The Daily Source of Urban Planning News
New Orleans Devastation Emphasises Need For Planners
This general interest article is a primer on the urban planning profession, including expected qualifications and likely job responsibilities.
Getting Serious About Greening The Los Angeles River
Los Angeles has hired a team of consultants to study ways to make the LA River a focus of urban revival instead of a flood control system. A series of public meetings may be a prelude to massive public works projects.
Katrina Lays Bare Superfund Woes
Concern rises that storm may have compromised cleanup of toxic sites around New Orleans -- and created new ones.
Friday Funny: New York, Nevada
Will Las Vegas Casinos become the model for future cities?
Courtyard Apartments: An Idea Whose Time Has Come Back
Courtyard complexes provide an affordable, mid-density, low-rise housing alternative as Los Angeles moves from single-family to high-rise residential development.
The Transit Field of Dreams: If You Operate It, Will They Come?
Many people think the magnitude of transit ridership is outside the control of public policy and decision-makers.
Mexico's Guaymas Port May Pick Up California's Slack
Officials in Mexico are looking to capitalize on delays at California ports to redirect work to Guaymas.
How Houston Survived Hurricane Katrina
After Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast, Houston, TX, became the "shock absorber of the nation."
America's Most Polluted Park
The air quality in Sequoia-Kings Canyon has dropped so rapidly that it's surpassing even Grand Canyon and Joshua Tree as the most polluted.
We All Live In New Orleans Now
Unless we make a rapid switch to clean, renewable energy, other cities will face the dangers that submerged New Orleans, says Mike Tidwell.
Community-Based Watershed Management Handbook
This free handbook describes innovative approaches to watershed management implemented by the 28 National Estuary Programs (NEPs). The NEPs are community-based watershed management organizations that restore and protect coastal watersheds.
Winnipeg's 'Big Dig'
In an effort to protect one of Canada's most flood-prone cities, the City of Winnipeg is expanding its 40-year old floodway.
L.A.-Based Architectural Firm Thinks Locally, Acts Globally
Mark Rios and his firm RCH Studios are known for their interdisciplinary approaches to architecture and landscape architecture. Despite being 'creative generalists', the firm has managed to thrive in an era of specialization.
Disaster Profiteering and Waste After Katrina
After Hurricane Katrina, a "bonanza for lobbyists and private companies" as unprecedented sums in government funds are awarded in no-bid contracts.
Should The New New Orleans Be Downsized?
Economists debate whether the future New Orleans be downsized? 'Colonial Williamsburg' and other controversial models are pondered.
New Orleans: An American Masterpiece
The city of New Orleans is one of America's masterpieces and should be rebuilt.
An International Perspective On Rebuilding New Orleans
The BBC reports that city officials plan to rethink the urban geography of New Orleans in order to make it stronger and better than ever.
Architects, Planners Eager To Reinvent New Orleans
In the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina some see an opportunity to reinvent a major American city.
Why we Need to Pay $4 for a Gallon of Gasoline
Hurricane Katrina showed how vulnerable the United States is to oil shocks. Government needs to do more to encourage conservation.
Designing A New New Orleans
Architects and urban planners start thinking about designing the form of a rebuilt New Orleans.
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.
