Government / Politics
'Citistat': A Revolutionary Reporting System
Neal Peirce reviews Baltimore's innovative "Citistat" reporting system that is being copied by cities around the nation.
Fashioning A National Urban Strategy Is A Challenge
What kind of policies can Canadian cities expect from the new PM's urban agenda?
Photo Essay: One City, Two Peoples
Twelve photos from the Nashville Banner in 1960 capture the powerful impact of the Nashville sit-ins, a movement of nonviolent protest aimed at desegregating the city's lunch counters.
Canadian Mayors Ask For Help
Canada's cities, provinces, and federal government argue over funding.
Gentrification Hasn't Driven Out Gangs
Shootings provoke different responses from old and new residents.
What Happened To The Urban Agenda?
The presidential campaigns are in full swing, but the issues facing cities are largely absent from the debate. Is there an urban agenda in national politics?
Turbines Could Generate Cash For Public Schools
Several school districts invest in a new approach to raising funds.
California's Bureaucracy And A Park Restroom
An attempt to build a park restroom exemplifies the California's inane bureaucracy.
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.
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
