United States

The Brookings Review takes a new approach to converting vacant land into valuable development.

Exhibition in Venice, Italy, explores new concepts of urban space, influenced by the Internet and evolving technologies.

Only radical strategies can help America's most distressed cities.

Before the mid-20th century no one would have thought to ask such a question. The market power of cities was manifest.

The marginalization of urban policies is in part a response to the diminishing political influence of cities after decades of depopulation and suburban growth.

Just as a Superfund cleanup ended, the true extent of mining's legacy in northern Idaho is revealed -- 1,500 miles of the Coeur d'Alene River basin is contaminated.

Many social observers believe that the city is becoming obsolete, and that information technology has deprived urban density of its reason for existence.

Statement by FHA Commissioner on court rulingupholding HUD's authority to terminate alender with high default rate.

Is there a problem with sustainability? Why we are facing a need to change on a planetary scale, and what we must do to survive.

The familiar distinctions between central cities and suburbs are being complicated by new demographic trends which will have important effects on urban America.

Demographic data support the three Laws of Growth, which are helpful in understanding the character of rapid suburbanization and successful policy responses.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has conducted an analysis of the impacts of supportive housing programs on neighborhood property values and crime rates.

To help low-income students improve their performance and reduce the high school drop-out rate, HUD announced grants intended for Empowerment Zone communities, Enterprise Communities and sites in or near public housing orHUD-assisted housing sites.

GAO finds land exchange programs are rife for abuse by developers and timber companies, and suggests that federal agencies discontinue the programs.

The National National Association of Home Builders outrages opponents by co-opting Smart Growth concepts in their own advertising efforts.

Ideas2000, a nonpartisan research group, has issued a report outlining the "Digital Divide" problem and suggesting solutions for America's cities.

The Industry Standard lists the 50 most connected urban markets in the US, and 18 Metro Areas with more than 50% of people online.

A profile of Rem Koolhaas, the highly influential superarchitect who earned his popularity by writing aboutarchitecture.

Across the country rapid Internet growth is causing evictions, traffic, and other urban problems. The dot-com culture is discovering smart growth.

HUD publishes its results on research into voluntarily entering into consent decrees on discriminatory housing practices instead of litigating.