Category Archives: Institute

PlaceMatters’ Work Published in Journal of Conservation Biology

By Jocelyn Hittle | Published: April 18, 2013

Since an important focus of PlaceMatters’ work is informed decision-making (and the technical tools this sometimes requires), I thought I’d share some more detail on one of our past projects, partly because the work–integrating ecosystem and hazard data into traditional planning– was recently published in the Journal of Conservation Biology. Co-authored by Patrick Crist of [...]

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PlaceMatters Blog Roundup: August 17, 2012

By Jacob Smith | Published: August 17, 2012

We’ve been on a Blog Roundup hiatus for a few months as we jam full speed ahead on projects in Mississippi, Chattanooga, Erie, Albany, Seattle, Hawaii, Virginia, Arkansas, Denver, and Tennessee, with a healthy dose of conference presentations and training workshops for good measure. But we’re back in the Blog Roundup Saddle … OpenPlans describes [...]

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Planning 3.0: The Singularity is Near?

By Jason Lally | Published: May 8, 2012

Okay, it’s time I spill out some conceptual notions I’ve been playing with for a bit in my head because they do less good there and it’s really not fun having a conversation with yourself.  I’d like to start a conversation with you (blogger, tweeter, couch sitter, professional planner, whoever you are).  Some of these [...]

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Participation by Design: The Deliberative Initiative (Returning Direct Democracy to the People)

By Jacob Smith | Published: May 1, 2012

This post, by guest blogger James Fishkin, is the sixteenth in a slightly-more-than-a-month-long series on the impressive diversity of participatory decision-making tools that communities can use for land use plans, transportation plans, sustainability plans, or any other type of community plan. Our guest bloggers are covering the gamut, from low-tech to high-tech, web-based to tactile, [...]

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Opening Access to Scenario Planning Tools and a Changing Planning Paradigm

By Jason Lally | Published: April 24, 2012

Having come off of a really great APA 2012 in Los Angeles, I’m very excited about the energy and momentum building for some of the topics I’ve devoted a lot of my professional and personal energy to.  One of my main roles at PlaceMatters is to open up the tools available in planning by supporting [...]

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Participation by Design: Total Engagement

By Jacob Smith | Published: April 13, 2012

This post, by guest blogger Nick Bowden, is the fifteenth in a month-long series on the impressive diversity of participatory decision-making tools that communities can use for land use plans, transportation plans, sustainability plans, or any other type of community plan. Our guest bloggers are covering the gamut, from low-tech to high-tech, web-based to tactile, [...]

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Participation by Design: Using Story in Community Planning

By Jacob Smith | Published: April 11, 2012

This post, by guest blogger Ariana McBride, is the fourteenth in a month-long series on the impressive diversity of participatory decision-making tools that communities can use for land use plans, transportation plans, sustainability plans, or any other type of community plan. Our guest bloggers are covering the gamut, from low-tech to high-tech, web-based to tactile, [...]

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Participation by Design: Community Planning … A New App for Collaborative Geodesign

By Jacob Smith | Published: April 9, 2012

This post, by guest blogger Matt Baker, is the thirteenth in a month-long series on the impressive diversity of participatory decision-making tools that communities can use for land use plans, transportation plans, sustainability plans, or any other type of community plan. Our guest bloggers are covering the gamut, from low-tech to high-tech, web-based to tactile, [...]

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Participation by Design: Hacking for Good (and Profit)

By Jason Lally | Published: April 6, 2012

This post, by PlaceMatters blogger Jason Lally, is the twelfth in a month-long series on the impressive diversity of participatory decision-making tools that communities can use for land use plans, transportation plans, sustainability plans, or any other type of community plan. Our guest bloggers are covering the gamut, from low-tech to high-tech, web-based to tactile, [...]

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