By Rehab Nazzal and Norma M. RantisiA previous version of this article was published in French in À bâbord!, No. 101, Fall 2024. It is reprinted here with permission and with slight edits. We are now over a year into a genocide enacted by Israel against the besieged and occupied Palestinian people. The genocide is an extension of over seven decades of settler colonial … [Read more...] about The destruction of Palestinian settlements, Western complicity and the need for global solidarity: A view from two urban refugee camps in the northern West Bank
Addressing Orphan Oil and Gas Wells: A Path Towards Environmental Restoration and Justice
By Clement Lau Orphan oil and gas wells—abandoned wells with no known responsible party—present a significant challenge for communities across the U.S., particularly in regions with a history of oil and gas production. These wells, scattered by the tens of thousands nationwide, pose serious environmental, health, and safety risks. For parks and recreation professionals, … [Read more...] about Addressing Orphan Oil and Gas Wells: A Path Towards Environmental Restoration and Justice
Concrete Strategies for a More Radical Praxis
The following is an excerpt from A Student's Guide to Radical Planning Praxis, a zine created by Allison Gable as a creative research project for the Spring 2024 Urban Studies and Planning Honors Thesis Seminar at UC San Diego. The zine, which includes interviews with many members of Planners Network, can be read in its entirety here. Concrete Strategies for a More Radical … [Read more...] about Concrete Strategies for a More Radical Praxis
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Whose streets? Beyond planning for the “visitor class”
The resurgence of the tourism industry during the waning of the COVID-19 pandemic has brought a number of issues impacting cities around the world to the forefront of public discussion. In particular, the effects of this sector on housing affordability have been highlighted by a number of ongoing protest movements unfolding throughout Europe that critique how mass tourism … [Read more...] about CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Whose streets? Beyond planning for the “visitor class”
Towards New Alliances: Planners and the Tenants Movement
By Ian Van der Merwe In the US, the prevailing planning policy is to build, build, build, and where local planners are yet to buy in, politicians are happy to step in. In recent years, urban planning has seen the “real estate state” come into its own. Backed by planners aligned with a real estate industry intent on squeezing every dollar of profit it can find from urban … [Read more...] about Towards New Alliances: Planners and the Tenants Movement