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The Division has published serveal reports related to Regional and Intergovernmental Planning issues. These reports, as part of the termed "emerging trends in regional planning" are featured on this page and can be viewed below.
Division Reports include:
Sustainability Planning in Metropolitan Los Angeles: Products and Processes
CSO STRATEGIC TASKFORCE, LOS ANGELES COUNTY, IN COLLABORATION WITH THE RIPD
This is the first book to identify and summarize all of the sustainability plans affecting Metropolitan Los Angeles. While this policy handbook approaches sustainability through the lens of those within the Los Angeles city limits, it also provides pointers to sustainability plans in the other counties and key cities of metropolitan Los Angeles. It also helps to frame sustainability planning internationally, nationally, and throughout the state of California. Finally, it presents summaries of highly-regarded historical and social science interpretations of the importance of the Los Angeles region.
You can watch a webinar on this report here, or view the presentation here.
Creative Placemaking in Rail Transit Corridors
APA REGIONAL AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL PLANNING DIVISION HANDBOOK
This publication relies on case studies from eight metropolitan areas to generate a series of themes and considerations for communities seeking to pursue creative placemaking in a transportation context. It also includes an analysis of the information in the case studies and a review of literature providing an overview of the evolution of creative placemaking in the U.S.
You can watch a webinar on this report here.
Collaborative Planning For Climate Resilience
AN INTEGRATED SCIENCE-BASED FRAMEWORK FOR THE SAN DIEGO REGION
This report identifies ways that the overall integrated regional and local planning approach that applies to water resource planning and hazard mitigation planning can be expanded to address other critical climate-related topics, including public health, ecosystem impacts, infrastructure impacts, and environmental justice.
You can watch a webinar on this report here, or view presentations here.
Regional Water Planning for Climate Resilience
APA REGIONAL AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL PLANNING DIVISION POLICY HANDBOOK
In the current decade, water management professionals and comprehensive planners have moved to a perspective that recognizes the need to consider how all aspects of water inter-relate — with one another and with other features of natural systems and the built environment.