Urban Planning23 Mar 2006 05:33 pm
Top Ten Planning Issues of 2005
Planetizen editors put together their Top Ten planning issues of 2005 in the United States including links to a few relevant articles for each topic:
- Kelo vs. New London - Eminent domain
- Hurricane Katrina
- America’s failing infrastructure
- The McMansion backlash
- Condofication
- Google democratizes mapping
- Wi-Fi networks and economic development
- The new suburbanism and creative class debates
- Peak Oil and planning for alternative energy
- The high cost of free parking
I wonder what will be on the 2006 list? A bursting housing bubble or a continued housing shortage? A new focus on planning for disaster prevention and response (earthquakes, tornadoes, terrorist attacks, climate change)? The return of nuclear energy? A new era for skyscrapers? Water wars?