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The Built Environment and Traffic Safety: A Review of Empirical Evidence

Ewing, R., Dumbaugh, E. — 2009-05-21

The article reaches two conclusions counter to accepted transportation engineering theory. First, the traffic environments of dense urban areas appear to be safer than the lower-volume environments of the suburbs. The reason is that many fewer miles are driven on a per capita basis, and the driving that is done is at lower speeds that are less likely to produce fatal crashes. Second, at least in dense urban areas, less-"forgiving" design treatments—such as narrow lanes, traffic-calming measures, and street trees close to the roadway—appear to enhance a roadway's safety performance when compared to more conventional roadway designs. The reason for this apparent anomaly may be that less-forgiving designs provide drivers with clear information on safe and appropriate operating speeds.

Bohemia as Subculture; "Bohemia" as Industry: Art, Culture, and Economic Development

Currid, E. — 2009-05-21

Artists have long been thought of as agents of revitalization, transforming warehouses and blighted neighborhoods into bohemian enclaves that become destinations for the well-heeled, simultaneously bringing redevelopment and reinvestment. Yet, the active cultivation of art as a central part of economic development is new. The increasing shift in economic development focused on attracting people not smokestacks has brought art and culture center-stage. This article considers the arts in economic development through several discrete but interrelated lenses: 1) As an amenity or consumption product 2) As a redevelopment and development tool 3) As a way to "brand" place 4) As generator of jobs and revenue. Finally, I consider current research that begins to unpack the social and economic processes necessary to cultural production. This line of research may enable a better understanding of the arts' function and potential in economic development.

Book Review: Kwartler, M., and G. Longo. 2008. Visioning and visualization: People, pixels, and plans. Cambridge, MA: Lincoln Institute of Land Policy. 94 pp. $35.00 paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55844-180-4

Hall, L. — 2009-05-21

Book Review: Graff, H. 2008. The Dallas myth: The making and unmaking of an American city. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. 388 pp. $34.95 hardcover, ISBN: 978-0-8166-5269-3

Evans-Cowley, J. — 2009-05-21

Book Review: Elliott, D. L. 2008. A better way to zone: Ten principles to create more livable cities. Washington, DC: Island Press. 256 pp. $50.00 hardcover, ISBN: 1-59726-180-7

Parolek, K. — 2009-05-21

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Searching for the Good Plan: A Meta-Analysis of Plan Quality Studies

Berke, P., Godschalk, D. — 2009-02-09

Despite the centrality of comprehensive plans to the profession of city and regional planning, there is a gap in knowledge about the quality of plans as they are not routinely evaluated against best practice standards. We discuss plan quality evaluation, an emerging methodology for assessing the quality of plans. We review the evolution of the concept, the dimensions covered, and the principles and criteria used. We then provide a comparative meta-analytic analysis of the findings from published plan quality evaluations, ranging from research studies in the United States to national planning policy applications in Holland and New Zealand, and offer recommendations about future directions in improving content analysis of plan documents and research design in plan quality evaluation.

The Need for a Communicative Approach to Improve Environmental Policy Integration in Urban Land Use Planning

Simeonova, V., van der Valk, A. — 2009-02-09

The debate on sustainable development emphasizes the importance of integrating environmental policy into all policy sectors. It is increasingly recognized that this integration is needed at both the national and the local levels of governance. The Environmental Policy Integration (EPI) principle agreed upon in a number of international and EU commitments is receiving the attention of more urban planning scholars. The EPI phenomenon is underresearched, and in many countries, its implementation, particularly subnationally as in urban planning, is hindered by organizational and administrative weaknesses. This article seeks to show how a communicative approach can be used to improve EPI in the urban planning context, based on a literature review of organization theory and communicative planning. The review sheds light on the relevance of the communicative approach to EPI by comparing it with existing EPI approaches. The authors conclude that a communicative approach to EPI is potentially illuminating in changing organizational structures and how individual actors interact in urban planning processes.

Book Review: Faludi, A., ed. 2007. Territorial cohesion and the European model of society. Cambridge, MA: Lincoln Institute of Land Policy. 240 pp. $25.00 paperback, ISBN: 1-55844-166-2

Koschinsky, J. — 2009-02-09

Book Review: Wade, T., and S. Sommer, eds. 2006. A to Z GIS: An illustrated dictionary of geographic information systems. Redlands, CA: ESRI Press. 288 pp. $24.95 paperback, ISBN 1-5894-8140-2

Ramasubramanian, L. — 2009-02-09

Book Review: Chapin, T. S., C. E. Connerly, and H. T. Higgins, eds. 2007. Growth management in Florida: Planning for paradise. Aldershot, UK: Ashgate. 315 pp. $89.95 hardcover, ISBN 0-75464-852-4

Stephenson, B. — 2009-02-09

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Understanding the Complexities of Annexation

Edwards, M. M. — 2008-10-20

Annexation is the most common and frequent type of local boundary adjustment. It is a complex process with significant implications for communities. This article summarizes past and recent scholarly research relating to the state requirements guiding annexation, and the fiscal impacts, local motivations, and social and political implications of the process. Its purpose is to integrate literature from across disciplines to better understand the many dimensions of annexation and the challenges that confront planners in planning for or reacting to boundary change. It concludes with suggestions for future research.

The Split Personality of Planning: Indigenous Peoples and Planning for Land and Resource Management

Hibbard, M., Lane, M. B., Rasmussen, K. — 2008-10-20

The international movement toward recognition of indigenous rights over the past thirty years has created a number of complex and compelling issues in planning for the use of land and natural resources. Planning should have much to say about many of these issues, given its concern for the use of land and resources, its focus on problem-solving, and its normative disposition. There is, however, only a modest literature on indigenous planning. Thus, we draw on the planning literature, but also call heavily on work from associated disciplines to introduce to planning scholars some of the problems and opportunities indigenous communities face with respect to land and resource management.

Book Review: Gottlieb, Robert. 2007. Reinventing Los Angeles: Nature and Community in the Global City. 2007. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. 430 pp. $62.00 hard-cover and $24.95 paperback, ISBN: 0-26207-287-4 and 0-26257-243-5

Daniels, T. — 2008-10-20

Book Review: Lang, Robert E., and Jennifer B. LeFurgy. 2007. Boomburbs: The Rise of America's Accidental Cities. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press. 212 pp. $26.95 paperback, ISBN: 0-81575-114-1

Potter, J. J. — 2008-10-20

Book Review: Rohe, William M., and Harry L. Watson, eds. 2007. Chasing the American Dream: New Perspectives on Affordable Homeownership. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press. 315 pp. $65.00 and $24.95 hard-cover and paperback, ISBN: 0-80144-553-1and 0-8014-7361-6

Ross, J. A. — 2008-10-20

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Acknowledgment for the Special Issue on Universal Design

2008-07-22

Accessing Transit as Universal Design

Audirac, I. — 2008-07-22

Universal design is a design philosophy couched in a public discourse of social inclusion. Spurred by disability civil rights legislation, growth of the older population, the information revolution, and markets, universal design has become a global design paradigm. This article reviews global dimensions of the paradigm and implementation strategies related to public transportation. Given universal design's overall inclusionary values beyond American Disability Act standards, the article asks, What is universal design's potential for redressing sociospatial exclusion among mobility-disadvantaged populations? Using a multitiered social exclusion/accessibility framework, the article addresses this question and draws conclusions about universal design applied to transit in the United States.

Designing Communities to Enhance the Safety and Mobility of Older Adults: A Universal Approach

Dumbaugh, E. — 2008-07-22

By 2030, seventy-two million people, or fully one of every five Americans, will be aged sixty-five or older, raising important concerns about how our cities, communities, and transportation facilities will safety accommodate their travel needs. The current policy solution is to increase driver testing, provide senior-oriented paratransit services, and ultimately, to house older, nondriving adults in senior care communities where more mobile individuals can provide basic household-related services for them. These practices, while perhaps well intentioned, effectively segregate older adults from the larger community. We can do better. This article summarizes the available literature on the travel-related needs, abilities, and preferences of older adults. Through a synthesis of the current knowledge, it identifies four strategies that can be used to design communities and transportation systems to address the safety and mobility needs of an aging population in an inclusive, universal manner.

Book Review: Hester, Randolph T. 2006. Design for ecological democracy. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press. 480 pp. $39.95 hardcover, ISBN: 0-26208-351-5

Boone, K. — 2008-07-22

Book Review: Williams, J. 2006. East 40 degrees: An interpretive atlas. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press. 248 pp. Paperback, ISBN: 0-81392-585-1

Oberhauser, A. M. — 2008-07-22

Book Review: Nelson, A. C., B. L. Allen, D. L. Trauger, eds. 2006. Toward a resilient metropolis: The role of state and land grant universities in the 21st century. Alexandria: Metropolitan Institute of Virginia Tech. 103 pp. $19.95 paperback, ISBN: 0-97780-920-X

Levinson, N. — 2008-07-22

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