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The Invisibility Of Code Enforcement In Planning Praxis: The Case Of Informal Housing In Southern California, Jake Wegmann, Jonathan P. Bell Jun 2016

The Invisibility Of Code Enforcement In Planning Praxis: The Case Of Informal Housing In Southern California, Jake Wegmann, Jonathan P. Bell

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In this article, Jake Wegmann and Jonathan Pacheco Bell argue that more and better engagement with working class neighborhoods and communities of color are urgent imperatives for the planning profession. Drawing on a survey, interviews, and their professional experiences with the informal housing market in Southern California, they show that, although much of this work is managed by code enforcement officers, the planning profession largely holds code enforcement at arms’ length. Wegmann and Bell show that ending the estrangement between code enforcement and planning would offer numerous benefits including inculcating cultural competence in planners, addressing vexing issues such as housing …

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Streetplan: Hacking Streetmix For Community-Based Outreach On The Future Of Streets, William W. Riggs, Michael R. Boswell, Ryder Ross Jun 2016

Streetplan: Hacking Streetmix For Community-Based Outreach On The Future Of Streets, William W. Riggs, Michael R. Boswell, Ryder Ross

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Riggs, Boswell and Ross describe their pilot street design project deploying Streetplan, a version of the opensource tool Streetmix. As part of the City of San Luis Obispo downtown revisioning project, their efforts inform the process, currently underway, of revising the Downtown Vision Concept Plan. The project was presented at the 2016 Code for America Summit.

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Cover Jun 2016

Cover

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No abstract provided.

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Earning A Livelihood From One's Home: The Castillo Ladies Of San Miguel De Allende, Hemalata C. Dandekar Jun 2016

Earning A Livelihood From One's Home: The Castillo Ladies Of San Miguel De Allende, Hemalata C. Dandekar

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The CRP Field Trip to San Miguel Allende in August 2016 revealed several facets of Mexican urbanism, including social histories that helped to reveal the city’s development. In this article, Professor Hemalata Dandekar describes one such enriching experiences, noting its implications for planning.

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The Connection Between Neighborhood Walkability And Life Longevity In A Midsized City, William W. Riggs, John Gilderbloom Jun 2016

The Connection Between Neighborhood Walkability And Life Longevity In A Midsized City, William W. Riggs, John Gilderbloom

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Riggs and Gilderbloom discuss a study for Louisville, KY that confirms the relationship between walkability and health, offering lessons for similar urban areas. Investigating years of projected life lost as it relates to neighborhood walkability, they found that more walkable areas are predictors of longevity. The study suggests that the trend toward longer lifespan may be connected to gentrification-related displacement and racial homogenization in walkable neighborhoods. The findings can help shape urban design policies and interventions that support physical activity.

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Learning From California: Highlights Of Crp Studios 2015/2016 Ay, Hemalata C. Dandekar Jun 2016

Learning From California: Highlights Of Crp Studios 2015/2016 Ay, Hemalata C. Dandekar

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Dr. Hemalata Dandekar highlights the studio projects from both BSCRP and MCRP programs during the 2015-16 academic year. The studios are fundamental in the learn-by-doing pedagogy embraced by the department, and they help shape students into professionals that are fully engaged with their communities.

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New Nature: A Photographic Essay, Gary C. Dwyer Jun 2016

New Nature: A Photographic Essay, Gary C. Dwyer

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Gary Dwyer is an internationally accomplished educator, landscape architect and artist in a variety of landscape, sculpture and photographic genres. His photographic assignments have sent him worldwide, including climbing expeditions in the Himalayas and a UNESCO assignment to photograph World Heritage Sites in Vietnam. He was a Resident Artist at the American Academy in Rome in 2005. In this contribution to FOCUS, Gary’s images provoke us to think about the collisions between environmental and cultural values.

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"Toward An Urban Design Manifesto" Revisited, Ivor Samuels Jun 2016

"Toward An Urban Design Manifesto" Revisited, Ivor Samuels

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“Toward an Urban Design Manifesto”, co-authored by Donald Appleyard and Allan Jacobs in the early 1980s, was highly influential in how we understand urbanism in the XXI century. Like other seminal documents, it represented the paradigm shift from modernism to contemporary planning and urban design. Professor Ivor Samuels, an international expert on urban morphology and urban design who often contributes to FOCUS, discusses the Manifesto’s continuing revelance to European and wider contexts.

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Conversations With Alumni: Spotlight On Jimmy Ochoa And Orchid Monroy-Ochoa Jun 2016

Conversations With Alumni: Spotlight On Jimmy Ochoa And Orchid Monroy-Ochoa

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Urbanismo In Mexico, Ana Padilla Jun 2016

Urbanismo In Mexico, Ana Padilla

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In the summer of 2016, BSCRP junior Ana Padilla joined a group of Cal Poly architecture colleagues for a two-month study program in Mexico. Led by instructor Humberto Norton, the program was based at Los Arcos, an educational facility run by local architect Rafael Franco in San Miguel de Allende. Ana writes about her many learning experiences which made her realize how important travelling is for a planner’s education.

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Mobile Food Vendor Ordinance Prepared For The City Of Clovis, Ca, Thomas Koybayashi Jun 2016

Mobile Food Vendor Ordinance Prepared For The City Of Clovis, Ca, Thomas Koybayashi

City and Regional Planning

No abstract provided.

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Urban Design Vision For The Vista Del Sol Development, Gustavo Castro Jun 2016

Urban Design Vision For The Vista Del Sol Development, Gustavo Castro

City and Regional Planning

No abstract provided.

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Chiquita Ridge Specific Plan City Of Rancho Santa Margarita, Rachel Du Mont Jun 2016

Chiquita Ridge Specific Plan City Of Rancho Santa Margarita, Rachel Du Mont

City and Regional Planning

No abstract provided.

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Women's Shelters: Strategies To Empowerment, Rachel Raynor Jun 2016

Women's Shelters: Strategies To Empowerment, Rachel Raynor

City and Regional Planning

Working at a women’s social work site in Nicaragua, sparked my initial interest in researching and developing a typology of women’s shelters as an useful guide for determining and providing appropriate services. The goal is to create a typology that can be useful in determining what type of facility or shelter is the most effective for different women and the varying backgrounds and situations they are in. The desire to empower women was initiated by my first-hand experience in Nicaragua. There I saw many instances of intimate partner violence (IPV), as well as other, non-physical, forms of abuse. I never …

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Policy & Privilege In Photovoltaics: A Community Level Analysis In San Diego County, Rose M. Kelly Jun 2016

Policy & Privilege In Photovoltaics: A Community Level Analysis In San Diego County, Rose M. Kelly

Master's Theses

This research investigates the demographic and local government permit characteristics of communities with high levels of solar adoption in the San Diego Region. Utilizing a statistical model, this research illustrates which communities have been able to benefit from the current solar incentive programs in a robust market with an abundant solar resource. In San Diego, zip codes with large proportions of people over 65 have the highest correlation with high levels of residential solar adoption. This potentially illustrates that the life changes associated with retiring, including accumulated wealth, stable homeownership, and a fixed income, make residential solar systems accessible and …

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The Chorro Valley Trail From Cal Poly To Cuesta College, Nichole M. Garner Jun 2016

The Chorro Valley Trail From Cal Poly To Cuesta College, Nichole M. Garner

City and Regional Planning

No abstract provided.

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Complete And Lively Streets: Fostering Accessible And Vibrant Streets For Walking And Biking, Camille Jackson Jun 2016

Complete And Lively Streets: Fostering Accessible And Vibrant Streets For Walking And Biking, Camille Jackson

City and Regional Planning

No abstract provided.

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Arroyo Nuevo Specific Plan A Conceptual Plan For The Usa-Petrochem Refinery Site, Tanner Shelton Jun 2016

Arroyo Nuevo Specific Plan A Conceptual Plan For The Usa-Petrochem Refinery Site, Tanner Shelton

City and Regional Planning

No abstract provided.

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Time To Monitor Airbnb’S Impact On Dublin’S Housing Crisis, Lorcan Sirr Jun 2016

Time To Monitor Airbnb’S Impact On Dublin’S Housing Crisis, Lorcan Sirr

Media

A few weeks ago, I attended the Association for Law, Property and Society conference in Belfast. This event is normally held in America, so neither the US participants nor I knew the city. It was time for an experiment and, at £115 (€148) for a central two-bedroom apartment, Airbnb was cheaper than a hotel.

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Corridor Revitalization Program, Alan Ayon, Miriam Arias Jun 2016

Corridor Revitalization Program, Alan Ayon, Miriam Arias

City and Regional Planning

No abstract provided.

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Accessory Dwelling Units In College Towns: An Innovative Option To Increase Housing Supply For Students And Seniors, Emily Clare Foley Jun 2016

Accessory Dwelling Units In College Towns: An Innovative Option To Increase Housing Supply For Students And Seniors, Emily Clare Foley

City and Regional Planning

No abstract provided.

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Broad Street Plaza, Madison Lynn Busby, Jenny Nguyen Jun 2016

Broad Street Plaza, Madison Lynn Busby, Jenny Nguyen

Architectural Engineering

No abstract provided.

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2115 Broad Mixed Use Site Development, Garrett Finkelstein, Peter Inman Jun 2016

2115 Broad Mixed Use Site Development, Garrett Finkelstein, Peter Inman

Architectural Engineering

No abstract provided.

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Piedra Lumbre Visitors Center Master Plan, New Mexico Land Grant Council, Moises Gonzales, Geoffery Adams Jun 2016

Piedra Lumbre Visitors Center Master Plan, New Mexico Land Grant Council, Moises Gonzales, Geoffery Adams

Resource Center for Raza Planning (RCRP)

The Purpose of the Piedra Lumbre Visitors Center Master Plan is to provide findings regarding the existing site conditions of the center as well as inventory the physical structures located on the site. The Resource Center for Raza Planning located in the School of Architecture and Planning at the University of New Mexico was contracted by the New Mexico Land Grant Council to provide technical planning and design services in the area of land use planning, economic development, and architectural design. The Scope of work for the Piedra Lumbre Visitors Center was to develop a master plan for the former …

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Editorial Board Jun 2016

Editorial Board

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No abstract provided.

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Focus: The Journal Of Planning Practice And Education | Journal Of The City And Regional Planning Department | Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo | Volume 13 Jun 2016

Focus: The Journal Of Planning Practice And Education | Journal Of The City And Regional Planning Department | Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo | Volume 13

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No abstract provided.

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Learning From New Zealand: Disaster Risk And Emergency Management, Augustina E. Remedios, Justin Sauder Jun 2016

Learning From New Zealand: Disaster Risk And Emergency Management, Augustina E. Remedios, Justin Sauder

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Augustina Remedios and Justin Sauder, juniors at Cal Poly’s BSCRP program, had the opportunity to participate in a program on disaster risk and emergency management at New Zealand’s Massey University in the summer of 2016. Constantly affected by severe earthquakes types of natural disasters and other types of emergency, New Zealand and its governmental agencies offered our students a great learning opportunity in this fundamental field of city and regional planning. In this article, Augustina and Justin share their thoughts with us.

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Cartoon Corner Jun 2016

Cartoon Corner

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No abstract provided.

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The Impact Of Cargo Bikes On The Travel Patterns Of Women, Jana E. Schwartz Jun 2016

The Impact Of Cargo Bikes On The Travel Patterns Of Women, Jana E. Schwartz

Master's Theses

There are a number of issues preventing the rollout of cargo bikes as a transportation mode in the United States. One concern that has been raised is whether cargo bikes can function as a gender equitable transportation solution in the United States, given documented gender gaps in national bike riding statistics and ongoing inequities in childcare in 2-parent heterosexual households. The research is aimed at reviewing the practicality, enjoyment, and outcome of cargo bike use as a gender equitable transportation solution. This research contributes to new knowledge in gender equitable transportation in 2 ways — a) gender-focused analysis of survey …

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After The Paris Agreement: How India Can Use Climate Financing To Implement A Sustainable Clean Cookstove Program, Hannah Kornfeld Jun 2016

After The Paris Agreement: How India Can Use Climate Financing To Implement A Sustainable Clean Cookstove Program, Hannah Kornfeld

Master's Theses

The burning of biomass for cooking purposes without proper ventilation and filters poses a massive health and climate risk. Health implications from exposure to household air pollution from this type of fuel impacts women and children in many developing countries, who spend many hours a day cooking and gathering fuel. Climate implications from burning solid biomass results in increased carbon dioxide and black carbon emissions, which contribute to global climate change. This thesis aims to explore the issues associated with biomass cookstoves in terms of both health and climate, and seeks to understand how a new national clean cookstove program …

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