Community / Economic Development
Are Megacities Good?
We have entered the first 'urban century', and emerging megacities emphasize the divides between the wealthy and impoverished like never before.
Wal-Mart Is Moving Downtown
A new era in American retailing has arrived: Wal-Mart stores are now desired mall tenants along with specialty shops and department stores.
Los Angeles: A Ruined Paradise?
D.J. Waldie explains why he loves the "Lethal, Stinkin' Town" called Los Angeles.
Did Baltimore's Empowerment Zone Work?
Now a decade old, Baltimore's Empowerment Zone program is shutting down. Was it successful?
Free Land
Small communities in the midwest are seeking to reverse population decline by offering relocation incentives -- including free parcels of land.
L.A.'s 'Danger Zones'
Is Los Angeles developing it's own 'Mogadishu's' -- lawless zones beset by gangs, black markets, rapacious crime and dysfunction?
Food Stores Shrinking In Size
Driven by a robust growth in target market segments -- such as natural/organic, ethnic and gourmet stores -- the average size of a supermarket in the U.S. decreased to 34,000 feet in 2003, taking the size of new stores below 40,000 for the first time in 1
Smart Growth: Good Intentions, Wishful Thinking
Smart Growth is unlikely to work if it does not come to terms with reality.
Loves Me, Loves Me Not
Baseball again on track to make D.C. home.
Transit: Think Big
Columnist J.D. Bullington makes a compelling argument about why New Mexico's Rio Grande communities should be linked by rail.
New Urbanism With A Texas Twang
Sandy Sorlien continues the MainStreet Diary series with a visit to Fort Worth, a city in the midst ofrebuilding and revitalization.
Greenbelt Sustainability
Breaking the chains and building a greenbelt based economy in Ontario.
An Exodus From England's Cities
As land prices climb and density increases, urban residents in England are increasingly moving to the countryside.
Declaring War To Become A City
Must a suburb 'declare war' to evolve into a city? San Jose, CA, fights back after losing a fast-growing corporation.
The Pull Of Ethnic Centers
Los Angeles Koreatown, once a less-than desirable neighborhood, has become a destination for wealthy tourists and suburbanites.
Airports Equal Accessibility
Region's busiest airport has become a destination for businesses and travelers alike.
A Chance To Rebuild America
A major surge in development is projected for the next few decades offering an opportunity to change the landscape of the nation.
The Perfect Storm Of Urban Planning Gone Wrong?
How Berlin went awry since the fall of the wall.
'Listening To The City'
A graduate course makes students put aside preconceptions and discover the realities of local urban environments.
Revitalization and Gentrification in Oakland
A largely African-American neighborhood in Oakland, CA, is attracting businesses and commercial property values have increased.
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
