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By Michael Dudley As the United States was preparing for its military assault on Iraq in 2003, Planners Network issued a statement, “Urban Planners Oppose the War in Iraq” (Reprinted in PN 155). Among the considerations in this statement were concerns over the threat of destruction to physical infrastructure—especially because Iraq is the cradle of […]
Feature Articles Gaza and the Green Zone: Urban Apartheid and Occupied Territories by Tom Angotti State Support for Social Production of Housing? Mexico’s New Housing Law Exposes Planning Contradictions and Challenges by Jill Wigle and Lorena Zárate A Housing Tour in South Africa by Beth Maclin Gender and Urban Planning: Time for Another Look by […]
By Luis Aponte-Parés Tourism is one of the largest industries in the world today. Its impact on the environment, national economies, technology, social mores, health, culture and an array of other areas is very large and difficult to capture. In the academic world, the study of tourism and leisure has become a major focus of […]
By Clara Irazábal and Macarena Gómez-Barris This article is excerpted with permission from Clara Irazábal and Macarena Gómez-Barris. “Bounded Tourism: Immigrant Politics, Consumption, and Traditions at Plaza Mexico.” Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change, 5 (3), 2007: 186-213. Conceived and owned by Korean investors, the shopping mall Plaza Mexico in Southern California embodies a unique case of invention […]
By Regula Modlich Almost fifty years ago, Jane Jacobs shook the planning establishment with her bookThe Death and Life of Great American Cities. While neither explicitly feminist nor oriented to women, Jacobs’ perspectives were rooted in the life experiences, sensitivities and issues of women. So were her solutions. The second wave of feminism started forty […]
By Tom Angotti City planning and military strategy are indistinguishable in the occupied territories of Palestine and Iraq, where together they rob Palestinians and Iraqis of basic human rights and freedoms. Yet city planners in the United States, the nation that provides financial and military support for this ugly urban apartheid, are mostly silent about […]
Contextualizing Radical Planning: The 1970s Chicano Takeover in Crystal City, Texas by Jonathan Thompson Supporting Resident-Led Revitalization in Librino, Italy by Kenneth Reardon, Filippo Gravagno, and Laura Saija Accommodating Social Diversity in the Gentrified City: Making Space for Families by Mia Hunt Rendering the Invisible Visible: Cultural Architecture and Predatory Planning in Atlanta?s Sweet Auburn […]
By Beth Maclin At the entrance to the squatter camp sits a bright green chemical toilet, accented with a gray top and door. A narrow lane winds past it to a collapsing building where three young men lean against two pay phone booths with no phones. The door and windows are gone, and the tin […]
By Clara Irazábal and John Foley The December 2007 referendum proposing constitutional reforms in Venezuela, discussed in the Fall 2007 issue of Progressive Planning Magazine, was defeated by less than 2 percent of the vote. Some of these reforms would have strengthened grassroots power and the role of neighborhood-based communal councils. The effect of this defeat […]
Note: With this profile of Jacqueline Leavitt, Progressive Planning Magazine starts what will be an ongoing series examining the work of progressive planners. Jacqueline Leavitt, a long-term Planners Network member, is professor of urban planning at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Since 1999, she has also been director of the UCLA Community Scholars Program, co-sponsored […]
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