PLOTS & PLANS
by Rawnak N. Zaman
URBAN PLANNER/
RESEARCHER

Hello, I’m Rawnak.*

I grew up in Queens and have since studied and worked in three more boroughs of New York City. A desire to better understand the mechanisms that govern the place that raised me led me to graduate school in planning and an enduring interest in how we can achieve a more equitable city.

I currently work in advocacy planning with an eye toward communicating planning concepts through data visualizations and storytelling.

*pronounced “rao-nahk” ︎


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PLOTS & PLANS
by Rawnak N. Zaman
URBAN PLANNING/
RESEARCH


Hello, I’m Rawnak. I grew up in Queens and have since studied and worked in three more boroughs of New York City. A desire to better understand the mechanisms that govern the place that raised me led me to graduate school in planning and an enduring interest in how we can achieve a more equitable city. I currently work in advocacy planning with an eye toward communicating planning concepts through data visualizations and storytelling.

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WORKS & PUBLICATIONS
Greener Corridors for a More Resilient City. 2024 – 2025. The Municipal Art Society of New York. [Co-authored]

SITE x SITE: Refining Soft Site Development Projections Under CEQR (Viewpoint). July 2023. Edited by L. Margaret Barry, Environmental Law in New York via LexisNexis [note: paywalled]. [Co-authored]

SITE x SITE: A Look Back at Soft Site Development in New York City. March 2023. The Municipal Art Society of New York. [Co-authored]

“Around the World in 40 Blocks: Small Business Perspectives on the Effects of Diversity on the Retail Corridor in Jackson Heights, Queens.” May 2020. Columbia University, Masters thesis. [Authored]


PANELS & PRESENTATIONS
“Greener Corridors for a More Resilient City” at Planning for Brooklyn’s Climate Future policy summit. April 2025. Brooklyn Borough Hall, Brooklyn, NY. [Presenter]

“Making Policy Public” at Center for Urban Pedagogy annual benefit. October 2024. Dumbo Loft, Brooklyn, NY. [Panelist]

“Democratizing Data for Civic Advocacy & Planning” at CUSP-GX Civic Analytics and Urban Intelligence course taught by Prof. Manohar Patole. September 2024. New York University Center for Urban Science + Progress, Brooklyn, NY. [Guest Lecturer]

“NYC’s Equitable Development Data Explorer” at Planning with Foresight APA-NYM annual conference. October 2022. New York City College of Technology, Brooklyn, NY. [Speaker, panelist]


OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS
“A Day in New York City with The Municipal Art Society’s Rawnak Zaman” @ Madame Architect (2024)

“Your Year in Maps” @ Bloomberg CityLab (2020)

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