Suburban Development

Putting the 'Urban' in 'Suburban'

The suburbs are steadily becoming more urban, with denser development, taller buildings, and a greater mix of uses.
20 July 2009 - 5:00am
USA Today

Rising Costs of Farmland Affecting Suburban Growth

As farmland prices skyrocketed, so did the cost of growing a suburb.
15 June 2009 - 8:00am
New Geography

Business Not As Usual

Sun, 10/26/2008 - 09:20

Out in the bar, the world as we know it was coming to an end. In the backroom, meanwhile, smart people were trying to figure out the future of suburbia.

The bar was in the lobby of a classic desert resort in Arizona. On the TV, CNN was delivering headlines of imminent doom. It was the last days of September, and the foundations of American finance were cracking under the strains of default and distrust.

Leave the Sprawl of the Past Behind

A melting economy and struggling suburbs may mean it's time to reconsider how we model our cities and development patterns, according to this column.
23 October 2008 - 5:00am
Chicago Tribune

Unmaking the Problem of Suburbia

Though there is some resistance to change, many cities in North America have their sights on undoing the damage of the last 50 years of suburban development.
4 June 2008 - 8:00am
The Toronto Star
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