Bless Me, Ultima
Our new tradition, on the Bedrosian Bookclub, is to read a witchy book for the month of October. This year … We’re taking a look at the coming of age novel, Bless Me, Ultimaby Rudolfo Anaya. This is the story of Antonio Marez, a six year old boy caught between Read more…
Planning for AuthentiCITIES
What is authenticity in a community? What is an authentic community? In a world which never stops changing, growing, evolving … how can planners take up the challenge of authenticity? Host Lisa Schweitzer talks with editors Brettany Shannon and Laura Tateof the new book Planning for AuthentiCITIESabout the challenge and how Read more…
Radical Markets
In Radical Markets, Eric A. Posner and E. Glen Weyl envision new rules for markets in order to limit the tyranny of monopolies and majority rule. Their aim, with 5 revolutionary ideas to cure what they see as the most important issue of our time: inequality.
What are some of these “radical” ideas, and does our panel think they are the revolutionary ideas we need?
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Radical Markets
In Radical Markets, Eric A. Posner and E. Glen Weyl envision new rules for markets in order to limit the tyranny of monopolies and majority rule. Their aim, with 5 revolutionary ideas to cure what they see as the most important issue of our time: inequality. What are some of Read more…
Is the cemetery dead? Sloane examines new trends in ‘planning for death’
Inspired by his forthcoming book Is the Cemetery Dead?, Sloane was the featured speaker for the March 12 USC Price Conversation in New York, addressing Price alumni and current students, as well as SEO Scholars from local high schools. He gave a poignant, personal talk that encompassed changing American attitudes about cremation to how to support friends who are grieving.
Urban Design in Our Time of Crisis: A Revolution Waiting to Happen
by Raphael Bostic We may—or may not—be on the brink of a housing revolution. You may not have noticed yet, but this moment is an opportunity. Whether we seize it is entirely up to us. It reminds me a bit of the wonderful work by the economist Alexander Field. In his Read more…
How could the new NFL stadium transform Inglewood?
Raphael Bostic spoke to KPCC’s Take Two about the plans for the new stadium in Inglewood. “Well I think the biggest question is can this stadium, by itself, create the positive change everyone in the city is hoping for. The reason there is a question is because there’s a fair amount Read more…
Five minutes with Liz Falletta
by Patricia Quintero Estades The Bedrosian Center recently sat down with one of our new faculty affiliates for this school-year year, Liz Falletta, to talk about her current research on design and multi-family housing in LA. Professor Falletta is a licensed architect who teaches design skills in both the urban planning and Read more…
LA2B or Not to be: Mobility Plan 2035’s Prospects and Pitfalls
View photos of the event here. View the full video here. The USC Price Urban Growth Seminar and the Bedrosian Center invite you and a panel of experts to discuss the significance, prospects, and pitfalls of Los Angeles’s Mobility Plan 2035 which sets forth a new vision of mobility for all modes of transportation Read more…
Michael Maltzan: Bridging Society and Culture in LA’s Infrastructure
by Justine Dodgen Those who commute through downtown may have noticed the construction underway in the Arts District. The City of Los Angeles is busy creating alternative routes in preparation for the imminent rebuilding of the Sixth Street Viaduct, the iconic bridge in downtown L.A. that has been the backdrop of many Read more…
Congratulations to Lisa Schweitzer, winner of ACSP Marcia M. Feld Award
Professor Lisa Schweitzer has been selected to receive the 2015 Marcia M. Feld Leadership Award given biannually by the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP). This award recognizes individuals for outstanding leadership to ACSP. Professor Schweitzer chaired the ACSP Faculty Women’s Interest Group from 2010 to 2013, energizing that Read more…
Schweitzer’s new review of Majoritarian Cities by Neil Kraus
Lisa Schweitzer, Associate Professor and Bedrosian Center faculty affiliate, reviewed the book Majoritarian Cities: Policy Making and Inequality in Urban Politics by Neil Kraus in the latest issue of the Journal of the American Planning Association. “What drives local policy decisions? In Majoritarian Cities: Policy Making and Inequality in Urban Read more…
LA to Vegas bullet train could move ahead with help from Chinese rail company
Lisa Schweitzer, Associate Professor and Bedrosian Center faculty affiliate, spoke with KPCC’s Meghan McCarty today about an LA to Vegas high speed train. Regulatory approvals could be sticky: “It’s California,” she said. “It’s hard to build a house here let alone high-speed rail.” She said while getting the cash and expertise Read more…
Sloane, colleagues win planning journal’s most innovative paper award
USC Price School of Public Policy Professor David Sloane and Price PhD alumni Ellen Shiau and Bryce Lowery won an award for co-authoring the most innovative paper to appear in the academic journal Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design for 2014. Titled “The Prospects and Problems of Integrating Sketch Read more…
A Los Angeles Plan to Reshape the Streetscape Sets Off Fears of Gridlock
Lisa Schweitzer, Associate Professor and Bedrosian Center faculty affiliate, spoke with The New York Times about the new Los Angeles’s new transportation plan: Mobility Plan 2035. Some of the initial reactions have been that increasing balance for all modes of transportation will create more gridlock. Schweitzer said, ““Even if more people Read more…
Congratulations Dr. Schweitzer
The Best Paper published in 2014 Journal of the American Planning Association has been chosen and the winning paper is by our own Lisa Schweitzer, Bedrosian Faculty and Associate Professor here at the Sol Price School of Public Policy: “Planning and social media; A case study of public transit and stigma on Twitter.” Read more…
Lisa Schweitzer : New article in Journal of the American Planning Association
Lisa Schweitzer. Planning and Social Media: A Case Study of Public Transit and Stigma on Twitter. Journal of the American Planning Association: Vol. 80, No. 3, 2014, pp. 218-238. Abstract Problem, research strategy, and findings: How media portray public transit services can affect the way voters and stakeholders think about future transit Read more…
Examining Strategic Sustainability Plans and Rigorous Sustainability Actions in California Cities
Bedrosian Center Research Presentations: Yan Tang October 27, 2014 View the full video here. View photos of the event here. View the transcript here. Professor Shui-Yan Tang and Dr. Myungjung Kwon will present findings from their study: Examining Strategic Sustainability Plans and Rigorous Sustainability Actions in California Cities. They look at Read more…