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.
Yosemite, Sponsored By Target?
Controversy erupts over a plan to let corporate donors display their names and logos at attractions like Yosemite.
Limiting Sydney's Sprawl Has High Costs
Columnist Michael Duffy argues that new planning techniques and leadership in Sydney are discouraging sprawl and forcing density into the cities and towns that can least support the growth.
Historic Preservation Vs. Transit Hub In NYC
Lisa Chamberlain examines NYC's historic Corbin Building at 11 John Street that's being taken by eminent domain to make way for the new Fulton Street Transit Center.
Wal-Mart CEO Lee Scott Announces Ban On PVC
Wal-Mart CEO and eco-convert Lee Scott announces that beginning in 2009, the mega-chain will no longer sell any item made of PVC. The impacts will be felt globally.
The Geography of Somewhere: Civic Tourism
Author Scott Russell Sanders offers a perspective on how civic tourism can serve to help improve American cities and towns that "feel like jumbles rather than communities, without pattern or purpose."