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Community Noise: Dealing With A Growing Problem

Read an excerpt from this article below. You can download the full article by using the link at the end of the excerpt. In 1982, the Environmental Protection Agency reported that 87% of America’s urban…

American Public Health Association Takes Stand on Noise Pollution

by PlannersWeb Editor Wayne Senville

…You might also want to take a look at an article we published a number of years ago in the Planning Commissioners Journal: Community Noise: Dealing With A Growing Problem by James P. Cowan Noise…

Read ULI analyst Ed McMahon's seven part series.

Take a look at this excellent series of articles by Jim Segedy & Lisa Hollingsworth-Segedy.

Our 5-part series on the relationship between staff planners and planning board members.

Joel Russell & Mary Madden of the Form-Based Codes Institute cover the basics of this new approach to zoning.

Planner Gwendolyn Hallsmith offers a progressive take on planning for local economic development in this five-part series starting with Coping With Economic Meltdown.

Also, take a look at our extended reprints from economic development planner Della Rucker's excellent book, The Local Economy Revolution.

Ever wonder how a pro-forma is put together & what it is used for? This four-part article provides an easy to understand introduction.

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Community Noise: Dealing With A Growing Problem

American Public Health Association Takes Stand on Noise Pollution

The Secrets of Successful Communities

Basics of Putting Together a Comprehensive Plan

Planner & Commissioner

An Introduction to Form-Based Codes

Building Your Local Economy

Pro-Forma 101 – Getting Familiar With a Basic Tool of Real Estate Analysis