Dick Platkin
by Timothy Ross It is possible to support public housing as part of a broader progressive strategy — two corners of the same tent. However, Tom Angotti makes at least three mistakes in his response to my article. He suggests that concentrations of poverty or wealth are not real issues, that public housing should be […]
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