The Sustainable Cities Institute (Home Depot) offers a range of resources to support a community’s progress towards sustainability.
One interesting current case is Ann Arbor’s Journey because their situation is likely similar to many cities who have many disparate sustainability initiatives on the ground, but they are uncoordinated or only loosely so.
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A group of eighteen urban planners traveled to India in October 2009 on a twenty-day tour, combining meetings and discussions with local planners and architects in concert with a sampling of the cultural highlights of the country. The tour began in Delhi and ended in Mumbai, including stops in Chandigargh, Jaipur, Udaipur, and Ahmedabad. Meetings
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In May and June of 2007, two groups of nineteen urban planners completed a comprehensive urban planning tour of China. Lasting seventeen (17) days, the tour began in Hong Kong and included stops in the cities of Macau, Guilin / Yangshuo, Shanghai, Suzhou, Nanjing, and Xi’an, before ending in Beijing. Attendees met with local urban
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In October 2003, ten urban planners attended the first international tour sponsored by the Northern Section. To comply with the Treasury Department’s people-to-people educational exchange rules for travels to Cuba, our group had personal encounters with Cuban planners, architects, artists, and other locals.
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Feature Article: Why Ethics Are Important for Planners, Part II by Carol Barrett, FAICP This issue of the Northern News is available thanks to a generous donation by Douglas Duncan, AICP northern-news-May-2002
Feature Article: Why Ethics Are Important for Planners by Carol Barrett, FAICP This issue of the Northern News is available thanks to a generous donation by Douglas Duncan, AICP
Feature Article: Cities Must Change To Survive by Joel Kotkin This issue of the Northern News is available thanks to a generous donation by Douglas Duncan, AICP northern-news-February-2002
Feature Article: ABAG Projections: Long Distance Commuting Will Double by Eric Parfrey This issue of the Northern News is available thanks to a generous donation by Douglas Duncan, AICP northern-news-January-2002
Feature Article: Main Street: A Key Component in Quality of Life Planning by Jeff Eichenfield This issue of the Northern News is available thanks to a generous donation by Douglas Duncan, AICP northern-news-November-2001
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Feature Article: Innovations in Planning and Design Work: Mission Bay Project by Laura Worthington-Forbes This issue of the Northern News is available thanks to a generous donation by Douglas Duncan, AICP northern-news-October-2001
