Government / Politics
Integrated Policies Necessary For Sustainability
European research project underlines the importance of integrating land use and transportation policies.
Canadian Municipalities Want a New Deal
Canadian cities are lobbying for a new relationship with the federal government.
Tribe Offers Casino Deal
A California Indian tribe has proposed a 'tax for monopoly' initiative that would allow casinos to expand as much as the market allows.
Brazilians Live In Fear And Squalor
Brazilians live in fear and squalor while politicans debate what to do about the thousands living in squatter settlements.
Updating Oregon's 30-Year-Old Planning Process
A proposal to update Oregon's 30-year-old planning process is met with approval.
Making Canada's Cities Work
Will prime minister Paul Martin honour his commitment to share federal gas taxes with Canada's cities?
Turbulent Civic Image Makeovers
Efforts to create new civic identities -- new logos and slogans -- are often highly controversial.
What Has The Endangered Species Act Accomplished?
The Endangered Species Act recently turned 30. Before celebrating this landmark federal legislation, we should ask ourselves a sobering question. What has the ESA really accomplished?
Urban Culture And The Political Divide
Differing attitudes toward growth characterise America's political boundaries.
How To Build A Better Planning Department
The San Francisco Chronicle offers the S.F. Planning Department advice on how to fix itself.
Energy Decision Creates Uncertain Atmosphere
The Bush administration's Clear Skies initiative is a "flexible, market-based approach to reducing major pollutants" and should be implemented.
HUD Secretary Mel Martinez To Run For U.S. Senate
Former HUD Secretary Mel Martinez will run for the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate.
Billboards Of The Future: The Streets?
New York City's proposed street vendor laws could clean up the streets -– to make more room for city-endorsed advertising.
Greater Ohio Campaign Unveiled
New citizens' network aims to reform state policies affecting land use and development.
Cut Loose The Mortgage Giants
Firms like Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac should be stripped of their government-sponsored advantages.
Navigating Israel's Byzantine Planning Laws and Regulations
Israel has over 10,000 pages of building regulations, construction standards and building guidelines-- often with contradictions between the laws and the regulations.
Washington Post: It's The Schools, Stupid
The Washington Post editorializes that Washington D.C. must put education first if the city is to be revitalized.
Arizona Cities Face Public Sector Brain Drain
Arizona cities scramble to define succession plans in the wake of a retirement exodus of long-tenured public officials.
Simplifying Residential Real Estate Transactions Still A Priority
Efforts to simplify residential realty transactions will continue despite the resignation Mel Martinez as secretary of HUD.
Can California Cities Reclaim Control Of Their Revenues?
An initiative has been filed in Sacramento for inclusion on the November 2004 ballot that would empower local governments by realigning how public revenues are distributed.
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 Wisconsin Rapids
Harvard University Graduate School of Design
KFH Group Inc.
The Architects Foundation
University of Cincinnati Online
The Pocatello Development Authority
The Urban Renewal Agency of the City of Pocatello
