Hey I added two articles, ONE from which you can choose from.
– https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-09-15…
– https://shelterforce.org/2021/09/17/on-housing-dem…
Urban Planning in the News assignment: (10 points): Planning issues are being discussed and decided every day! Our local governments make decisions about zoning, land use, transportation, and building requirements. There are decisions/discussions about public subsidies, development plans, whether to build a new stadium somewhere or put a sewage treatment plant somewhere else.
For this assignment, you will find a newspaper or magazine article that discusses a current planning issue of your choice (blog posts may be appropriate if it’s a credible blog. This could be something local, regional, national or international. You will write a 900 word (or longer) essay that summarizes the article you’ve read and highlights its connections to planning issues we have studied. I
Make sure the article you are writing about is either linked to or attached to your paper. If you are providing a link, make sure the link works
Outline for the paper:
1. intro paragraph (what topic will you address and why did you choose it?)
2. Summarize article (what is it about?)
3. Discuss planning issue in article and how it relates to topics in our class. Be sure to cite at least one source other than the article you are summarizing.
4. Wrap-up/conclusion.
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