Week 11: Ethics in Planning: Codes of Conduct

The American Planning Association (APA), the APA’s professional institute – the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP), and the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) are the main professional bodies that governs the planning discipline, promotes education, and research in planning in the United States. In Planning, most practitioners are guided by the AICP […]

Week 10: Copyright Issues in the age of Open Access

In the digital age, copyright issues are amplified through unlimited access to information and unrestricted, open social media outlets/platforms (e.g. Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn, Wikipedia, etc.), that give universal access. In academia in general, and for students in particular, nothing has changed on the standards required in class projects, writing papers and articles for an educational use. What I think […]

WEEK 9: Final Research Project – Ethics in Planning: A Review of the AICP Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct

For the final research project, I want to conduct a critical review of the American Institute of Certified Planners – AICP Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct as it relates to research integrity in the urban planning profession. As a professional planning practitioner (transportation planner) with a career goal of becoming planning researcher (applied research), […]

People-Centered Design: An Alternative View of Resilience Planning and Urban Management

The forgotten issue of disasters, vulnerability, and resilience of Cities, which until recently, I would argue were an after-thought in the context of planning and urban management. In transportation and infrastructure management, at least, resiliency is part of both operational and functional planning and system management of physical and cyber-systems. However, in practice, resiliency is […]
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