David Rouse has written extensively on a variety of planning and design topics. Recent publications include a book on comprehensive planning with Rocky Piro and a Planning Advisory Service (PAS) report with Petra Hurtado and Ben Hitchings.
Featured Publications
The Comprehensive Plan: Sustainable, Resilient, and Equitable Communities for the 21st Century (Routledge, 2022)
“Comprehensive plans are blueprints to manage growth and change and David Rouse and Rocky Piro teamed up to write a masterpiece. The Comprehensive Plan: Sustainable, Resilient, and Equitable Communities for the 21st Century, is a gift to the planning profession that will serve as the go-to reference book for practitioners, educators and students for decades to come. The Comprehensive Plan is truly “comprehensive” in nature. The book covers the origins and purpose of comprehensive planning, the process, the substance and implementation of a plan, and courageously takes on vital 21st century challenges such as climate change, the global pandemic, institutional racism and other social justice issues. The book is loaded with case studies and examples from contemporary comprehensive plans. I appreciate the genius that went into this book, but more importantly, I appreciate the passion and all-inclusive nature that will help planners, decision-makers and communities make great places happen.” Mitchell J. Silver, FAICP, President, American Institute of Certified Planners
Triangle Trends Report: Tracking Disruption (Triangle J Council of Governments, 2022)
As the COVID-19 pandemic so starkly demonstrated, the 21st century is a time of accelerating change that is disrupting local communities. The pandemic played out against a backdrop of long-term trends such as climate change, technological disruption, shifting demographics, and socioeconomic inequality. Ben Hitchings, FAICP, principal of Green Heron Planning, LLC, and David Rouse, FAICP partnered with the Triangle J Council of Governments in North Carolina to prepare a report on how its local governmental members can prepare for the disruptive impacts of change. The report is organized around social, technological, economic, and environmental drivers of change that are of particular relevance or interest to communities in the Triangle region. It provides 1) information on key emerging issues and trends affecting the region; 2) potential short, mid, and long-term responses at the local and regional levels to prepare for the impacts; and 3) next steps communities can take to increase their readiness for future change.
Hitchings, Benjamin and David Rouse. Triangle Trends Report: Tracking Disruption. Researched and written for the Triangle J Council of Governments, 2022.
Rouse, David and Econsult Solutions, Inc. Financing Green Infrastructure: Lessons from the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. Washington, DC: International City-County Management Association (ICMA), 2022.
“The Future of the Comprehensive Plan,” Journal of Comparative Urban Law and Policy, Georgia State University of Law, Volume 5, Issue 1, 2022.
Rouse, David and Rocky Piro. The Comprehensive Plan: Sustainable, Resilient, and Equitable Communities for the 21st Century. London and New York: Routledge, 2022.
Hurtado, Petra, Benjamin Hitchings, and David Rouse. Smart Cities: Integrating Technology, Community, and Nature (PAS Report 599). Chicago: American Planning Association, 2021.
Turner, Scott and David Rouse. “Green infrastructure and climate change – a One Water approach.” New England Water Environment Association Journal, Volume 54, No. 4, Winter 2020.
“Green Infrastructure and Resilience.” Chapter in The Routledge Handbook of Urban Resilience, Michael Burayidi et. al., ed. London and New York: Routledge, 2020.
“Commentary: The Implications of Autonomous Vehicles for Urban Design Practice.” Journal of Urban Design, Routledge, published online 26 November 2019.
Rouse, David and Ignacio Bunster-Ossa. “Landscape Planning, Design, and Green Infrastructure; Green Infrastructure: A Landscape Approach.” Published in Planning for Climate Change: A Reader in Green Infrastructure and Sustainable Design for Resilient Cities, Hamin, Elisabeth, Yaser Abunnasr, Robert L. Ryan, eds., pp. 273-281. New York: Routledge Press, 2018.
“Social Equity, Parks, and Gentrification.” Parks & Recreation Magazine, National Recreation and Park Association, July 2018.
“How to Plan for Autonomous Vehicles; Future Research Needs.” Published in Preparing Communities for Autonomous Vehicles, Jennifer Henaghan, ed., pp. 18-35. American Planning Association, 2018.
Reiner, Mark and David Rouse. “Dependency model: reliable infrastructure and the resilient, sustainable, and livable city.” Journal of Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure, Volume 3, Issue 3, pp. 103-108, December 2017.
“Green Infrastructure and Park System Planning.” Great Urban Parks Campaign Briefing Paper 3, American Planning Association, 2017.
Wang, Na et. al. “Ten questions concerning future buildings beyond zero energy and carbon neutrality.” Building and Environment, Volume 119, pp. 169-182, July 2017 (contributing author).
Rouse, David and Shannon McElvaney. “Comprehensive Planning and Geodesign.” PAS Memo, American Planning Association, March/April 2016.
McElvaney, Shannon and David Rouse. “Geodesign and the Future of Planning.” PAS Memo, American Planning Association, March/April 2015.
Godschalk, David R. and David C. Rouse. Sustaining Places: Best Practices for Comprehensive Plans (PAS Report 578). Chicago: American Planning Association, 2015.
“Green Infrastructure and Post-Disaster Recovery.” Planning for Post-Disaster Recovery Briefing Paper 10, American Planning Association, 2014.
Rouse, David C. and Ignacio Bunster-Ossa. Green Infrastructure: A Landscape Approach (PAS Report 571). Chicago: American Planning Association, 2013.
Templeton, Nancy and David Rouse. “The Role of Tree Preservation Ordinances in Green Infrastructure.” Zoning Practice, Volume 29, No. 9. American Planning Association, September 2012.
Godschalk, David R. and William R. Anderson. Sustaining Places: The Role of the Comprehensive Plan (PAS Report 567). Chicago: American Planning Association, 2012 (contributing author).
Hara, Mami and David Rouse. “Regulating Green: Is Your Municipality Promoting Green Infrastructure?” Zoning Practice, Volume 27, No. 9. American Planning Association, September 2010.
Rouse, David and Nancy Zobl. “Form-Based Development Codes.” Zoning Practice, Volume 21, No. 5. American Planning Association, May 2004.
Rouse, David, Todd Michael Chandler, and Jon Arason. “The 21st Century Comprehensive Plan.” Paper presented at the American Planning Association National Planning Conference, Seattle, April 1999. “A Values-Driven Approach to Comprehensive Planning.”Paper presented at the American Planning Association National Planning Conference, Boston, April 1998.