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.
Natural Resource Wars
The Atlantic Monthly reviews Michael T. Klare's "Resource Wars: The New Landscape of Global Conflict." Our future is the future of natural resources.
How Gentrification Works
Hoboken, New Jersey is the poster child for successful gentrification.
Profile Of Boston's Chief Planner
The Globe talkes with Rebecca Barnes, Boston's planning director about her job and her vision for Boston.
Financing Low-income Communities
A new report by the Brookings Institution addresses changing capital markets and their implications for community development finance.
The County With The Highest Drug-mortality Rate
Rio Arriba County, N.M., lies along the drug-smuggling route from Mexico to Denver. This is not a particularly useful economic development strategy.