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The American Society of Adaptation Professionals (ASAP) supports and connects professionals to better prepare for climate change. ASAP helps members strengthen their professional network, exchange best...
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DOWNLOAD SOME FREE KNOWLEDGE Island Press began with a simple idea: knowledge is power—the power to imagine a better future and find ways for getting us there. Since our founding in 1984, Island Press’ mission has been to provide the best ideas and...
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Make your gift today There has never been a more urgent time to engage, educate, and mobilize the next generation of conservationists. Island Press is seeking support for the publication of Naturalist: A Graphic Adaptation ...
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For many people, planning is an attractive profession because it deals with a wide variety of subjects in contexts as diverse as the population of a community. Most planners work for public agencies, but some work in private firms, often with architects...
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Overview This chapter provides a brief outline of how a reader can become a professional planner or a member of a planning commission. Chapter 24, available only on the web, provides more information on how to enter the planning profession; it is...
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Overview This chapter discusses the values that drive planners and the ethical principles that should govern planning practice.
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Overview Economic development efforts in communities in the United States typically focus on bringing “economic base” jobs to the community – jobs that produce goods or services that are sold outside the community, so that they will help to bring new...
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Overview Planning can make communities safer. Techniques range from avoiding floodways and areas likely to be hit by landslides to designing around other natural hazards and creating human-built environments that discourage criminal activity. This...