Asia-Pacific
China, Japan, other South East Asian countries, Australia, New Zealand, and Pacific Islands countries.
Japanese Urban Centers Fading In Rural Prefectures
Smaller cities in rural areas of Japan are being gutted out, as big box centers continue to sprout up outside cities.
Turning Around Japan's Declining Towns
Many Japanese cities are in decline, and people there are counting on the new prime minister to put a stop to it.
The Continent of Garbage
A vortex of winds has concentrated garbage and plastic flotsam into a huge island of garbage in the middle of the Pacific Ocean -- an unintentionally man-made mass that is growing at a rapid pace.
The Singing Streets Of Japan
Road designers in Japan have created a system of specialized grooves on highway pavement that produce melodies when cars drive over them at certain speeds.
Intimately-Integrated Transit
This post from Salon shows a video of a train that travels right through a market in Bangkok.
Japan's Development Pace Threatens Environment
Rapid building and public works projects are destroying much of the natural environment in Japan, a country that lays 25 to 30 times more concrete than the U.S.
Mixed Feelings Over New Town In Hanoi
A $7 billion new town is being planned in Vietnam, across the Red River from capital city Hanoi. And though the creation of thousands of new houses is welcomed, many are concerned about development along the sensitive riverfront.
An Aging Population Leaves Future Of Cities Uncertain In Japan
Japan's population is aging, and could drop by more than one-quarter of its size within 50 years. Many are calling on the government to plan for the diminishing population, and for how it will affect many of the country's cities and suburbs.
Japan's Reforestation Problem: Leeches
Japan's leech invasion may be an unintended consequence of successful reforestation efforts combined with rural population declines.
Friday Funny: To Prevent Global Warming, New Zealand Proposes 'Fart Tax'
In New Zealand, its not so much people, but methane-producing livestock that's the problem. A revived government proposal would tax farmers for their animal's gas emissions.
Landfill Doubles As Eco-Preserve
The landfill on the island of Pulau Semakau is designed to store the waste from the city-state of Singapore while preserving the ecological health of the surrounding environment.
Temporary Tokyo And Its Shifting Visions Of The Future
Tokyo is rapidly developing -- and redeveloping. One of the unique characteristics about the city is the temporal nature of its buildings and spaces, which are often replaced after very short lives with new visions of the city's future.
Urbanization And Declining Birth Rates In Asia
Birth rates have been steadily declining in many Asian countries -- a trend some are attributing partly to rapid industrialization and urbanization.
North-South Rail Route To Reopen In Koreas
The governments of North and South Korea have agreed on plans to create a cross-border train route -- the first such rail crossing in more than 50 years.
Nations Unite To Ban Destructive Fishing Technique
An agreement between 21 nations has banned the highly destructive commercial fishing practice known as bottom trawling in the South Pacific seas, which accounts for more than one-quarter of the world's oceans.
Malaysia's Large-Scale Plans For Economic Development
The Malaysian government is hoping its new mega-plans for an expansive 21st Century economic hub will bring more action to the country, where other big projects have not lived up to their economic potential.
Tokyo Project Sets Mixed Use 'Benchmark'
This report looks at the new Tokyo Midtown mega-development, which the author suggests will become the new standard for mixed use.
New Zealand Government Pressured For More Affordable Housing
Spurning options that lead to urban sprawl, academics and politicians in New Zealand are urging the government to address the shortages and to make so-called "social housing" more palatable.
A 'Bizarre' New Capital City
A journalist says Burma's new secret capital city uses urban planning as insurance against regime change.
Friday Funny: When Your House Really Does Become An Island
A real estate company in Chongqing city, China, turns the home of a man who refuses to move into an island. [Includes a stunning photo.]
FREE Course: Walkable City 1: Why Walkability?
After describing his path towards focusing on walkability as the essence of good planning, Jeff Speck marches through his five principal reasons for making more walkable places.
Reinventing Malls: Planning Alchemy—Turning Gray Fields Into Gold
The course focuses on the opportunities and imperatives that shape reinvention of mall sites.
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