Community / Economic Development
Wal-Mart Changes Its Strategy
Wal-Mart experiments with a "grassroots approach" to garnering support for its expansion into urban areas.
Questions Raised About 'Livable' Cities List
Cities named in the "Livable Cities" list subsequently made $10,000 donations to the organization that released the list.
Refilling Big Boxes
NPR's Anne Hawke reports on the problems faced by communities left with empty big boxes.
Can Blue-Collar Cities Make A Comeback?
Neal Peirce discusses how older cities can make make a comeback with "smarter state policy-making and a dose of ingenuity"
Redevelopment Is Never Easy
Land acquistion, site clean-up, codes, even NIMBYism make new development in existing neighborhoods difficult.
Senior Landlords
An initiative turns seniors into landlords.
Jane Jacobs: What's Old Is Good
Jane Jacobs, now 88, makes a rare appearance in San Francisco, CA, to promote her new book, Dark Age Ahead.
Are the Best Restaurants Moving to Malls?
A brief history of the evolution of restaurants and retail.
The World's Biggest Migration Study
A new United Nations commission is formed to examine the remarkably complex issue of migration worldwide.
St. Louis' Gradual Decline
Can St. Louis survive in the Post-Industrial era?
Can Urban Design Reduce Crime In Miami?
The Miami New Times explores the relationship between crime and urban design in Miami.
A Starter Kit For Transformations: Gentrification In A Box
Colson Whitehead laments the latest death of Brooklyn at the hands of developers.
Jane Jacobs: The Twilight Of Civilization
Jane Jacobs sounded the alarm about cities 40 years ago - now her worries are bigger.
The Undiscovered 'Citrus Capital' On California's Coast
Can the sleeping California coastal town of Santa Paula manage growth as it is "rediscovered" by developers and residents looking for affordable land?
Can New Schools Save L.A.'s Neighborhoods?
The Los Angeles school district's public works project to build 80 new schools is more on par with a small nation than a school district.
Are New Urbanists Elitist?
Do new urbanists need to rethink their attitude toward chain stores and big-box retailers, including Wal-Mart?
Have You Been Wal-Mart-ized Yet?
Wal-Mart brings tax money, crime, and especially change to rural communities.
The End Of The Suburban Mall
We restore many public structures -- post offices, hotels, libraries, even churches. But most malls are too ugly to warrant such effort.
Growing Economic Benefits From Amateur Sports Add Up
The Tempe Convention and Visitor's Bureauu finds that people visiting for amateur events, stay longer and spend more money than other tourists.
In Utah, A Tale Of Revival On The Dotcom Trail
Utah is providing one case study of how locales can weather the industry's harsh economic cycles.
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
