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It is estimated that up to 100,000 houses of worship will soon close. Some houses of worship have partnered with developers to transform their buildings into new community assets that continue to deliver faith-based services in new and innovative ways.
Protecting community and environmental health can be advanced by smart digital web application tools that automate detection, notification, and future forecasting of water pollution and flooding. Philadelphia Water has deployed automated early warnings of pollution/future flooding to public/water agencies.
Covid highlighted the importance of civic infrastructure and placemaking to rethink public spaces important to neighborhoods and the nation. Planners from the DC region discuss how public space transformations promote community revitalization and build support for larger capital investments.
This session dives into the journey from inception to execution of planning and constructing local restricted housing in various western mountain owns, with an in-depth study of McCall, Idaho, Summit County, Colorado, and Jackson, Wyoming.
You have a regional climate collaborative, now what? Listen as presenters share an approach to developing a proactive roadmap for regional climate change adaptation that was informed by focus groups, interactive tools, and an Equity Workshop.
What must local planners do to comply with their state legal requirements on regulating — or prohibiting — marijuana businesses? This course is approved for 1.5 CM Law.
CM I 1.50 (1.50 Law)
Nonmember Price: $60.00
Member Price: $30.00
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This Case Study highlights an innovative, often unorthodox, strategy to repurposing a 450-acre industrial site near Dallas. Learn how planning, environmental analysis, and municipal diligence resulted in the reuse of a former asbestos pipe manufacturing site.
In an era of rapid urbanization and climate uncertainty, urban planners must navigate uncharted territories. Explore how innovative technologies fortify city resilience, equipping planners to create adaptive, sustainable, and future-ready urban landscapes.
CM I 1.00 (1.00 Sustainability & Resilience)
Nonmember Price: $0.00
Member Price: $0.00
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If parks, trails, and other public places are so good for our health and well-being, and our cities, why are so many parks underutilized? Learn from a case study community which approached parks planning from a new perspective.
Case studies drawn from “struggling” communities—from a Florida suburb to rustbelt and gateway cities—demonstrate how proactive policies to expand mixed-income housing can serve as a powerful tool to achieve challenging equity, economic development, environmental, and placemaking community-wide goals.
Streets too big for good placemaking? Don't throw up your hands in despair! This Case study describes a comprehensive redesign of every single Salt Lake City street, taking cross-sections that were originally designed for oxen and retrofitting them for people.
Planners must clearly communicate to the public and policy makers the importance of addressing climate change and promoting resiliency. Learn about innovations in mapping and visualization that illustrate the impacts of climate change in a visually interesting and understandable manner.
CM I 1.00 (1.00 Sustainability & Resilience)
Nonmember Price: $40.00
Member Price: $20.00
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How do we know when we achieve equity? How do we know that there are disparities that are attributed to inequities? This presentation highlights tools to assess existing conditions and track future progress.
CM I 1.00 (1.00 Equity)
Nonmember Price: $40.00
Member Price: $20.00
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For years, zoning ordinances have been written without knowing their true effects or what the on-the-ground outcomes will be. This case study bridges the digital divide to better visualize and forecast future outcomes with the right GIS tools.
Locally-led solutions are critical for increasing the supply of diverse, attainable, and equitable housing. An innovative partnership of planners, local officials, homebuilders, realtors, and financial leaders have come together to identify new opportunities for reform, including a consensus policy playbook for communities and housing leaders.
Downtowns and urban commercial districts have been forced to question “business as usual”, as the pandemic has reshaped daily life and how public life unfolds. How can we think of downtown public realms as a launching point for economic recovery?
The planning system forms a whole system framework that shapes food retail and community growing settings and can promote community health by regulating access to unhealthy food retail while supporting real estate-led approaches to micro-food production that promotes healthier populations.
Listen as four speakers highlight sustainable implementation lessons from East Africa, Sao Paulo, Nepal, and Maldives.
Housing supply and zoning reform are leading the agenda in state legislatures. Learn how state legislators are driving change, building new coalitions, and navigating state politics to enact critical housing reforms. Gain insights on engaging with legislators and supporting state reforms from a planning perspective with a bipartisan expert panel.
Can a prior "steel town" of 75,000 people reuse a 1,600 acre brownfield to attract over 8 million visitors a year and create more than 4,200 jobs? Certainly, it's the story of Bethlehem's rebirth into a 3rd century of innovation.
Community engagement processes must adapt to the age of increased polarization, digitalization, and inequity. This case study shares how successful storytelling approaches find alignments and shared values of the public while helping to establish public trust in planning processes.
Form Follows Regulation! Learn how Objective Design Standards can help your community achieve more sensitive development than traditional zoning-based regulation, streamline housing review, and empower your planning staff to perform ministerial review as an alternative to difficult discretionary review.
Learn how the Port of NY and NJ and the City of Philadelphia are building and operating sustainable, climate-resilient airports for the 21st Century that are not only global gateways but also important community anchors.
This session provides an important opportunity to convene to discuss the Commonwealth-led Call to Action on Sustainable Urbanisation (CTA) and the Declaration on Sustainable Urbanisation, share good practice and explore strategies for creating a practical plan of action.
CM I 1.00 (1.00 Sustainability & Resilience)
Nonmember Price: $40.00
Member Price: $20.00
For a complete list of Speakers, click here.
From COVID-19 to cryptocurrency to climate change, the world is changing before our very eyes. Our future depends on our ability to operationalize a future focus in our daily work. North Carolina’s Research Triangle Region provides an interesting case study.
Due to climate change and extreme temperatures, dark surfaces such as streets, bicycle lanes, and sidewalks are getting hotter yearly. This presentation explores smart, climate-resilient measures that maximize heat mitigation from the effects of climate change.
The housing supply crisis is an international challenge. Planners and policymakers in countries around the globe are grabbling with how to increase housing diversity, attainability, and equity. The Presidents of APA, the Royal Town Planning Institute, and the Canadian Institute of Planners will talk about what’s happening in their respective countries and how planners are rising to the challenge.
Follow the life of a curb extension in Washington DC. From its recommendation as part of a Neighborhood Livability Study, to its tactical form and finally its permanent installation, this Case Study focuses on planning and implementation of traffic calming.
This session will feature Rochester’s Unified Development Code and will provide strategies around how to reform local zoning to successfully encourage housing affordability/availability along with a real example of how to gain public support to advance planning best practices.
Transit-oriented development (TOD) capitalizes on public transit access by transforming underutilized spaces into walkable and sustainable communities, with a mix of land uses, a vibrant public realm, opportunities to address affordability and equity, and excellent connectivity to amenities and neighborhoods.