{"204911":{"#nid":"204911","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Richard E. Klosterman: Inconvenient Truths about Planning","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EProfessor Richard E. Klosterman\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EPresident \u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhat if?, Inc. Hudson, Ohio\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EProfessor Emeritus \u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPlanning, Geography and Urban Studies\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe University of Akron; Akron, Ohio\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPublic sector planning in the United States is in trouble. Planning agencies across the United States have closed or reduced their staffs, attendance at professional conferences has declined, and academic planning programs have closed or been combined with other departments. The current state of the profession is due in part to the impact of the Great Recession on government revenues and the effectiveness of a sophisticated and well-funded attack on government intervention in the market. However, it also reflects a fundamental weakness in the profession\u2019s ability to attract popular support in hard times. \u003Cbr \/\u003E This paper suggests that the profession\u2019s current state is partially the result of its failure to recognize five inconvenient truths about planning. It then draws on emerging views of planning to suggest five strategies, which recognize these realities and provide the foundations for more effective planning.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDick Klosterman will present his latest\u0026nbsp;paper that suggests that the profession\u2019s current state is partially the result of its failure to recognize five inconvenient truths about planning. It then draws on emerging views of planning to suggest five strategies, which recognize these realities and provide the foundations for more effective planning.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27714","created_gmt":"2013-04-05 21:46:41","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:03:11","author":"Kyle James","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2013-04-10T17:30:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2013-04-10T18:30:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2013-04-10T18:30:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2013-04-10 21:30:00","gmt_time_end":"2013-04-10 22:30:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2013-04-10 22:30:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"204901":{"id":"204901","type":"image","title":"Richard E. Klosterman","body":null,"created":"1449179967","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:59:27","changed":"1475894861","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:47:41","alt":"Richard E. Klosterman","file":{"fid":"196693","name":"klosterman.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/klosterman_1.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/klosterman_1.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":11395,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/klosterman_1.jpg?itok=O22HE02Y"}}},"media_ids":["204901"],"groups":[{"id":"1224","name":"School of City \u0026 Regional Planning"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"63461","name":"dick klosterman"},{"id":"63451","name":"richard klosterman"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJanet Peterson\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:janet.peterson@coa.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ejanet.peterson@coa.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}