Community / Economic Development
A Problem Of Perception For Mid-Sized Cities
What innovative techniques can mid-sized American cities use to get noticed by major investors?
Underestimating The Costs Of Military Base Cleanups
As the military prepares to close more bases, communities find that cleaning up former military bases is turning out to be a very expensive proposition.
San Diego's Use Of Redevelopment
Revitalization is underway in neighborhoods as San Diego emerges from political controversy.
A Peek Inside Wal-Mart's Public Relations Department
Wal-Mart goes on the offensive to combat impressions that it has a negative impact on communities where it operates.
Three Characteristics Of Great Cities
Urbanist Joel Kotkin examines cities across time and cpace in "The City: A Global History." [Link corrected.]
Maine's North Woods At A Crossroads
Maine residents with concerns about the impact of the project have already petitioned LURC to freeze development around Moosehead until the state creates a long-range plan to guide growth there.
The New American Megalopolis
Megalopolitan areas transcend political boundaries and capture the true economic and social geography of their communities.
Global Citizens, Global Cities
Across the globe, the office building is becoming less isolated, less isolating, and more adaptable.
What's The Future For Downtown L.A.?
Los Angeles should acknowledge that downtown will never be "it" for the city the way midtown Manhattan is for New Yorkers, writes Joel Kotkin.
Pressure To Build The 21st Century Campus
Schools build and remodel to adapt to technological advancements and enrollment growth.
Iowa City's 'Urban Planning Folly'
Does 'American urban planning' really favor malls accessible only by car over traditional downtowns?
Steinbeck's Birthplace Could be Largest City Without a Public Library
Salinas California's financial troubles part of nationwide threat facing public libraries.
Megastores Eye 'Land Of A Billion Shoppers'
To enter a huge emerging market, large-scale retailers such as Wal-Mart may have to recast themselves.
Make Energy, Not War
Peace Action Maine seeks to transition the state's economy from shipbuilding to sustainable energy.
Urbanizing The Big Box
Madison, WI, joins a growing list of cities that have adopted ordinances governing the design of big box developments.
Long Beach's Revitalization: A Case Study
The coastal city of Long Beach, CA, has succeeded in rebuilding a coherent, transit-friendly, family-oriented downtown.
Mayor Attacks Duany/Plater-Zyberk Growth Plan
Mayor Lois Frankel dismisses role downtown master plan in West Palm Beach's current boom.
Houston Embraces 'New Weather Urbanism'
Houston decides to tackle the weather as its biggest impediment to New Urbanism.
Switzerland's Urban Architecture Tour
Switzerland's new 'Art & Architecture' tour will focus on a variety of urban landmarks throughout the country.
Clustering Cultural Institutions
Are there advantages to concentrating cultural institutions such as museums in one geographic area?
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
