Community / Economic Development
Anxiety and Stress Permeate New Orleans
Despite a few publicized accomplishments, New Orleans is decidedly not ok. Nearly 100 days after Hurricane Katrina, the city is stuck is disrepair waiting for the government to make a commitment to protect the city from future hurricanes.
Gentrification Lite
The rich and poor live side by side as city planners and elected officials redevelop Raleigh's toughest 'hoods.
Flint's Death Rattle
With the recent bankruptcy of Delphi Corp, a spinoff of General Motors, the once proud middle-class City of Flint, Michigan faces an even bleaker future.
The World After Globalism
An interview with John Ralston Saul, the author of "The Collapse of Globalism."
D.C. Area City Council Nixes Church On Agricultural Reserve
The decision to deny the church's bid to build on the agricultural reserve has sparked furious debate on the use of green space.
L.A. Mayor's Vision For The City
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa outlines his ideal future for the city -- including better public transit and more affordable housing.
New Orleans Still In State Of Emergency
Bruce Katz, Matt Fellowes, and Nigel Holmes ask questions about rebuilding in New Orleans.
A Global Urban Agenda
The Urban Land Institute publishes a "Global Urban Agenda", which highlights issues discussed at ULI’s World Cities Forum, 2005.
Top Cities For Young People
A new report finds that young people are increasingly preferring close-in neighborhoods. This is the so-called 'creative class' that is up for grabs.
From Bombing Practice to Sustainable Practice
A review of a commission director's efforts to turn a Hawaiian island, devastated by years of bombing, into a model of environmental sustainability and cultural healing.
Albuquerque Malls Down, But Not Out
In an age when malls are going the way of 8-track players, several Albuquerque area malls are planning to keep competitive in the 21st century with bold new developments.
The Last Line of Defense
The West Bank Community Development Corporation of Minneapolis has remained the last bastion of collective control of housing, working against the tide to prevent it from becoming just another financial asset, rather than a community’s asset.
College Town Seeks To Define 'Chain'
New Paltz does not want the special charms of its small town, collegiate business district chained down.
Transforming Dubai
Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed's dreams of turning Dubai into an internationally renowned city is getting a boost from 'Dubailand' -- a themepark almost twice as large as Disneyworld.
Some Retailers Not Afraid Of Wal-mart
As the world's largest retailer plans to enter the world's fourth-largest retail market, some Indian businesses believe they know something Wal-mart doesn't.
Philadelphia Redesigns Public Housing
Philadelphis is attempting to reduce concentrations of poverty and increase property values through the development of suburban style homes. But is following this national trend right for the city of brotherly love and its most needy residents?
New Markets Tax Credit Comes Of Age
Are 'New Markets Tax Credits' the vehicle to improve community and economic development in ways America has never seen?
Wal-Mart, Costco, And America's Future
Neil Pierce writes about a struggle that may shape the nation's economy for a century.
Future Of Rebuilding Gulf Coast May Include Wal-Mart
Once the enemy of urban planners for small towns, Wal-Mart has turned into a formidable presence for the rebuilding efforts along the Gulf Coast.
Creating Community Realty
In upstate New York, housing groups started a brokerage for low-income residents and neighborhoods poorly served by for-profit real estate agents. While it is a nonprofit, the brokerage is still expected to pay for itself.
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
