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Will a President Romney give US people the type of planning they want?

By , Thursday, 5 July 2012, Be the first to comment

Mitt Romney (pic courtesy Austen Hufford via Flickr)

“The word planning has a positive connotation, and the feeling that ‘things work better with a plan’ is a nearly universal personal experience.” This is one of the findings from a piece of market research undertaken recently on behalf of the American Planning Association (APA). However, in the USA planning is now a divisive topic politically. Why is this, and what form of planning is it that the American public seems to favour? Read more on Will a President Romney give US people the type of planning they want?…

Planning in the USA – tweet for nicer, greener suburbs

By , Sunday, 24 April 2011, 11 Comments

The American Planning Association annual conference in Boston provided a fascinating insight into the concerns and perspectives of US planners. The angle that particularly caught my attention was the blitz of presentations and activities about how planners and developers can use social media and new information technology in their work. Whether you want to tweet, trip or ClickFix, or just browse in the urban interactive studio, the APA was the place to be. Or not to be, maybe that was the question, for you didn’t need to be in Boston to be connected to this virtual planners’ world. Read more on Planning in the USA – tweet for nicer, greener suburbs…

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