China
Beijing To Hit The 3 Million Car Mark
With Chinese's new middle class embracing automobiles, gridlock in the capital is set to get a lot worse.
Lower Birthrate In Chinese County Exempted From Country's One-Child Policy
One county in China has been exempt from the country's controversial one-child policy for two decades. Additional rules about when parents may marry and have children have kept the county's birthrate lower than the national average.
Construction Threatening China's Heritage
The tremendous scale and pace of construction in China threatens to bulldoze over thousands of years of archaeological sites.
Saving Shanghai's Art Deco Gems
Even with widespread demolition of old buildings to make way for modern towers, the city still has more art deco buildings than anywhere else on earth. A new photo book hopes to inspire the city to preserve its rich architectural legacy.
Booming Shanghai Struggles To Create Livability
As Shanghai becomes a new world-class business capital, the city struggles to keep up with its rapid growth.
Beijing's Parking Crunch
With more than 300,000 new cars hitting the roads each year, the Chinese capital has a serious shortage of parking. The solution? More parking lots of course.
Linfen: The World's Most Polluted City?
Cities like Linfen bear the ecological burden of China's massive, coal-fired economic growth.
Resisting Car Culture In China
More Chinese are abandoning their bicycles -- not because they now own cars but because the dramatic increase in automobile use is making city streets too dangerous for cycling. But cyclists are fighting back.
Preserving The Architectural Heritage Of Shanghai's French Concession
Gentrification and redevelopment threaten the historic homes and buildings in the former foreign settlement area of China's largest city.
A New Place For Dinner, Shopping And A Movie
French architect Jean Pierre Heim has proposed creating a semi-outdoor multimedia entertainment center in Shanghai -- a cinema, shopping center and restaurant all-in-one.
'Canadian Town' Vision Derailed In Shanghai
Intended to be one of 9 Shanghai suburbs evoking architecture and culture from other countries, the pseudo-Canadian "Maple Town" suburb bears little resemblance to its original plans.
China Continuing One-Child Policy
China's officials say its controversial population-control measure is still crucial for the welfare of the nation, where 800 million rural residents still live in poverty.
Crop Land Shortage Halts Biofuel Plans In China
An official government rule published this week citing a shortage in farmland and food crops may force China's oil companies to cancel plans to explore large-scale production of biofuel. Losses in farmable land continue to cause problems for China.
Beijing To Introduce Free Park'n'Ride Lots
To encourage more motorists to take advantage of public transit, the city is planning to build free parking lots near new transit stations.
NIMBYism Comes To China
Middle class residents of Shenzhen successful opposed plans for a new freeway, signaling a potential backlash to the country's rapid growth.
What The Future Holds For Shanghai
Shanghai, already the largest city in China, anticipates a population of 25 million by 2020. A week long series on National Public Radio covers the amazing stories surrounding the city's growth and development.
Urbanizing India And China Look To Build Green
With populations steadily increasing in India and China, the two countries are looking to green building methods to reduce their energy use as they urbanize and move more closely to Western energy consumption patterns.
Beijing To Build Biggest Metro System In The World
Plans for the Chinese capital's metro system fall just shy of 350 miles of track over 19 lines, which would surpass London's Underground by 2020.
Public Housing Shops Strikes Gold
A real estate investment trust in Hong Kong has successfully turned a profit on the retail spaces located in the SAR's myriad of public housing developments.
China To Double Fees For New Development
Many wonder if the government's action will work to slow down the pace of construction in its rapidly growing cities.
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.
City of Rosemead
Rutgers University, Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy
One Hundred Miles
Hunter College, City University of New York (CUNY)
The Architects Foundation
University of Cincinnati Online
City of Cambridge
Montrose County
The Pocatello Development Authority
