Author Archives: Tom Sanchez

HPD Special Issue on the Community Development Block Grant Program Call for Abstracts

Given that 2014 is the 40th anniversary of the CDBG program, this is an opportune time to both take stock of the program’s evolution, accomplishments, shortcomings, and potential and propose program changes to better address the needs of low- and … Continue reading

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Equity Caucus at Transportation for America

On October 25th, Tom Sanchez, professor of Urban Affairs and Planning, participated on a panel on federal policy for transportation equity.  The event was held at the Pew Charitable Trust in Washington, DC and sponsored by PolicyLink and Transportation for … Continue reading

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Academic Visibility for Urban Planning and the Webometric Future

Draft paper for presentation at the 53rd Annual ACSP Conference, Cincinnati, OH. (Click here for paper). Abstract This paper argues that the traditional emphasis of scholarly communications, citation analysis, and faculty evaluation, limited to books, book chapters, and journal articles … Continue reading

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Planning as if People Matter: Governing for Social Equity

Planning as if People Matter: Governing for Social Equity Marc Brenman and Thomas W. Sanchez 224 pages | 24 photos and figures | 6 x 9 Metropolitan Planning + Design American communities are changing fast: ethnic minority populations are growing, … Continue reading

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2011 Journal Citation Reports Released

Housing Policy Debate‘s Impact Factor dropped in the latest release of Thomson Reuters JCR.  Most of this was due to the fact that HPD was not published in 2009, therefore, no articles could be cited.  This effects both the 2 … Continue reading

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Housing Policy Debate reduces turnaround time for authors from over 200 days to under 100 days in the past 2 years.

During the past two years, Housing Policy Debate has reduced the decision time to authors from an average of over 200 days to an average of under 100 days.  This is an important issue for scholars submitting their work to … Continue reading

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UCLA Complete Streets for California 2012 Conference

Equity Considerations: Complete Streets For Whom? Tom Sanchez – Professor and Chair, Urban Affairs and Planning, Virginia Tech (PPT) Sunyoung Yang – Senior Organizer and Researcher, Labor/Community Strategy Center, Bus Riders Union (PPT) Jackie Douglas – Director, LivableStreets Alliance (PPT … Continue reading

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America’s New Swing Region

The Mountain West—Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah—has become the new swing region in American politics. All signs point to these states, especially Colorado, Nevada and New Mexico, being crucial in the 2012 election. Unfortunately, the rise of … Continue reading

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Journal of Planning Literature

John L. Renne, Thomas W. Sanchez, and Todd Litman Carless and Special Needs Evacuation Planning: A Literature Review Journal of Planning Literature November 2011 26: 420-431, first published on October 10, 2011 doi:10.1177/0885412211412315

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Progressive Planner

Fall 2011 Transportation, Accessibility and Equity Feature Articles Public Transit’s Imperiled Future (153 KB) By Lisa Schweitzer Getting There: Putting Accessibility into Practice for Progressive Transportation Planning By Jonathan Levine and Joe Grengs What is Transportation Equity? By Tom Sanchez … Continue reading

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