Community / Economic Development
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.
Biloxi's Shattered History
While the core of historical New Orleans remains, the buildings and architecture of Biloxi have been completely destroyed.
NSF's Issues Grants To Learn The Lessons of Katrina
The National Science Foundation is funding research teams to go to the Gulf Coast region to draw as many lessons as possible from the Hurricane Katrina disaster before evidence is lost.
China's Massive Sustainable Development Experiment
The village of Huangbaiyu will be part of an innovative joint U.S.-China development project to create an ecologically-balanced area. Could this be a model for China's new urbanism?
Rebuilding New Orleans Without The Poor
Are developers seeking to rebuild New Orleans planning to develop a new, whiter and richer city?
Wal-Mart Theme For Local Recall Election
Votes against WalMart annexation get voters riled in Jefferson, WI.
New Orleans: Plan for Racial Equality and Environmental Justice
The Steering Committee of Planners Network suggests how the New Orleans planning and rebuilding process can create a more equitable, healthy, and just city.
The New New Orleans: 'La Nueva Orleans'
It's likely that much of New Orleans will be rebuilt by Latino immigrants -- many of them in the United States illegally. Many of this new workforce will remain in La Nueva Orleans.
Are Public Markets Coming Back?
Steve Davies argues that public markets are making a comeback and that America's future may be small vendors as much as big boxes.
The Promise and Challenges of Co-ops in a Hot Real Estate Market
Limited-equity cooperatives have become a bulwark against a raging real estate market in midtown Manhattan, thanks to residents’ commitment to work together.
Among the Displaced from New Orleans, Who Will Return?
NPR interviews Craig Colten, a professor of geography and anthropology at Louisiana State University, about how to rebuild New Orleans.
If We're Going To Rebuild New Orleans, Let's Do It Right
Securing New Orleans from further hurricanes is only the first step to rebuilding the city. Market forces will help to take care of the French Quarter, but what about less-fortunate areas of the city? Should they be allowed to 'die'?
From Brownfield To Battleground
Winnipeg, home to the largest concentration of Aboriginal people in Canada, considers a controversial plan to turn a 20-acre plot of abandoned industrial land into an "urban reserve" for a First Nations band, which would allow the band to operate business
Cameras And Free Wi-Fi To Combat High-Crime Area In Watts
To attack both the digital divide and the violence at one of the city's most dangerous public housing projects, police plan to place surveillance cameras inside the Jordan Downs complex ald also provide free wireless Internet access.
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
