The Daily Source of Urban Planning News
Placemaking: Smart Growth And The Arts
Artists need places and places need artists -- how the arts and smart growth can work together.
Top 20 States Losing Farmland To Development
Farming on the Edge presents the top 20 states losing prime farmland to development, as well as posters and images.
APA Researchers Brief Michigan Land Use Leadership Council
Urge Council Members to "Fix What's Broken" Before Addressing Complex Issues
GPS Technology Is Vulnerable
Attempts to jam GPS-based weapons and navigation systems are a reminder of just how vulnerable GPS technology really is.
New Apartments For A Suburban City
New apartments blend urban ideas into business-park settings in San Jose.
The Expense of Due Process
How due process bogs down city planning and drains public, andprivate, coffers in San Francisco.
Go Sprawl: City Gives Up Control Of Edge Development
Albuquerque's City Hall no longer controls development around the edges of the city.
'Tis The Season To Rebuild, And Reconsider
In Iraq, a different kind of rebuilding.
Florida Town Approves Big Box Despite Advice Of Their Planner
Zephyrhills, Florida, City Council members cleared the way Monday night for a Lowe's home improvement store, against the advice of city planner Todd Vande Berg who found the plans in conflict with the comprehensive plan.
Will Planners Defend Smart Growth?
Proponents of property rights and other conservatives are attacking smart growth as a theory dreamed up by out-of-touch urban planners.
Honesty And Seattle's Monorail Tax
Seattle's Monorail Tax will show just how honest the city is says Bill Radke.
25 Years Of Forward-thinking Design
Builder Magazine looks back at 25 years of'progress, pundits, projects, products and predictions.'
Boston Commuter Rail Expansion May Yield To Urban Transit
The governor of Massachusetts plans to shift transit funding to inner city projects.
Sprawl In The Spotlight
The April issue of Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment presents an review of the top websites exploring the issue of sprawl.
Smart Growth Saves Money
In Michigan as elsewhere, fiscal distress accentuates the need for reforming wasteful development patterns.
Why Zoning Doesn't Mean Quality Of Life
The Charlotte Observers offers a summary of how zoning and "matter of right" allows for the building of junk, regardless of city plans or desires for a quality environment.
How To Measure A City's Success
Communities across the nation have launched formal "indicators" projects.
Europe's Tallest Building?
In England, architects and developers are pushing the boundaries to build mind-numbingly tall buildings.
Commuting Across The English Channel
The local council in Kent is planning to encourage families priced out of the housing market to move to France and commute daily to work from through the Channel Tunnel.
Stopping Cities From Zoning For Sales Taxes
California lawmakers are working on a proposal that would give cities a larger share of property taxes, and less incentive to build more big box retail stores.
Municipality of Princeton
Roanoke Valley-Alleghany Regional Commission
City of Mt Shasta
City of Camden Redevelopment Agency
City of Astoria
Transportation Research & Education Center (TREC) at Portland State University
US High Speed Rail Association
City of Camden Redevelopment Agency
Municipality of Princeton (NJ)
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.
