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Planners need to know about the issues and the unique roles they can play in bridging the digital dividie gap.

A study for the Georgia Public Policy Foundation suggests that Portland’s urban containment policies have begun to have serious effects.

Traffic planners framing the debate over how Palm Beach County, FL, should respond to an estimated 36 percent population growth by 2025 sketch alternate scenarios for suburban commuters -- local roads swollen to highway proportions, or trains or

Gov. Bill Owens wants to call lawmakers into a special session on growth in September, hoping to reach agreements on the state's many growth issues.

The NAACP annouces its intention to sue the lead-paint industry, calling exposure to the paint a "civil rights issue."

A landscape architect develops innovative way to reclaim industrial sites, and preserve their heritage.

Progressive Engineer profiles Margaret Kubilins, who started a successful transportation engineering consulting firm that brings a refreshing viewpoint to the table.

Planners in Massachusetts look toward mixed-use projects to revitalize casualties of "big box blight."

Ohio's Barberton development is an alternative to sprawl -- a community where every resident is a five-minute walk from the lake.

It's a growing national trend: linking commercial and residential projects to transportation hubs. There's one in Sylmar,CA.

As we lose ever more of our public spaces, the Christian Science Monitor asks: Would you give up your tax refund to save a park?

A recent study by the Fannie Mae Foundation examines the "boomburb" phenomenon and finds that these giant suburbs are uniquely positioned to become walkable communities with downtown centers.

Of the 15 most crowded U.S. metro areas, 10 are in the western United States.

University study says new sprawling development in Bakersfield, CA will be expensive, and the city should consider infill development instead.

Andres Duany was awarded a contract to study and outline a master plan for downtown redevelopment of Fort Myers, FL.

The neighborhoods of Los Angeles, CA, will play an important role in determining if the "City of Angels" will break up into smaller cities.

Wetland banks allow developers to purchase 'credits' and compensate for wetlands lost in development.

'The Ungovernable City: John Lindsay and His Struggle to Save New York' by Vincent J. Cannato is about the 103rd mayor of New York, John Vliet Lindsay.

A development team from Rancho Cucamonga, CA travels across the country to evaluate what makes the best main streets.

An overview of the controversy over the construction of a World War II memorial in Washington D.C.