Doug Walker

The memoir of a remarkable woman born in 1926 who was in the vanguard of many of society's changes through the 20th century and lived a varied, joyful life of purpose.

What does the future look like? Planners wrestle with this question daily as they strive to bring a community's vision of itself to life, in all its complexity. Here is an authoritative and accessible guide to a tool that combines 3-D visualization, data analysis and scenario building to let planners and citizens see the future impacts of a plan or development. The Planners Guide to CommunityViz is the first book to explain how to support planning projects with CommunityViz, GIS-based software that planners around the world are using to help decision-makers, professionals, and the public visualize, analyze, and communicate about development proposals, future growth patterns, and the outcome of particular plans or developments. It shows the planner which tools and techniques to use and how to use them for maximum effectiveness on planning projects large and small. Full of practical examples and case studies, the book shows how CommunityViz can enliven the comprehensive planning process from visioning, to public participation, to values mapping, to build-out analysis. Chapters show how to use CommunityViz to analyze zoning regulations, calculate the costs of community services, and evaluate development proposals requiring design review. In addition, it is applicable to transportation planning, natural-resource planning, land-development suitability assessment, and urban economic development analysis.

Whirlwind adventure and thought-provoking themes come together in this science fiction adventure about two worlds, four friends, and one impending disaster.34 Jet and 31 Stoke are bright young pilots from Earth of 2816, a stratified, authoritarian society where everyone lives in massive indoor cities. Kessa and Marta are close but contrasting sisters from the planet of New Gaia, a na ve, egalitarian, rural Eden with no cities at all. The sisters travel to Earth and meet Jet and Stoke just as a mysterious and deadly toxin begins to appear in the planet's food supply, threatening worldwide disaster. The crisis spins rapidly out of control and Earth's authorities try desperately to cover it up, but the four new friends discover the secret and find themselves in a heart-pumping race to evade police, navigate each other's strange worlds, find romance, and solve a scientific mystery in a do-or-die quest to save the planet.

What does the future look like? Planners wrestle with this question daily as they strive to bring a community's vision of itself to life, in all its complexity. Here is an authoritative and accessible guide to a tool that combines 3-D visualization, data analysis and scenario building to let planners and citizens see the future impacts of a plan or development. The Planners Guide to CommunityViz is the first book to explain how to support planning projects with CommunityViz, GIS-based software that planners around the world are using to help decision-makers, professionals, and the public visualize, analyze, and communicate about development proposals, future growth patterns, and the outcome of particular plans or developments. It shows the planner which tools and techniques to use and how to use them for maximum effectiveness on planning projects large and small. Full of practical examples and case studies, the book shows how CommunityViz can enliven the comprehensive planning process from visioning, to public participation, to values mapping, to build-out analysis. Chapters show how to use CommunityViz to analyze zoning regulations, calculate the costs of community services, and evaluate development proposals requiring design review. In addition, it is applicable to transportation planning, natural-resource planning, land-development suitability assessment, and urban economic development analysis.