Infrastructure
Rebuilding After The Tsunami
Rebuilding popular resorts will take months, but analysts expect only short-term losses.
Cairo's New 'Central Park'
Cairo, struggling for open space, builds a 74-acre park on a 500-year old garbage dump.
Athens: The Olympics Are Over, And Traffic Is Back
Athens officials had hoped that the Olympic Games would shake loose a reliance on cars. Now that the games are over, traffic has returned.
Will Critcizing Growth Make You Disappear?
A local water district that has criticized rapid growth and the availabilities of water supplies may be dissolved.
Europe's Black Market Dumping Problem
Proper waste disposal in the EU has become prohibitively expensive, leading to black market dumping.
Who Should Pay For California's Water?
Congress approves reauthorization of the $395 million CalFed Bay-Delta Program, a major battle in California's legendary water wars.
Desert City Testbed For Water Usage Research
Arizona State University plans to use Phoenix as a living laboratory to learn about balancing growth with water resource management.
Big Dig Springs Big Leak
Boston's artery tunnel springs a leak, baffling engineers and snarling traffic.
Leave The Tap Running; You're Saving Water
Water providers in Arizona have been recharging underground resources by dumping billions of gallons over dry desert.
Testing The Water Flavor
A team of specialists evaluates Los Angeles' water supply by smell and taste.
Pipe Dreams In The Dry West?
Western cities go beyond dams to pump water hundreds of miles from their expanding borders.
Comparing Canadian And American Cities
Patrick M. Condon presents a fascinating report about the differences between planning, the growth of sprawl, and transportation investment in Canadian vs. US cities.
Protested Bronx Plant Given Mayoral Endorsement
Ignoring his own department's numbers, Bloomberg gave the green light to the wildly-disliked Van Cortland Park plan. Neighborhood officials see the deal as political cronyism.
The Water Rush
In a new documentary 'Thirst,' filmmakers Deborah Kaufman and Alan Snitow explore the consequences of privatizing water supplies.
The China Syndrome
Sprawl, highways, demolition come to China.
The End Of The City?
In her latest book, Dark Age Ahead, Jane Jacobs' gloomy forecast for North American cities confronts readers with hard realities.
Why Is Construction So Backward?
A new book investigates why the construction industry is constrained by narrow thinking.
Offshore Location Attractiveness Index
The Wharton Business School publishes a report on the world's top locations for outsourcing and why.
Touring The World's Largest Public Works Project
The L.A. Times Magazine's editor tours China's Yangtze River to visit the Three Gorges Dam, now two-thirds complete.
How Food Systems Promote Urban and Rural Linkages
A report on the successful adaptation of the community-supported agriculture (CSA) model--an alternative to the global food system--in Guadalajara, Mexico.
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
