land use <-> politics

From: Marc Alan Howlett 
Reply-to: Marc Alan Howlett 
To: The dcrp-students mailing list 
Date: Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 3:27 PM
Subject: [dcrp-students] Oct. 20 brown bag: The Politics of Urban Form
 
> The Politics of Urban Form:
> Density, Voting and Implications for Planning

> Monday, October 20th
> 12:30 to 1:30
> New East, Room 102

> Marc Alan Howlett
> Doctoral Student
> Department of City and Regional Planning

> As the Presidential Election rapidly approaches it is a pertinent
> time to think and talk about the connections between politics and
> planning. This presentation will argue that there is a strong
> relationship between urban form and voting outcomes, with population
> density serving as a general measurement for urban form.

> The talk will address:

> 1) What is the relationship between politics, planning and population density?
> 2) Why planning and policy decisions often contain political ramifications.
> 3) Why efforts to increase population densities are so hotly contested.
> 4) The connections between zoning, land use regulations, the market and politics.

> Please join me for this lunchtime talk and discussion.