Community / Economic Development
Major Economic And Demographic Shifts From Hurricane Katrina
The aftermath of Hurricane Katrina reveals significant population shifts, huge losses for insurance companies, and a collapse in real estate values.
Will Chicago's New Living Wage Law Hurt The City?
Recent announcements from big box retailers withdrawing or delaying plans to build stores in the city have given pause to supporters of controversial living wage ordinance, with some considering withdrawing their support.
Biography of a Gentrifying Neighborhood
A review of the book "The Tenants of East Harlem" by Russell Sharman.
India's 'Epidemic' of Farmer Suicides
Despair and poverty is driving Indian farmers to commit suicide in large numbers.
Building Trust In A Community
After 9/11, when economic forces threatened Chinatown's survival, collaborative planning built consensus on where to go next.
Big Plans For Small City Poses Questions For Residents, Officials
The suburban community of Carmel, Indiana, has big redevelopment plans. Though not in opposition to the proposals, some residents worry about the development encroaching on established neighborhoods, and question the direction of the city's growth.
A Prescription For An Ailing Urban Habitat
The ills that affect our cities can be cured with more sustainable urban planning, says one Australian public health practitioner.
Legal Battle Set For Maine's Largest Development
The nation's largest landowner, Plum Creek Timber Co., is entering a legal battle with environmental groups over its proposal to create the largest development in Maine's history.
Boise Chamber Takes On Transit Tax
A half-cent sales tax for transit is proposed for the Idaho capital.
Australia Sounds The Alarm On Cities And Public Health
Suburban growth patterns are among a host of factors considered detrimental to public health in several recent stories featured in the Australian media.
How A Cool Street 'Happens'
Restaurant Row in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, is an example of how a destination street can be created without any formal planning.
A Shifting Planning Paradigm In Hong Kong
No longer content with the planning status quo, the city's residents are demanding that government plans abandon their outdated "city in the sky" vision and focus on quality of life issues in the territory.
Sound Bite Society
Planners who have a hard time persuading elected officials or the public at large should take a cue from the late attorney Johnnie Cochran and come up with a phrase that will stick in the minds of citizens.
Arts-Based Planning For Downtown
A New Jersey township that has been a leader in downtown planning is planning to integrate arts-based development into its successful downtown mix.
Smart Growth In The Hoosier Heartland
Smart growth summit on economic development, land use, community design attracts large audience.
New Jersey's 100,000 Unit Housing Plan
To combat housing prices that are increasingly out of reach for low- and middle-income buyers, the state has announced plans to develop 100,000 units of affordable housing over 10 years.
Planning Beyond The Project
Neighborhood planning allows community-based developers to move beyond housing development and become community catalysts.
Building A College Town
Mansfield, Connecticut, just doesn't cut it as a "college town," so locals together with the University of Connecticut are creating one.
The City of Brotherly Love...And Gambling
Philadelphia is set to become the largest city in the nation with casinos, but boosters worry that the gaming venues won't fit with the city's recent revitalization.
Low Density Urban Sprawl And Other Sacred Cows
A high ranking government official takes a critical look at the orthodoxy behind the fight against urban decay in India's 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.
Eagle County Government
Harvard University Graduate School of Design
Nashville Planning Department
The Architects Foundation
University of Cincinnati Online
The Pocatello Development Authority
The Urban Renewal Agency of the City of Pocatello
Journal of the American Planning Association
