Community / Economic Development
The Geography of Somewhere: Civic Tourism
Author Scott Russell Sanders offers a perspective on how civic tourism can serve to help improve American cities and towns that "feel like jumbles rather than communities, without pattern or purpose."
Atlanta's BeltLine: Favorable or Flawed?
The ambitious park and transit plan for the city shows promise, but will low-income residents be left behind, as has been the case with similar city planning projects?
Drip-by-Drip, Food For Angola
Using advanced irrigation technology imported from Europe and Israel, the war torn country is producing tons of good food for its residents.
Seattle: The Next Artopia?
Read about 20 experts' vision for a perfect art world in Seattle.
La Boqueria, Barcelona's Vibrant Food Market
The famous food market is "the heart and soul of the city".
New Visions Of Suburbia
A number of books published over the last few years show that scholars and planners have revised the "typical" view of suburbs and sprawl.
Volunteers Take On New Orleans' 'Greatest Enemy'
As the city struggles with garbage collection, an all-volunteer force rises to the challenge.
Ballparks Generate Little Return for Cities
Many economists agree that cities get little return in the way of good jobs and tax dollars when investing public money into building new professional sports stadiums.
Michigan Sinks As Leaders Cling To Old Formulas
A host of new problems faces Michigan in the 21st century, yet many state leaders have outmoded strategies for success in economic and community development.
Dubai Looks To Improve CBD
The Dubai Forum for Sustainable Urban Development draws scholars from around the world to discuss best practices for development.
Top Ten Planning Issues Of 2005
From eminent domain to "condofication", Planetizen editors outline the top 10 planning issues from 2005.
Own Your Own Riverfront Town (Again)
Four years after becoming the first town to be sold on EBay, the 83-acre Bridgeville, California, population 24, is up for sale again, this time for $1.75 million. [Thanks to Kelly Koldus for the correction.]
Maryland Considers New Eminent Domain Laws
Although a flurry of new bills would restrict eminent domain powers, Baltimore city officials support the practice, which resulted in successful projects like the Inner Harbor.
Restoring DC's Ancostia: A Tale Of Two Rivers
A plan to spruce up D.C.'s Anacostia River has some residents anxious. Slated for a grand renewal project... the area stands at the juncture of poverty and opportunity.
Drugs Too Much For Urban Pioneers
Inner-city Baltimore rehabbers couldn't contend with the local drug market, yet they believe the city's Selling City-Owned Property Efficiently led just as much to their departure.
The Politics of Gentrification
The redevelopment of Houston from four perspectives: the developer, the artist, the power broker, and the former mayor.
Would Market-Rate Housing Moratorium Slow Gentrification?
No, according to an op-ed in the San Francisco Bay Guardian, which lists alternative strategies for preserving affordable housing.
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
University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability (SEAS)
Hunter College, City University of New York (CUNY)
The Architects Foundation
City of Cambridge
Montrose County
The Pocatello Development Authority
