The Berkeley Planning Journal is a collaborative forum dedicated to advancing public-oriented and practice-engaged scholarship from the University of California, Berkeley’s Department of City & Regional Planning. Published in print and online as an open-access journal, the Berkeley Planning Journal convenes scholars, activists and practitioners to examine contemporary problems in the built environment and define the challenges they pose to established planning theory and method. Situated in the San Francisco Bay Area, we see the Bay as a living laboratory whose challenges directly inform how we understand and engage with planning issues. 

The Berkeley Planning Journal was founded in 1984 and continues to be run by students in the Department of City and Regional Planning at the University of California, Berkeley. 

Block by Block is the Berkeley Planning Journal’s blog that aims to capture experimental or “B-side” takes on planning-related issues from the Berkeley planning community. It serves as a platform to showcase student work and perspectives, and to reflect the diverse tapestry of voices that make up the broader Berkeley planning community.