Urban planning practices have historically planned for a heterogeneous public in processes that marginalize difference. Gender-inclusive planning recognizes that gender plays a significant role in the urban public realm without privileging any one gender identity over another. To update and improve upon traditional planning practice, gender-inclusive planning addresses the diversity of experiences among people of [...]
Public health has influenced city planners and their predecessors for centuries. The decisions to separate residential from industrial uses, develop sewage infrastructure, and create parks, for instance, all stem from the need to keep people physically and mentally healthy. Our policies or zoning laws or planning practices can all be traced back to [...]
Recent events indicate that our cities need to begin planning for harsher conditions. We are facing a rapid rise in global temperatures, with 10 of the warmest years in the 134-year record occurring since 2000. Violent storms like Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Sandy claimed thousands of lives, caused billions of dollars in damage, and destroyed [...]
