Focus is an online, open access journal published annually by the Department of City & Regional Planning at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo since 2004. The journal is dedicated to the professional practice of city planning and urban design, publishing peer-reviewed research, case studies, exceptional student projects and opinion and editorial pieces each year. Its key mission is to keep professionals, students, and alumni informed about recent and changing planning issues. Focus has won several awards of excellence since its inception, including recognition from the American Planning Association and the Urban Land Institute.
Current Issue: Volume 15, Issue 1 (2019)
Full Issue
Front Matter
A Note from the Department Head
Michael R. Boswell
Notes from the Editor
Vicente del Rio
A Planner's Perspective: Retirement
Chris Clark
Special
City and Regional Planning Department 50th Anniversary
William Howard, Linda C. Dalton, William Siembieda, and Hemalata C. Dandekar
Resilient Design Symposium: State of the Art & Emerging Issues for the Built Environment
William Siembieda and Margot McDonald
Peer Reviewed Contributions
Essays
Form-Based Design Standards for Smaller Communities
Randall Arendt
From Food Consumption to Eating Awareness
Barbara Ribeiro
Attitudes Toward Preservation and Management of Historic Religious Sites: A Study of Three Missions in California
Daniel Levi and Vicente del Rio
Streets are Not Enough: The Introverted Block as a Neglected Type
Ivor Samuels and Anna A. Kantarek
Lost Spaces as Hidden Assets: A Reflection on a Current Design Issue
Torina Wilson and Amir Hajrasouliha
Some Thoughts on Urban Sketching
Filipa O. Antunes
Variations on City Form
Carlos Almeida
Faculty and Student Work
Designing for a Driverless Future in Downtown San Luis Obispo
Amir Hajrasouliha, Erik Anderson, Miles Barker, Kent Harrison, Edgar Hernandez, Sarah Howland, Madilyn Jacobsen, Justin Klaparda, Erin Kraft, Cara Meche, Mark Pasanen, Leeza Segal, Dustin Stiffler, Elizabeth Yee, and Qijun Zeng
Urban Water Scarcity in Sana'a, Yemen
Aliza Herzberg
Planning for Sea Level Rise: Redevelopment Concepts for San Francisco's Embarcadero
Hemalata C. Dandekar and Vicente del Rio
Envisioning a Future for Dinuba: Revitalizing Downtown and the Railroad Corridor
Vicente del Rio and Hemalata C. Dandekar
International Exchanges
Studying Urbanism in Copenhagen
Laura Traffenstedt and Justin Wong
Urban Design Workshop in Lisbon - Summer 2018
Vicente del Rio and Diogo Mateus
Spotlight
Conversations with Alumni: Ray Hashimoto
Ray Hashimoto
Conversations with Alumni: Kevin Valente
Kevin Valente
Cartoon Corner
Blaze Skyra and Eduardo (Dedé) Rocha
Back Matter
Editors
- Managing Editor
- Vicente del Rio
- Peer-Review Section Editor
- Amir Hajrasouliha
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