Exclusives
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Iconography and the Transect
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Landowner Equity and Protecting the Commons
As cities and states across the U.S. strive to find solutions to the sprawling pattern of land development, promising control measures have been met head-on by one recurring and controversial issue -- land owner equity.
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Market-Oriented New Urbanism
New Urbanism would do well distance itself from the smart growth agenda of restrictive land-use controls, and gain greater public acceptance by positioning itself as market-oriented with respect for personal freedoms.
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Urban Parks: Innovate Or Stagnate
If the majority of America's parks aren't going to stagnate, they're going to need to learn from those parks that are getting it right.
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Boomburbs
Is Anaheim the New Brooklyn? With no soaring skyline or grand public spaces, Anaheim and similar "Boomburbs" are the ubiquitous background noise of the greater metropolis.
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Rethinking Historic Preservation
Historic preservation of the built environment is an overlooked, but critical component in the 'rise of a creative class'.
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Preserving the American Dream By Cost Not Coercion
Freedom of choice in housing, transportation, and lifestyle should be controlled by monetary costs, not inefficient and coercive land use policies.
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London's Big Gamble
How is Central London faring under its new and controversial congestion pricing scheme?
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Behind Enemy Lines at the Anti-Smart Growth Conference
Tips for smart growthers on how to stand your ground against the fine-tuned rhetoric of conservatives and libertarians.
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Smart Growth 2.0
At the 2nd Annual New Partners for Smart Growth Conference, participants discussed how to position smart growth for widespread adoption.
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Top Ten Planning Issues Of 2002
PLANetizen editors outline the top 10 planning issues from 2002 -- from the best places to live to understanding the impact of 9/11 on our cities.
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Myths To Live By: The Jobs-Housing Balance
Is it rational to try to improve the jobs-housing balance in urban areas or should people, not plans, decide where people live and work?
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The Golden Mean
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Deconstructing The Decons: The World Trade Center Project Spotlights The Empire's Newest Clothes
Last month's World Trade Center reconstruction proposals reveal that the architecture profession's avant-garde is hopelessly mired in a failed past.
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New Urbanists, Perplexed, Respond To Mr. Carson
"Reports of our death are greatly exaggerated." Architects, planners and consulting professionals respond to recent claims of New Urbanism's extinction.
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Saintly or Sanctimonious? A Candid Critique Of WTC Reconstruction Proposals
The latest round of World Trade Center reconstruction designs heighten fear and anxiety.
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Assistant Professors: How to Survive
Scholastic obligations, opportunities and pitfalls: Dos and don'ts for the tenure-aspiring academician.
Central Transportation Planning Staff/Boston Region MPO
Heyer Gruel & Associates PA
Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS)
City of Grandview
Harvard GSD Executive Education
Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada
Toledo-Lucas County Plan Commissions
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.
