As if I don’t have enough to do, I’ve started an Antiplanning Database. Since a blog is really just a database, I thought that we could have a blog that had nothing but research papers, data, and other useful information.
As long as we can agree on a standard format, I would be glad to allow anyone, planner or antiplanner, who asked to post to this database. This would give everyone access to all the latest on-line research and reports on planning and antiplanning issues. As long as there are no copyright problems, I also want to upload all documents to the Thoreau Institute’s or American Dream Coalition’s web sites so we won’t have to worry about addresses changing and/or documents disappearing.
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So far I have only added a half-dozen documents to the database. But take a look at it, give me your comments on the format, and let me know if you would like to be added to the list of people who can post to the site.
Good idea. The template is fine, except I would not link directly to the author’s email address. Your categories in general need refinement; e.g. “planning disasters” is a not a label but a judgment, and more likely to come up as “disaster planning” on Google. “News Commentary” is not helpful at all.
You should also have the standard internet disclaimer re outside links as found on just about every gov’t or corporate website, with a easy link for an author to request deletion of his or her work.
Great idea. As one of your leading opponents in our rhetorical war of attrition, it is helpful to have key documents of the loyal opposition in one place without having to spend a lot of time digging. I do agree with Unowho that the more specific the categorical title, the less trouble and misinterpretation. A listing titled “Our Rhetorical Enemies” “The Loyal Opposition” “With Whom We Agree to Disagree” or something similar would be a tit for tat for my blog menu here.
Here are the categories I was going to use:
Automobiles
Congestion
Transit
Land use
Open space
Housing
Public lands
Have any other suggestions?
o Transportation
o Environmental health
o Subsidies
DS
A searchable knowledge base is a great idea.
I look forward to using it.
The more I thought about it, the more I liked the database idea.
I’m tentatively thinking that a “relocation guide chapter†may also be useful. There you could put statistical, planning related, data for various cities like, for example, the economic research by UW economist Theo Eicher on the cost of planning that you referenced in your 2/15/08 post.
With some further analysis on the data, one could then start to compile a few “Government Planning Coercion Indexes†and perhaps even an overall “City Planning Coercion Indexâ€Â. Similar to the Economic Freedom in the World Indexes published by several think tanks.
States that mandate that their cities do prescriptive planning would probably not score very high, but even having a quick reference as to which states do so would be helpful for individuals to make decisions when relocating.
More than any endless philosophical blogging debate, these indices may provide a useful and practical tool to let individuals decide where they want to live / move next.
That way, individuals will move and, why not, perhaps even split along ideological lines. Those who prefer freedom can choose the less coercively planned cities. Those that prefer mandatory participation to higher noble societal causes, can move into the more prescriptively planned cities. That way we can all have our paradise. Also those who possibly change their minds will be able to move from one environment to the other.