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.
Agritourism Vs. Sprawl
Agritourism might be the next big thing -- an economic alternative to sprawl.
Contractual Agreements And Neighborhood Evolution
This academic paper presents a simulation of urban neighbourhood formation and growth based on the economic theory of property rights.
San Francisco's San Quentin May Become Suburbia
Thanks to skyrocketing housing prices, San Quentin -- the oldest penitentiary in California -- may be razed and replaced with housing.
Raleigh Tries Villages To Curb Sprawl
Planners struggle to figure out how avoid the sprawl and gridlock that are expected to accompany two big shopping malls in Raleigh and Durham.
Ecotourism Disney Style
Disney is creating a resort in the center of the African forests -- in Florida.