Category: Lincoln Institute of Land Policy

August 24, 2020

Q & A: Natural Disaster Recovery Experts on Responding to COVID-19

COVID-19 has presented new challenges for leaders at all levels, forcing many to reconsider their emergency management processes. What are the impacts of the current public health crisis on disaster preparedness and community planning, and what will it take to...

August 19, 2020

New from Our Distributed Presses! Science with Street Value, Creative Industries in Syria, How to Use Exploratory Scenario Planning (XSP) and More!

Our weekly list of new books is now available! ibidem Press Science with Street Value A Physicist’s Wanderings off the Beaten Track Theodore Modis In his groundbreaking book, Predictions: Society’s Telltale Signature Reveals the Past and Forecasts the Future, Theodore...

July 24, 2020

Book Excerpt! Design With Nature Now

“This exceptional book presents the enduring wisdom of Ian McHarg to a new generation. His insights, freshly interpreted in the pages of landscape designs and drawings, give me hope for the future of our planet.” ~Bruce Babbitt, Former U.S. Secretary...

July 22, 2020

Design with Nature Now and the Pandemic

By Frederick Steiner

“Like Ian McHarg’s classic Design with Nature, this beautiful and fulsome reprise of his earlier work inspires us with its sheer virtuosity. Yes, it looks back at the pioneering work of McHarg but, much more, it elucidates contemporary challenges with...

May 14, 2020

Q&A: Robert Goodspeed on Scenario Planning for Cities and Regions

COVID-19 has introduced countless uncertainties into our lives. To prepare for the future, organizations ranging from hospitals to school districts to transit agencies, are using scenario planning, a framework for creating and analyzing multiple plausible versions of the future. In this interview with scenario planning expert Robert Goodspeed, he...

April 15, 2020

New from Our Distributed Presses!

Our weekly list of new books is now available! Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Scenario Planning for Cities and Regions Managing and Envisioning Uncertain Futures Robert Goodspeed This book offers the first in-depth examination of scenario planning. This urban and...

April 4, 2020

What’s New From the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy

Welcome back to our UAA Virtual Booth! We’re excited to hear from Maureen Clark and Emma Zehner, representing the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, one of our distributed presses, as they introduce two exciting new books for the urban studies...

February 19, 2020

New from Our Distributed Presses!

Our weekly list of new books is now available! Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Design with Nature Now Edited by Frederick Steiner, Richard Weller, Karen M’Closkey, and Billy Fleming In 1969, Ian McHarg’s seminal book Design with Nature set forth a new...

February 3, 2020

Columbia University Press Welcomes the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy

Columbia University Press is proud to welcome the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy as one of our distributed presses. Complementing our strengths in critical political engagement and sustainability in public policy, this remarkable publisher is at the forefront of integrating...