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Suburbs See Rise in Kids in Poverty

2008 Census estimates reveal that in the city center of Fort Worth, Texas, the number of school-age children living in poverty has dropped whereas the surrounding suburban communities have seen increasing numbers.
20 November 2009 - 10:00am
Fort Worth Star Telegram

Suburban Utopias?

This article from the Guardian argues that despite years of derision, suburbia is gaining a more positive reputation as "utopia in a big way".
18 November 2009 - 8:00am
The Guardian
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The Planetizen News Brief - 11/5/09


4:17 minutes (3.93 MB)

Cities assessing the health impacts of planning, driving-to-qualify for health insurance, and the bike-sharing troubles plaguing Paris -- all on this week's Planetizen News Brief, airing weekly on "Smart City". Read, listen or download.

5 November 2009 - 5:00am
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Study Finds Health Insurance Cheaper in Suburbs

A recent study of health insurance costs finds that people who live in suburban areas outside of Chicago pay less for health insurance than those who live in the urban core.
3 November 2009 - 7:00am
Chicago Sun-Times

Suburbs Sprouting in Cairo Deserts

President Mubarak of Egypt is allowing developers to create American-style suburban developments in dry desert land outside Cairo.
26 October 2009 - 9:00am
POLIS

'Zombie Subdivisions' Eating America's Suburbs

Thousands of subdivisions across the country have been abandoned mid-development by owners and developers hit hard by the economic recession. This video takes a tour inside one of these "zombie subdivisions".
7 October 2009 - 7:00am
CNN

Creating Communities To Grow Old In

Meeting the needs of aging residents has been a challenge for many cities. Some suburban communities are pioneering the conversion to an elder-friendly layout.
22 September 2009 - 7:00am
The Wall Street Journal

Friday Funny: Suburban Fantasies

With names like Aspen Grove and Sunrise Park, you might mistake these suburb designs for the real thing. But something's not quite right in artist Ross Racine's birds-eye views of imaginary suburbs.
11 September 2009 - 2:00pm
The Infrastructurist

Shopping Mall Sprawl Hurting City Businesses in Israel

Historic downtowns in Israel are struggling against the growing tide of suburban American-style shopping malls that are developing on the outskirts of town.
26 August 2009 - 11:00am
Tablet

Suburbs: The Last Frontier

As people move to cities and the outer suburbs begin to become more desolate, what will become of them? WorldChanging envisions the suburbs as the next frontier.
3 August 2009 - 11:00am
WorldChanging

Remaking the Suburbanized Metropolis of Paris

This piece from Worldchanging takes an in-depth look at the competition to redesign metropolitan Paris for the year 2030.
29 July 2009 - 10:00am
WorldChanging

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
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Homelessness is On the Rise in Rural and Suburban Areas

Homelessness has jumped in the nation's suburban areas, according to a study from the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Of those in U.S. shelters, 32% are in rural or suburban areas.
9 July 2009 - 2:00pm
USA Today

Will a "New Direction" in Housing Policy Mean a "Return to Feudalism"?

John Petro counters Joel Kotkin's views that America's post-bubble housing policy should be "a renewed quest for homeownership."
2 July 2009 - 1:00pm
DMIblog

Big and Getting Bigger

Cities on the rise are growing faster and cities on the decline are shrinking slower, according to new figures from the U.S. Census Bureau.
2 July 2009 - 11:00am
The Wall Street Journal

Smart Growth Suburbia?

The Lighthouse at Long Island is a proposed 5.5 million sq. ft. of mixed-use development covering 150 acres of Nassau County. The developers see it as a new form of smart growth suburbia.
19 June 2009 - 2:00pm
The New York Times

Envisioning a New Paris, In Theory At Least

The future of Paris has been laid out by ten teams of architects and planners. The ideas are broad, futuristic, and innovative, but few are likely to be realized.
11 June 2009 - 11:00am
The New York Times

Household CO2 Emissions Worse in Suburbs

New maps created by the Center for Neighborhood Technology show that while emissions are greater per acre in cities, they are greater per household in suburbs.
27 May 2009 - 2:00pm
NRDC Blog
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Suburban Growth Is From Country, Not Abandoned Cities

Wendell Cox argues that the growth of the suburbs is not attributable to flight from cities, but to residents of small towns and the countryside moving to denser living.
21 May 2009 - 7:00am
New Geography
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New Suburb Plans Dropped Amid Market Downturn

Due to the downturn in the housing market, plans for a new development that would essentially become a 20,000-person suburb in the San Francisco Bay Area have been abandoned.
14 May 2009 - 6:00am
San Jose Mercury News
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