Housing
Market Positioning For New Urbanist Communities
The Town Paper profiles Laurie Volk, an expert in determining the market position for new urbanist communities.
CityLink: A Model For Rebuilding Inner Cities
An interview with CityLink Investment Corporation's CEO William Jones in which he discusses how the City Heights neighborhood of San Diego is being transformed and revitalized.
The New Senior Subdivision Trend
Nationwide, developers are beginning to target baby boomers with custom developments and ammenities.
Home Owners/Developers Overturn School Facilities Fee Assessment
An interview discussing the recent Superior Court decision claiming that LAUSD failed to meet lawful requirements in applying Alternative School Facilities Fees.
Cities With Most Water Loss Due To Sprawl
Sprawl is making the nation's drought more painful by impairing the landscape's ability to recharge aquifers. Which cities are the worst?
Wisconsin Town Becomes Front Line Of Explosive Growth
How will the bucolic college town of River Falls, 30 miles from downtown St. Paul, handle it's new position in the path of massive growth?
Infrastructure Fee Shortfall Plagues Modesto's Village
An infrastructure fee shortfall for an 1,840-acre project in a Central California Valley city could reach into the tens of millions of dollars.
Housing In 'Smart Growth' Cities: Is It Really Worth The Cost?
Randal O'Toole argues that stringent land use regulations in "Smart Growth" areas translate into higher housing prices. Do these costs reflect greater livability or limited opportunity?
Tokyo's Best-kept Secret
Eco-tourism in the "concrete capital" of Japan is no joke.
The Underbelly Of Georgia's Home Building Industry
Georgia's home-building industry is growing fast -- but at the expense of homebuyers.
Recent Market Turmoil Hits Real-Estate Funds
It's often said that real estate doesn't react to the stock market in sync with other sectors. That has held true -- until now.
Housing Legacy Of Hurricane Andrew
Hurricane Andrew's impact on south Miami-Dade County a decade ago is still being felt in the housing market.
Mansionization Restrictions Emerge
A Planning Commission in Orange County, CA, approves new mansionization restrictions on homeowners building massive homes.
Manufactured Homes Gaining Mainstream Acceptance?
Manufactured homes have generally had the allure of affordability. Now, as the aesthetic appeal improves, will public acceptance follow?
Affordable Housing And Sprawl
Five opinions on how to control sprawl and make housing affordable in the Bay Area.
How To Manage Sprawl
This article discusses the current trend of increasing urban populations and how to resolve the issues they create.
Cul-de-sacs: Homeowners Love Them, Planners Hate Them
Traditional developments with smaller lots on straight streets in a grid pattern are making a comeback with planners.
'Sweeping' Redesign To Revitalize Toronto Neighborhood.
The City of Toronto, Canada, is proposing to revitalize a multicultural neighborhoood.
Massachusetts Flirting With Mount Laurel Doctrine
Massachusetts may be going down the same road as New Jersey's with its Mount Laurel doctrine, writes Jerold Kayden.
Conflicting Goals For WTC Shopping Mall
The underground mall was generating $900 per square foot in revenues -- three times the national average. Can this success be duplicated?
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
The Pocatello Development Authority
The Urban Renewal Agency of the City of Pocatello
