Community / Economic Development
Supporting A More Active Lifestyle
The Albuquerque Alliance for Active Living encourages proper pedestrian planning for creating more livable communities.
Rebuilding A 'New Urbanist' Coastal Mississippi
Community design costs, big-box retailers, mobile homes, and casinos are just a few of the many challenges that await the new urbanists who were selected to lead the rebuilding of the Missippi gulf coast.
Visioning A Sustainable Gulf Coast
There's a rare opportunity to rebuild the Gulf Coast region in such a way that it will succeed on all levels -- but the right plans have to be in place before building begins.
Learning From Sweden's Eco-municipalities
North Americans learn sustainability methods and models from Sweden's eco-municipalities which use a democratic planning process called the Natural Step framework.
China To Scrap 'Growth At Any Cost' Plan
Chinese government officials are developing the the '11th Five-Year Plan' to redirect policy from growth for growth's sake to a more sustainable model that would emphasize an 'all-around well-off society'.
McDonalds vs Starbucks: Giants Battle For Mall Space
Why is McDonalds is trying to block Starbucks from moving into the Liberty Square shopping center in Wauconda, IL?
Duany To Lead New Urbanists' Largest Planning Effort
Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour is welcoming new urbanist professionals from across the nation to an unprecedented "mega-charrette" for rebuilding many of the hardest-hit communities along the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
School Choice And Sprawl
As urban schools decline, those who can afford it head for ever-expanding, land-consuming 'burbs. The flight of the affluent drains urban schools of funding. We can break the cycle, says Dan Akst.
Trapped By Gridlock
As Americans are forced to spend more time commuting, the question must be asked 'what have highways done to improve quality of life?'
Is Eminent Domain The Last, Best Hope For Inner Cities?
The WSJ profiles developer Jim Koman of Koman Properties Inc., and questions whether eminent domain is the only realistic tool for growth in severely depressed urban areas like East St. Louis.
Competing For New Orleans' Future
Many different planning factions are fighting to have their say in the long process of rebuilding New Orleans.
India's Shopping Mall Boom
India's retail industry is undergoing a dramatic transformation as the middle class flocks to shopping malls and foreign investors are poised to move in.
The Politics Of Demolishing New Orleans
In order to rebuild a sustainable New Orleans, much of it will have to be destroyed -- a process that has both sides of the preservation fence scrambling to make their voices heard.
The Wrong Stuff: Creative Class Theory In The UK
A new research paper examines Florida's ideas, focusing on the evidence in British cities, and finds little evidence that 'creative' cities do better.
Proposed Downtown L.A. Hotel Causing Controversy
A proposed 55-story hotel next to the downtown Convention Center already has other area hotel owners ready to fight the City Council in court.
Asia's Largest Slum Is An Economic Powerhouse
Dharavi, a slum in Mumbai, India, may appear at first to be a squalid concentration of misery. It is also the prosperous home of some 5,000 single-room factories and tens of thousands of entrepreneurs.
Wal Mart Wins, Another Small Town Loses
Recall election results in defeat for Wal-Mart's opponents in Jefferson, WI.
Protecting New Orleans Against Future Hurricanes
The reconstruction of the levees will take decades and still may not protect the city against hurricanes stronger, or equal to, Katrina.
Nashville Vs. Charlotte
Nashville may have many great qualities, but what it doesn't have -- and what Charlotte does -- is a revitalized urban core.
The Chicago-ization Of Davenport, Iowa
The city is trying to make up for past urban planning mistakes by returning to its riverfront roots, and using modern architecture inspired by Chicago's riverfront success.
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
