August/September 2008

Special Issue on Water

Green Infrastructure Rising
Best practices in stormwater management. A Planning Practice story by Steven Wise.

Spigot to Spigot
Philip Wenz explores the frontiers of wastewater recycling. Wendy Lyons Sunshine provides a Texas example in a sidebar.

Sidebar: A Finer Filter

Saving a Shared Asset
Joe MacDonald and David Beach describe efforts to protect Lake Erie's watersheds.

Oyster As Superhero
Sandra Martin explains why the bivalve could save Chesapeake Bay.

On Edge
Vanessa Ahern tours developments near New York City's water source in the Catskills.

Half Empty or Half Full?
The West is thirsty and booming. The East is surprisingly dry. Stories by Allen Best and Cynthia Barnett.

Sidebar: Shortage in a Land of Plenty

Dam Yanking
Old structures are coming down — but not necessarily without a fight. Paul Shigley reports.

In the Same Boat
The Dutch float ideas for helping New Orleans and vice versa. Ruth Knack describes a two-nation approach to delta urbanism. Read a web-only Q&A with V.J. (Han) Meyer.

Our Imperiled Oceans and Coasts
Jeff Herlitz tells how experts are tackling the biggest cleanup job of all.

News
St. Louis Arch, New Jersey affordable housing.

Legal Briefs
Public hearing ejection, mobile home placement.

Letters
Design skills, Big Dig.

Planners Library
Ecological planning, global warming.

Research You Can Use
Reid Ewing discusses Donald Shoup's upcoming JPER article about graduated density zoning.

Viewpoint
The broader meaning of water.

Cover: The Gila River in southeastern Arizona. After joining the Colorado River in southwestern Arizona, it ultimately flows into the Sea of Cortez. Photo courtesy Arizona Department of Water Resources.