By Sam Hayes I love digging into the history of the built environment of places I live in. It enriches my understanding of the area, and gives me a greater appreciation for it. However, in any circumstance, I find that is only so much that you can learn from books and the internet, and the most helpful thing one can do is walk around and look … Continue reading Part I: Look Up at New East
By Joan Lyons This is Chapter One of Joan Lyon’s upcoming book Women Moving People. More information on the book and how you can contribute can be found on her website. Trigger Warnings: Sexual Harassment, Stalking, Depression, Ageism, Sexism, PTSD, Anxiety Fresh out of the Netherlands, I was ready to solve our nation’s problems when it came to city planning, and design. I applied for jobs … Continue reading WELCOME TO THE INDUSTRY
Planner’s Travel Series About the series: Welcome to our ongoing travel series. These are all posts written by planning students and professionals about what to do in a given city when looking for Brunch, a Brew, or a good idea on a Budget. To cap it all off, we include a fun planning fact! By Jo Kwon About the visit: Cruising has become a vibrant … Continue reading Series: Planning for 36 Hours on a Christmas Cruise
By Nicholas Stover The Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), colloquially referred to as the COP Summit, recently concluded its 28th congregation. Official tallies from the UNFCCC had around 85,000 delegates in attendance, with some estimates as high as 100,000. I had the great fortune of being a virtual delegate among the many thousands. That fortune allowed me … Continue reading COP28: A Brief Review
By Sneha Bora Purchasing your first home is a major milestone that requires immense preparation and guidance. Before embarking on your housing search, you’ll want to have a crystal-clear understanding on the step-by-step process and responsibilities required to make this exceptionally worthwhile investment. Though the upfront effort is demanding, I promise the payoff of homeownership far outweighs the complexities along the way! This comprehensive guide was … Continue reading Buying Your First Home: A Student’s Guide
In this week’s post, Jo Kwon delves into the world of ArcGIS StoryMaps, highlighting its potential in creating engaging narratives for urban planning projects. Using four compelling examples, she showcases the tool’s versatility and effectiveness. Continue reading Unleash the Power of Storytelling with ArcGIS StoryMaps
By Anthony Buckley I grew up on an 83-acre cattle farm and went to a public high school surrounded by cornfields. Rural southeastern Ohio is the place I call home. Many might ask where urban planning comes into play in an area that had 700 people in its village center. Ohio countryside is by no means comparable to the streets of New York City or … Continue reading Walking a Tightrope: Urban Expansion and Rural Conservation
First year graduate student Helen Klass-Warch reflects on the power of Plain Language. Continue reading Unlocking Clarity: The Power of Plain Language in Accessible Writing
For this Halloween, CPJ is bringing back a spooky article from 2017 on the value of zombie preparedness. Zombies have become a fixture in literary and cinematic culture over the past century. The list of on-screen zombie productions is extensive, ranging from White Zombie in 1932 and Night of the Living Dead in 1968, to this year’s Patient Z and dozens of others in between. In … Continue reading Zombie Preparedness: A Communication Strategy for Emergency Preparedness
Ivan Melchor, a Data & Research Assistant with the VizE Lab for Ethnographic Data Visualization at Princeton University, explores the concept of ‘unbuilding’ as it relates to basements and the floodplains of New Jersey. Continue reading Materiality and Space: A Case Study of the New Jersey Floodplains
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