03/09/2021, Filed Under: Lead StoryArticle 4: Development and Displacement: Single Family Home Demolitions in Central East Austin, 2007 to 2014 Sara McTarnaghan Abstract This paper analyzes the scale and character of home demolitions in East Austin since 2007 from a built environment approach. A documentation and analysis of home demolitions, construction, and resale in East Austin contextualizes the narrative of gentrification and reveals how that process is complicated through the… read more
03/09/2021, Filed Under: Lead StoryArticle 3: Preparing Planners for Economic Decline and Population Loss: An Assessment of North American Planning Curricula Maxwell Hartt Abstract Population shrinkage, demographic aging, and economic restructuring are leaving many cities in a state of decline. This paper examines the curricula of 94 accredited North American academic planning programs to gauge whether courses specific to these processes are being offered. Findings reveal that only 1% of institutions… read more
03/09/2021, Filed Under: Lead StoryArticle 2: Skopje, Macedonia, 1965 to 2014: In Search of a Modern European Capital Dr. Cynthia A. Lintz and Lauren Bulka Abstract In 1963, Skopje, the capital city of the Republic of Macedonia, suffered an earthquake that destroyed 80% of the building stock. Since then, the national government has worked to (re)develop and promote its national identity through the built environment of its capital… read more
