Europe

Rural Home Design Guidelines

What makes a rural house a well designed one? Ireland's Cork County Council provides its guidelines.

May 11, 2004 - Irish Independent

Athens' Massive 2004 Olympics Construction Challenge

Can Athens pull things together before the start of the 2004 Olympics?

May 5, 2004 - The Daily Telegraph

Norway Hosts Creative Eco-Friendly Projects

A windblown island off Norway is being used to test ways of overcoming a big drawback of alternative energy: How to store it.

May 1, 2004 - MSNBC

Should Regional Policies Try To Promote Clustering?

Swedish regional policies try to create a dynamic and creative economy through the encouragement of clusters.

April 21, 2004 - Axess Magazine

Moscow's Building Boom

A number of very large projects will change the face of Moscow forever.

April 15, 2004 - Moscow Times

Recreating an Urban Center Without Big Business

Berlin's unification promised an infusion of global investment and development. When that didn't materialize, a vibrant counterculture arose in its place.

March 18, 2004 - The Washington Post

Integrated Policies Necessary For Sustainability

European research project underlines the importance of integrating land use and transportation policies.

January 26, 2004 - CORDIS

Moscow's Architectural Crisis

Moscow's architectural heritage is being demolished despite protests by historians, architects and residents.

January 14, 2004 - Moscow Times

One Of The World's Most Unspoilt Skylines Is At Risk

A housing and office space crisis is forcing Paris, a city with one of the world's most unspoilt skylines, to consider lifting a 30-year ban on tall buildings.

November 4, 2003 - The Guardian Unlimited

Islands For Sale

As tourism picks up in Croatia, old Adriatic stone houses, villas...and islands are up for sale.

September 13, 2003 - Yahoo! Newswire

Moscow Begins Construction Of A City Within A City

A site for a proposed airport near downtown will instead be developed as a mixed-use project.

September 9, 2003 - Moscow Times

Europe's Population Problem

The economic and political consequences of Europe's population implosion are alarming.

July 22, 2003 - The Economist

Escaping The Traps Of Tourism

A team from the University of Cincinnati helps the Mediterranean island of Crete tackle the ill-effects of tourism.

May 22, 2003 - University Of Illinois At Urbana-Champaign

Divided European City Looks Toward A Reunion

A city bisected by the Polish-German border faces the challenges of a reunion.

April 20, 2003 - The New York Times

Cultures Of Cities: A New Data Bank

A special issue featuring reports and projects from 22 cities presented at the 4th European Biennial of Towns and Town Planners in Rotterdam.

April 3, 2003 - Planum: European Journal Of Planning

Almere New Town Grows Up

Founded in the 1970s as a solution for housing shortages around Amsterdam and Schiphol, Almere has grown into one of the largest "new" cities in Europe.

February 25, 2003 - Shared Spaces

The Forgotten Region

Teresa Fogelberg discusses the challenges faced by the 12 former Soviet countries as they look to build a cross border, sustainable future.

February 13, 2003 - Shared Spaces

The Rise Of Europe's Regions

This article challenges our perception of the European Union: a group of nations, or a group of regions? Expressing ideas similar to those in Joel Garreau's Nine Nations of North America, this is macro-planning at its largest.

December 12, 2002 - Newsweek

Europe's Renewable Energy Plans

Seeking to reduce its dependence on oil from the Middle East and Russia, the European Union is taking bold steps in harnessing renewable energy sources.

October 18, 2002 - The New York Times

Moscow Faces Parking Crunch

In the past 10 years, the city's cars tripled in number from 800,000 to 2.2 million.

October 16, 2002 - Moscow Times

Urban Design for Planners 1: Software Tools

This six-course series explores essential urban design concepts using open source software and equips planners with the tools they need to participate fully in the urban design process.

Planning for Universal Design

Learn the tools for implementing Universal Design in planning regulations.

Associate/Senior Planner

Gallatin County Department of Planning & Community Development

Senior Planner

Heyer Gruel & Associates PA

Top Books

An annual review of books related to planning.

Top Schools

The definitive ranking of graduate planning programs.

100 Most Influential Urbanists

The who's who of urbanism, according to Planetizen readers.

Urban Planning Creators You Should Know

A short list of voices on social, video, and podcasting platforms.