Chris Stines is Planetizen's former Editor and the founder of Urban Insight, a leading digital agency. Chris has 25 years of experience in technology consulting and urban planning and has served as a consultant to public sector state, county, and local agencies, Fortune 500 private firms, educational institutions, and nonprofit organizations.
Plan To Scrap Old Ships Stirs Pollution Worries
A proposal to haul old ships to Oregon for salvage and recycling presents a classic case of economic development versus environmental protection.
Banks As Developers
Federal regulators have cleared two national banks to develop office and hotel properties -- actions long barred by the Treasury Department. What does this imply for the development environment?
Reinventing Conservation Easements
In recent decades conservation easements—promises to restrict land development—have become enormously popular, but now they are in trouble.
Scary Bus Stops
After conducting research on dangerous bus stops in Los Angeles, UCLA Professor Loukaitou-Sideris has embarked on another project to learn what strategies have been successful in addressing concerns by women about safety and the built environment.
Learning To Think and Act Like A Region
The Pawcatuck Borderlands illustrates what is fast becoming one of the major puzzles in land use policy -- how to plan across boundaries.