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.
New Plans For Barren Lands
The Michigan Land Use Institute publishes a Brownfield redevelopment how-to report describing the state's success in developing a job-producing program.
The Negative Side Of Brownfield Development
Is the government's focus on brownfield development a distraction from other toxic sites that are more dangerous, but have less commercial appeal?
Urban Planning In Its Most Primitive Form
The emerging and controversial Israeli barrier wall is in some ways a model of planning reduced to its most primitive goal: separation.
363,584,435
The Census Bureau's projected U.S. population for the year 2030 is 363,584,435, 23 percent more than today's population of 296 million. The Washington Post asks six observers how this growth will change the country?
Saratoga's New 'Anti-Development' Mayor
Valerie Keehn rode a wave of resentment over new development in Saratoga Springs to become the city's new mayor, surprising many, and worrying the development and planning communities.