Building Bridges Eve Baron Sharing Indigenous Planning Ted Jojola Pioneers of Advocacy Planning Columbia’s Manhattanville Expansion Mindy Thompson Fullilove, Lourdes Hernandez-Cordero & Robert E.Fullilove Book Review: Root Shock Review Cynthia Golembeski From Disinvestment (Abandonment) to Reinvestment (Gentrification) Ann Meyerson & […]
How Planners Can Change Public Policy through Social Action
By Ayse Yonder Three long-time activist planners, during one of the main plenary sessions at the Planners Network 2004 Conference, talked about breaking down walls by building bridges at local, national and international levels. Jackie Leavitt, professor of urban planning […]
Activist Planning and the Neoliberal City: The Case of Planning Action
By Deborah Cowen A lot has been written about urban neoliberalism but much less about activist responses to it. Planning Action is a group of activists that has been organizing to combat neoliberal policies in Toronto. By sharing our tactics, […]
From Disinvestment (Abandonment) to Reinvestment (Gentrification): Homefront’s Abandonment Analysis Thirty Years Later
By Ann Meyerson and Tony Schuman In March 1974, 200 housing and community activists attended a conference in New York City to confront the systematic destruction of low-rent housing caused by government urban renewal programs and expanding private institutions. An […]
Pioneers of Advocacy Planning
The Planners Network 2004 Conference recognized the important role played by five people who for four decades have made outstanding contributions to progressive planning. They began their careers as advocate planners in the spirit of Paul Davidoff, who first made […]