Communities across the nation are experiencing the effects of disruptive, accelÂerating change. A key question for local governments is: how can we address the myriad of forces that are impacting us now or may impact us in the future?
Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Planning
I asked ChatGPT how artificial intelligence will impact the future of the planning profession. Can I believe what it told me?
Triangle Trends Report: Tracking Disruption
Ben Hitchings, principal of Green Heron Planning, LLC, and David Rouse partnered with the Triangle J Council of Governments in North Carolina to prepare a report on how communities in the Triangle region can prepare for the disruptive impacts of change.
How Can Communities Succeed in the New Normal?
The 21st century is a time of accelerating change with profound implications for local communities. As we look towards 2022 amidst an uncertain recovery complicated by new variants of COVID-19, now the time to prepare for the shocks and stresses that the future will bring.
Nature in the Smart City
This piece is excerpted from Smart Cities: Integrating Technology, Community, and Nature, a PAS Report published by the American Planning Association. The report is available for download on the APA website.
Planning the Hyperconnected City
This post was first published on the Econsult Solutions, Inc. (ESI) website on March 6, 2020. It provides my thoughts on ESI Thoughtlab’s global research initiative, Building a Hyperconnected City.
How Can Communities Plan for Technological Change?
This article addresses the disruptive effects of current technological trends and suggests an approach that communities might use to navigate technological change in an increasingly uncertain world. (Image credit: American Planning Association)