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10 days until TechniCity
The increasing availability of networks, sensors and mobile technologies allows for new approaches to address the challenges that our cities face. The way we understand cities is undergoing sweeping transformation, right along with the analytical tools we use to design … Continue reading
City Research Genome Project
This project will map the scholarly products (books, book chapters, journal articles, etc.) of all 850+ academics currently teaching and researching in city planning programs in the U.S. The map is constructed by connecting co-cited materials to illustrate the network … Continue reading
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CityWorks (X)po
Tom Sanchez talks about technology and cities at CityWorks (X)po in Roanoke, VA.
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
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
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