This handbook explores the importance and rationale for the components of the LEED-ND rating system and illustrates some of the possible tactics that can be used to acquire LEED-ND certification.

The purpose of this document is to use case studies to identify, promote, and foster innovative and comprehensive approaches to incorporate public health into urban planning processes and policies through a compilation of ...

This study aims to provide detailed recommendations and strategies that guide policymakers and practitioners in increasing access to housing and a skilled workforce through economic development in Morton. The final objective ...

Understanding the needs and desires of a community is one of the objectives of a democratic government. This is what we are expressing when we vote for candidates or referenda. However, the voting system does not always ...

This dissertation draws three main conclusions concerning the relationship between human development and public intervention. First, the tendency to allow an uncontrolled decentralization process, common in many developing ...

The primary objective of this research is to widen the range of questions that can be addressed in small group planning situations. This can be accomplished through improved access to tools, media, and group cognition. ...

The foundational stone of radical planning, Knowledge and Action in the Public Domain (Friedmann, 1987), focused on the connection between reason and democracy based on the concepts of the single and double loop of learning. ...

Champaign County has the goal of institutionalizing a welcoming philosophy to make immigrant integration a process that benefits both immigrants and the receiving community. This report documents the first year of an ...

The short-term rental housing options supported by the sharing economy have now been established as disruptions in the housing and tourism sectors. With the advent and proliferation of Airbnb rentals all over the world, ...

This paper analyzes the varying degree of "L" rail ridership decline across the "L" stations and among different social groups in Chicago during the pandemic. We use descriptive statistics to explain the spatial variation ...