This panel discussion was held in Toronto on November 29, 2019 to launch the new Planner’s Network book Transformative Planning: Radical Alternatives to Neoliberal Urbanism, edited by Tom Angotti and published by Black Rose Books, with distribution by the University of Chicago Press. Below are the texts for the talks by the four panelists, who were responding to the questions … [Read more...] about TRANSFORMATIVE PLANNING PANEL
The Fallacy of “Industry City, Our Way”
By Tarry Hum Sunset Park, Brooklyn is a vibrant racially diverse and majority immigrant working-class neighborhood. As one of the city’s largest waterfront neighborhoods, it is a frontline community in confronting the existential threat of climate change. Numerous academic studies including by New York University’s Furman Center substantiate that Sunset Park is undergoing … [Read more...] about The Fallacy of “Industry City, Our Way”
Norman Krumholz (1927-2019): Working for Equity Inside Government
In this posting, we have three obituaries for Norman Krumholz, who was a ong-time Planners Network member. This first is by Tom Angotti, the second is by Pierre Clavel and the third is by Dennis Keating. Norman Krumholz (1927-2019): Working for Equity Inside Government He made the term equity planning popular. It stood for a whole branch of progressive planning that … [Read more...] about Norman Krumholz (1927-2019): Working for Equity Inside Government
McHARG’S LEGACY AND THE CLIMATE CRISIS: A REVIEW OF DESIGN WITH NATURE NOW
By Lacey Sigmon Design with Nature Now (edited by Frederick Steiner, Richard Weller, Karen M’Closkey, and Billy Fleming) is a timely tribute to Ian McHarg’s seminal book, Design with Nature. The climate crisis is at the forefront of many people’s minds today in the midst of regular climate strikes across the globe and reports of the devastating impact humans have had on … [Read more...] about McHARG’S LEGACY AND THE CLIMATE CRISIS: A REVIEW OF DESIGN WITH NATURE NOW
‘RESISTING DISPLACEMENT AND DISPOSSESSION’ – TWO TALKS FROM PLANNERS NETWORK’S 2019 MULTI-CITY CONFERENCE
The following are transcripts of two talks that were given on June 21st, 2019 as part of a plenary panel at Planners Network's conference Resisting Displacement and Dispossession. It featured speakers from Kanehsatà:ke, New York City, Jackson, and Tacoma and was streamed live to conference attendees simultaneously in multiple cities. These two talks are from presenters in … [Read more...] about ‘RESISTING DISPLACEMENT AND DISPOSSESSION’ – TWO TALKS FROM PLANNERS NETWORK’S 2019 MULTI-CITY CONFERENCE