Cityland essays: A critical analysis of contemporary urban planning and design

Learn to Practice, Practice to Learn

What do new urban planning professionals need to learn and what can we learn from our practice?

Form Your City

The form of cities underlies the social and economic structure of communities.  How should we create the form of our cities?  Is urban from really central to urban planning and design?

Make Cities Resilient

Cities have been resilient for millennia, but not without numerous setbacks.  What are the steps planners should take to help create long-term sustainable and resilient places?

Don’t Make Bad Cities

Planners must cherish cities, and push back forcefully against political, social, and cultural naysayers, who only see cities as problems rather than solutions. 

Make Good Plans that Fail

Planners should push beyond overly cautious comfort zones, favored by both executive clients and community-wide constituents.