Design, Construction and Planning
Florida Center for Innovative Communities
Led by Kathryn Frank · Urban and Regional Planning
What we study
Dr. Frank's lab studies sustainability and resilience in urban and rural areas, using community engagement and action research to test new methods for environmental and social planning.
What working here is like
- Fieldwork
- Surveys & interviews
- Papers
- 5
Recent papers, explained
- What Happened to Rural Community and Regional Development? The Evolution of a Planning Idea
2024 · Journal of Planning History
Traces how rural planning shifted to focus on urban areas.
- TVA and the Grass Roots at 75: The Legacy of a Planning Classic
2023 · Journal of Planning Literature
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- Reviving the Cultural Dimension of Rural Regional Planning: Lessons from Howard W. Odum and the Cultural Regionalists
2022 · Planning Theory & Practice
Explores how cultural planning shaped regional thinking in the 1920s.
- Bringing Rurality Back to Planning Culture
2021 · Journal of Planning Education and Research
Analyzes urban bias in planning culture and suggests ways to include rural areas in planning.
- Gainesville’s Forgotten Neighborhood
2021 · Journal of the American Planning Association
Examines how planners shaped narratives in a minority neighborhood.
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How to reach out
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