Journal of the American Planning Association

Since 1935, the quarterly Journal of the American Planning Association has published research, commentaries, and book reviews useful to practicing planners, scholars, students, policy makers, and others interested in the planning profession.

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Volume 88, Number 1

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Planning for Emerging Infectious Disease Pandemics: Definitions, the Role of Planners, and Learning From the Avian Influenza Outbreak of 2004–2005

James Nguyen H. Spencer,David Marasco & Michelle Eichinger

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