The Next American City
An Inside Look At The Skyways Of Downtown Minneapolis
How and why Minneapolis built the nation's largest skyway system.
How Starbucks May Help Save South Central
Corporate retailers and the American ghetto: a successful combination?
Metropolis From Scratch
In South Korea, construction teams are at work on an entirely new city for international business that is expected to have half a million residents within 5 years.
Does San Francisco Have Room For Industry?
With skyrocketing residential prices and continuing gentrification, are San Francisco's industrial areas (and their jobs) fated to disappear?
Joel Kotkin On 5 Millennia Of Cities
Excerpt from a new book by a leading thinker about cities.
Farm Wars
Can "Right to Farm" laws resolve growing land use conflicts?
Yes, It Is About The Artists: The Tacoma Story
How both art and artists helped one city rebuild.
Cincinnati Discovers Cosmopolitan
After decades of decay, Cincinnati is on the mend.
The Rise Of 'Modernist' New Urbanism In Miami
A new development in Miami successfully combines Modernist architecture with New Urbanism.
Is East Atlanta Losing Its Soul?
An inner city Atlanta neighborhood struggles with gentrification.
Can Chicago Capture The New Economy The Old Fashioned Way?
Chicago is one of the world's most wired cities? Will technology define Chicago's future as a fiber optic hub instead of a transit hub?
How SimCity Transformed Urban Planning
Could the computer game SimCity have changed the very idea of urban planning?
Are Mobile Homes The Future Of Affordable Housing?
Amidst stigma and displacement, mobile homes offer new hope for affordable housing emerges.
St. Louis' Gradual Decline
Can St. Louis survive in the Post-Industrial era?
In Defense of the 'Creative Class'
Author Richard Florida responds to criticisms of "The Rise of the Creative Class."
A New Urban Benchmark: Amenity Dollars (AA$)
AA$ measures the financial ability of a city's citizens to increase their education, start new businesses, and support urban amenities.
Why Tempe Is Demolishing Its Sole Historic Neighborhood
Can Tempe afford -- or afford not to -- keep its oldest houses?
The Race For Residents: D.C. And Baltimore Go Head To Head
Why Washington D.C. and Baltimore are aggressively competing for the same pool of young urban professionals, and who's winning.
Reclaiming The Grid: Portland's City Repair
Since 1996, Portland's City Repair has been transforming the nature of public space and the dialogue that surrounds it.
Why The Lubavitcher Jews Still Live In Crown Heights
On Kingston Avenue in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, African-style hairdressers sit next to kosher butcher shops.
City of Costa Mesa
Licking County
Barrett Planning Group LLC
HUD's Office of Policy Development and Research
Mpact Transit + Community
HUD's Office of Policy Development and Research
Tufts University, Department of Urban and Environmental Policy & Planning
City of Universal City TX
ULI Northwest Arkansas
Urban Design for Planners 1: Software Tools
This six-course series explores essential urban design concepts using open source software and equips planners with the tools they need to participate fully in the urban design process.
Planning for Universal Design
Learn the tools for implementing Universal Design in planning regulations.
