Howard Blackson

Howard M. Blackson III, is an Urban Designer, author, lecturer, and aficionado of neighborhoods. He dabbled in the City of San Diego's Civic Innovation Lab for Bill Fulton; Directed Planning for PlaceMakers; Partnered with Chong | Partners and Stantec Architecture under Rick Drake, and has thoroughly valued every minute he has spent with Michael J. Stepner FAIA, FAICP, Geoff Dyer, Andres Duany, and the late Leon Krier.

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Conducting a climate adaptation audit

Here’s a list of 10 steps that communities can use to evaluate risks and adapt to climate calamities, using resilient planning principles.
HOWARD BLACKSONSEP. 4, 2025
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The 5 'Cs' of community planning

Complete, compact, connected, complex, and convivial describes everything that you want a neighborhood to be.
HOWARD BLACKSONOCT. 19, 2017