Government / Politics
Most Expensive Places To Do Business
A new report ranks states according to the relative cost of doing business, including key economic and social indicators.
Are Farm Subsidies Good Economic Development?
Farmers had a record year for sales and profits in 2004. Yet government subsidies are up 40%. Is this good policy?
Portland Planners Migrate To Sacramento
Sacramento insiders report an influx of Portland planners Portland who see the Saramento region as a young Portland.
Collaborative Governance
'Collaborative governance' gives all parties with a stake in a public problem a say in how to resolve it.
Pentagon Exempts itself from Environmental Regulation
A new directive from the Department of Defense eliminates any need for the Pentagon to be responsible for public health or toxic site cleanups.
Oregon's Property-Rights Vote Could Derail Smart Growth
Neal Peirce shows how the innocuous language in Oregon's Measure 37 conceals the potential to turn the State into an "eruption of Burger Kings and Wal-Marts."
Sam Who?
Bush nominates little-known official, Samuel Bodman, to be energy secretary.
To Change A City's Looks, Change How City Hall Works
The push to beautify Toronto will inevitably encounter the paralyzing effect of bureaucracy.
An Unprecedented Energy Crisis
The shadow of an unprecedented energy crisis looms over President Bush's second term in office.
America Should Develop a 21st Century Fuel
Thomas Friedman believes that renewed investments in science funding, alternative fuel research and conservation programs should be this generation's Apollo program.
Bad Erie Canal Deal
An investigation shows how New York State officials put politics before planning in a scheme to develop the Erie Canal.
Privatization Makes a 'Big Dig' into Taxpayers' Pocketbooks
If you think that the Bush Administration's drive to privatize almost everything will lead to greater efficiencies and a better use of taxpayers' dollars, then take another look at Boston's "Big Dig."
A Mall Is Not A Town Square, Court Rules
Texas courts uphold a controversial ruling on privately-owned shopping centers to regulate solicitation on center properties.
Zombies In L.A.'s Planning Department?
Los Angeles City Councilman Ed Reyes started his career in the Los Angeles Planning Department, and now wants to get rid of the the "zombies" in the planning department.
Has the U.S. Become a Banana Republic?
The huge deficits and social security privatization promoted by the Bush Administration makes an economic crisis almost inevitable, Princeton economist warns.
New 'Micros' Cast Deciding Vote In 2004 Election
Between the exurban and rural like the "Micropolitan" areas.
Get out of the Suburbs While You Can
The end of cheap oil is going to change everything: where you live, where you work and how you feed yourself, warns James Howard Kunstler.
Exurbs Are Republicans' New Frontier
97 of the nation's 100 fastest-growing counties supported Bush, putting these exurban areas firmly on the political map.
Reviewing How The Government Misuses Eminent Domain
The Claremont Institute review's Steven Greenhut's book, "Abuse of Power: How the Government Misuses Eminent Domain."
Planning By Ballot Measures
Citizens across the country voted on how they want their communities to grow.
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.
New York City School Construction Authority
Village of Glen Ellyn
Central Transportation Planning Staff/Boston Region MPO
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
