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NPR Profiles Major Latin American Cities
National Public Radio profiles six major cities in Latin America.
Whose Yard Is It Anyway?
A retiree's xeriscaped water-conserving front yard earns "Certified Florida Yard" recognition. And the wrath of his homeowners' association that wants him to grow more grass.
Book Review: Call Of The Mall
A new book explains everything you wanted to know about life in a mall -- including why they're built the way they are.
Learning From New York's Historic Districts
What other cities can learn from how New York regulates its historic districts.
APA Ranks Top 25 Planning Stories
The APA's chooses 25 issues and events that have had the greatest impact on U.S. and global planning since 1978.
Colorado House Seeks To Limit Eminent Domain
Cities quick to condemn for retail sales-tax generators provoke backlash.
Skyscrapers Still Being Built Post 9/11
Despite arguments from many critics that 9/11 was the end of the skyscraper era, many cities continue to plan tall buildings.
Will New WTC Design Improve On The 'Barren Windswept Plaza'?
Strong pedestrian-level winds created at the plaza of the former World Trade Center made it one of the most unwelcoming places in New York. How does the WTC redevelopment design fare?
Bush, Kerry, And Green Differences
In a tight presidential race, environmental issues could swing undecided voters.
Portland: An International Model For Urban Planning
Portland's international reputation for its urban planning is drawing experts from around the world.
How Taxes And Services Affect Economic Development
According to a new publication, state and local tax cuts are not the best use of public revenues, even to encourage job growth.
Oakland's Olmsted
Walter Hood is practicing a new approach for rejuvenating urban open spaces.
Bush And Kerry Discuss Affordable Housing
President Bush and Democratic presidential hopeful Senator Kerry discuss America's affordable housing crisis.
Money Talks, Logic Walks
Abandoning the town center, Britain gives in to the Big Box.
Does Environmentalism Equal Xenophobia?
The Sierra Club's leadership faces a divisive split over immigration issues -- does immigration lead to loss of wildlife habitat and urban sprawl?
To Attract Residents Communities Offer Free Land
Kansas communities are offering free land to attract residents to increase the tax base.
Walt Disney On Planning
The 'unofficial Disney park guide' explains the evolution of Walt Disney's plans for the Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow (EPCOT).
Three Americas: A Profound Metamorphosis
The nation is undergoing an epic change.
The Case For Saving Hope
Hope VI is needed to address the remaining -- and still-lived in -- mistakes of past federal housing policies.
National Landscape Architecture Month
April 2004 has been declared as the National Landscape Architecture by the American Society of Landscape Architects.
City of Moorpark
City of Tustin
Tyler Technologies
City of Astoria
Transportation Research & Education Center (TREC) at Portland State University
Chaddick Institute at DePaul University
Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada
Toledo-Lucas County Plan Commissions
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.
