Infrastructure
California's Insatiable Appetite For Water
The Public Policy Institute of California projects the greatest need will be in the Sacramento, San Joaquin, San Bernardino and Riverside counties.
The Most Ambitious US Solar-Energy Initiative Ever Proposed
California Governor Schwarzenegger's ambitious solar-roof plan could get sidelined by partisan squabbling.
Rural Arizona At Risk For Water Shortage
As the state's population continues to grow, the limited water supplies continue to shrink.
Running On Empty: The End Of The Oil Age
Some experts warn that the world is heading for a state of permanent oil shortage.
Troubled Future For Big Oil
The oil industry faces significant challenges in the future.
Respected Official Addresses 'Troubled Water' Conference
Bureau of Reclamation official delivers tough message to Western Water Conference attendees
Lights Out For U.S. Traffic Signals
The nation's traffic signals fail in almost every aspect of execution.
Hollywood Star Helps Launch Global Clean Water Campaign
Hollywood star power helped launch a global campaign to draw attention to the plight of hundreds of millions around the world who do not have access to clean water.
World Water Day: Water Privatization In The U.S.
To mark World Water Day 2005, Amy Goodman looks at the issue of water privatization in U.S. cities.
2005 Report Card For America's Infrastructure
America's GPA for Instrastructure = D.
Don't Drink The Water
The Washington, D.C. sewer system –- which will eventually outsize its subway system -– needs a little work.
Nary A Drop To Divert
A rash of water-rights lawsuits in California worries conservationists.
Federal Water For Development: Don't Ask, Don't Tell
An illegal water grab by a developer is overlooked by planners -- until he proposes a new suburb.
A Kid's Geology Primer: Build A Home Seismometer
This 'Kidspace' feature is a good primer on geological mapping, and offers several fun projects to do with your kids.
Bush: Nuclear Energy Is 'Clean' And 'Renewable'
In an interview with the Wall Street Journal President Bush said that nuclear energy was a "clean renewable" energy source for the future."
State Or Market-Approaches To Water?
Should relief agencies depend on state or free-market solutions to solve water shortages?
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.
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 Thousand Oaks
City of Wisconsin Rapids
Harvard University Graduate School of Design
The Architects Foundation
University of Cincinnati Online
Northern Illinois Transit Authority (NITA)
The Pocatello Development Authority
The Urban Renewal Agency of the City of Pocatello
