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A number of reports have been published over the past few years documenting evidence of decline in the northeastern US & the simultaneous migration of industry to the US "Sunbelt." In developing appropriate recommendations to planners, such studies invariably urge that localities or regions facing industrial out-migration arrest this activity by making themselves more suitable & attractive within the framework of a number of characteristic strategies. A critical examination is offered of some of the traditional strategies recommended by these reports. 2 Tables, 3 Figures. HA.

Recently, Adams and Tiesdell (2010), Tewdwr-Jones (2012) and Batty (2013) have outlined the importance of information and intelligence in relation to the mediation and management of land, property and urban consumers in the future city. Traditionally, the challenge for urban planners was the generation of meaningful and timely information. Today, the urban planners' challenge is no longer the timely generation of urban data, rather, it is in relation to how so much information can be exploited and integrated successfully into contemporary spatial planning and governance. The paper investigates this challenge through a commentary on two City Information Modelling (CIM) case studies at Northumbria University, UK. This commentary is grouped around four key themes, Accessibility and availability of data, accuracy and consistency of data, manageability of data and integration of data. It is also designed to provoke discussion in relation to the exploitation and improvement of data modelling and visualisation in the urban planning discipline and to contribute to the literature in related fields. The paper concludes that the production of information, its use and modelling, can empower urban planners as they mediate and contest state-market relations in the city. However, its use should be circumspect as data alone does not guarantee delivery of a sustainable urban future, rather, emphasis and future research should be placed upon interpretation and use of data.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- 1. Introduction -- Why This Publication Was Prepared and How to Use It -- The Sources of Our Ethics -- Internal -- External -- The Role of the Planning Commission in Establishing the Ethical Climate -- How to Recognize an Ethical Planner -- Tools for Learning about Ethics -- Reading and Responding to the Scenarios -- Sample Scenario (What Are You Willing to Do to Keep Your Job?) -- How to React to a Possible Ethical Lapse -- Procedures under the Code of Ethics -- Using the Scenarios -- As a Reader -- In Workshops -- A Word about the Moderator -- Is It Worth the Effort to Try and Uphold Ethical Principles? -- 2. Scenarios -- When the Planning Director Wants Affordable Housing -- Temporary Toilets -- Using the Zoning Ordinance to Eliminate Feeding Programs for the Homeless -- Public Decision-Making without Public Input -- Planner Wonders If Community Understands Development's Potential Impact -- Where Have All the Affordable Rental Houses Gone? -- Being Responsive to Hispanic Community Values -- A Simple Office Conversion -- Annexation Analysis Blues -- Sending the Sex Shops Next Door -- Street Vendors vs. Corporate America -- Balancing Compassion and Enforcing the Sign Ordinance -- Moving the Airport -- Annual Birthday Dinner -- Developer Offers Summer Employment to Planner's Children -- Being Offered Confidential Information -- When an Appointed Official Seeks Permit Approval -- Planner Suspects Developer Influence on Planning Commissioners -- No Home for Group Homes -- Making Time for Planning on the Planning Commission Agenda -- Off-the-Job Social Relationships Affecting On-the-Job Performance -- Senior Planner Questions Competence of Director -- Do You Have a Duty to Report and Publicize Suspicious Conduct? -- Doing Outside Professional Work on Office Time