A Review of “Miami: Mistress of the Americas”

Coastal zone management arose as a response to pervasive conflict between the increasingly well-recognized environmental values of the coastal zone and various development activities. In enacting the 1972 federal Coastal Zone Management Act, Congress explicitly called for a balancing of developmental and environmental concerns, leaving the states and territories considerable leeway in how the balance would be struck. The result has been great variation among the states both in the methods of weighing environmental and developmental objectives and in the emphasis given to each in implementation.     

Comment on “Neighborhood Revitalization and Displacement: A Review of the Evidence”

The issue of neighborhood revitalization and displacement certainly does have a déjà vu quality to it. While government officials, academic housing analysts, and even neighborhood groups seem to approach the problem as if it were a brand new phenomenon, in reality the recent history of displacement under urban renewal, the interstate highway system, and other government programs is very relevant. What is remarkable in the spate of literature that recently has emerged on the issue—of which Sumka's article is quite representative—is the failure to acknowledge that history and the lessons it might offer.     

A Review and Evaluation of China''''s Policy for Development of Small Towns

The development of small towns is themost conspicuous phenomenon in the rapidurbanization in China in recent years.From1978 to 1985,China's urban population in-creased by 200 millions,among which thetown population increased by 62.4 per cent.     

A Review of “Urban Design and People”

Existing environmental impact statements have failed to consider many possible onshore impacts associated with offshore oil and gas recovery from the Baltimore Canyon. They have also ignored the cumulative effects of other coastal zone energy proposals.

By providing an overview of problems which have arisen elsewhere, the Scottish North Sea experience can supply valuable alternative inputs to the planning process in Middle Atlantic states. Since strategic planning goals may be superseded by the need to meet rapidly changing short-term demands, a comprehensive management program that includes facilities inventories, site acquisition, hazard guidelines, and identification of priority investment zones is necessary.     

A Review of “Capital in the Twenty-First Century”

This article portrays basic socioeconomic information now provided by the Bureau of the Census concerning the characteristics of those who become planners and the distribution of these characteristics throughout the occupation. Focus is on the actual numbers of urban and regional planners within the United States, their sex, race, age, formal education, yearly earnings, and place of employment.     

A Review of “How to House the Homeless”

Gender is both an archetypal and adaptive dimension of the urban condition and, thus, remains a key moving target for planning practitioners and scholars alike. This is especially true of women's growing, if not revolutionary, involvement in the economy. A familiar exception is the trip linking work and home, which has been consistently and persistently shorter for women than men. That said, new reports suggest that the gender gap in commuting time and distance may have quietly vanished in some areas. To explore this possibility, I use panel data from the American Housing Survey to better measure and explain commute trends for the entire United States from 1985 through 2005. They overwhelmingly indicate that differences stubbornly endure, with men's and women's commuting distances converging only slowly and commuting times diverging. My results also show that commuting times are converging for all races, especially for women, and women's trips to work by transit are dwindling rapidly. Thus sex continues to play an important role explaining travel, housing, and labor market dynamics, with major implications for planning practice.