02/13/2021, Filed Under: VOLUMEVolume 17 Download With great pride in the results of last year’s Planning Forum re-boot, Volume 17 features work on the community revitalization provisions of Low Income Housing Tax Credit Texas allocation plans; a transregional scale of analysis for economic communities; the persistent issues of racial segregation, poverty concentration, and unequal access to opportunity in subsidized low-income rental housing in the United States; modernist architecture in Wroclaw, Poland; advice for planners aspiring to work from within a progressive political framework; and three book reviews, the first argues for a “new materialist” approach to planning; the second highlights the relevance of labor unionism for planners, and the third evaluates new material on smart cities. Planning Forum is an annual publication produced by graduate and doctoral students in the Department of Community and Regional Planning at The University of Texas at Austin. The journal has the mission statement: “To serve as a platform for emerging voices and new perspectives on the most pressing issues in planning.” Scholars, practitioners, activists, and writers of all kinds are welcome to submit. InquiresAuthorCommunity Revitalization Standards and the Low Income Housing Tax Credit Program in the State of TexasMegan RandallTransregional Communities and the Regional Economy: A Case Study of Development in the Chaoshan Region, ChinaRui ChenSubsidized Rental Housing in the United States: What We Know and What We Need to Learn in Three ThemesJake Wegmann & Karen Christensen Photo EssayModernist Architecture in Wroclaw, PolandMaciej Smoliński Special FeatureAdvice for Progressive PlannersJared Genova – Bo McCarver – Dave Sullivan – Beth Rosenbarger – Sherief Gaber Book ReviewsPlanning’s New Materialist Turn? A Review of Planning for a Material WorldStephen ZigmundAn Injury to One is an Injury to All: A Review of The Wobblies and The Industrial Workers of the World: Its First Hundred YearsRobert YoungThe Smart Way Forward: A Review of Smart Cities: A Spatialised IntelligencePatrick Russell Managing EditorsBrianna Garner Frey – Adam Ogusky – Martin Sinel Editorial BoardAmelia Adams – Warner Cook – Greg Griffin – Allison Long – Raksha – Vasudevan – Sam DayWoodruff – Stephen Zigmund Copy EditorMichelle Treviño Faculty AdvisorsDr. Michael Oden – Dr. Sandra Rosenbloom Financial SponsorMike Hogg Endowment for UrbanGovernance Cover ArtTom Rowlinson
