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Answers to Your Solar Energy Planning Queries May 8, 2012
By Suzanne Rynne, AICP Manager, Green Communities Research Center In last fall’s audio-web conference, Planning for Solar Energy, Mary Tucker, environmental services program manager with the City of San Jose, California, described her own challenges in getting approval to install … Continue reading → […]
Landscape-Scale Planning Coming to a Community Near You April 25, 2012
By Ole Amundsen How do sustainable communities happen? The answers, increasingly, may surprise you. In some communities, land trusts are taking the lead, moving from a classic, opportunistic perspective to a more strategic, focused approach aimed at creating healthy communities. … Continue reading → […]
Farm Chemicals, Integrated Pest Management, and Water April 10, 2012
By Daniel Brooks APA Graduate Student Program Intern Earlier this year, the Latinamerica Press reported that the Chilean Agriculture Ministry has banned several chemicals used in farming linked to “cancer among other diseases.” The threat these chemicals pose to human health is … Continue reading → […]
Is Growth a Prerequisite for Long-Term Community Health and Prosperity? March 21, 2012
By David Morley, AICP APA’s Planning Advisory Service Coordinator For most planners the obvious answer to the title question is probably no. But if this is the case, why is it so hard to articulate a realistic and compelling vision … Continue reading → […]