Community / Economic Development
Critics Wary Of Houston's New Form Of Annexation
Planners around Texas are worried that Houston's deals with municipal utility districts will hamper regional development strategies.
Books And The City
Borders committed to opening urban bookstores in Chicago, San Francisco, Detroit join Washington, other cities.
Alabama Catches On To New Urbanism
After years of coastal sprawl, Alabama's beaches finally see a trio of walkable, mixed-use communities.
Report: Wal-Mart's Growth Fueled By Taxpayer Dollars
A study details how retail giant Wal-Mart uses taxpayer dollars to fuel its growth.
Wal-Mart Gets More Than $1 Billion In Govt. Subsidies
How Wal-Mart benefited from more than $1 billion in government subsidies.
Former Industrial Ghost-Town Becomes Sweden's Film Capital
Trollhattan, once faced with 20% unemployment, remodeled its abandoned factories into movie studios, drawing new investment from around the world.
S.F. Mayor Goes Door-To-Door For Suggestions
Under "Project Connect" one hundred city workers will canvass the city's poorest neighborhoods to find out what people really need.
King Of Sprawl
Bruce Katz of the Brookings Institution summarizes the challenges faced by a region on the rise.
A (Super)market Failure
Why are inner city residents paying more for groceries?
New Book Explores 1960s Urban Renewal 'Root Shock'
Columbia professor Mindy Thompson Fullilove explores the painful results of post-World War II projects on African-Americans.
Town Battles Native American Developments
Fess Parker, TV's 'Davy Crockett,' and the Chumash Indians hope to turn Santa Ynez into a vacation paradise. Locals fear a loss of community as the Chumash can ignore zoning through federal law.
Energy Costs Strain Nation's Poorest
According to a new study, nearly half of households at 50% the federal poverty level reported skipping food or medicine just to pay for their residential energy consumption.
Norfolk Takes Back Its Heart
A success story in an old Navy town.
Citistates Report: Boston Unbound
Boston has all of the right ingredients to become on of the most rewarding places on earth to live -- if the city can get over it's 'assumed superiority'.
A Tour Of Immaculate Suburbia
Follow 'Patio Dad' and 'Realtor Mom' into their blissful mini-McMansion with a review of David Brook's new book, "On Paradise Drive."
Michigan's 'Cool Cities' Incubator
Michigan's Governor announces 20 projects in 17 cities designed to lure back young, creative professionals.
Albuquerque's Gentrification
Have the members of the creative class become the 'shock troops' for downtown gentrification?
Eight Suggestions For The Cultural Future Of Ground Zero
New York Times critics offer eight suggestions for the cultural future of Ground Zero.
'Alls' -- America's New Malls
The conventional enclosed mall is in decline as developers around the nation replace it with a new retail attraction that aims to recreate the atmosphere of a vibrant downtown.
Pension Funds Gamble On Urban Renewal
Even though retirement money is pouring into the inner-city for retail development, the risk may still outweigh the gain.
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
