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Comparing Smart Growth In 15 Cities
A new analysis of growth compares Portland's attempt to curb sprawl and protect rural land with 14 other US cities, including Seattle and Boise.
Shaping The City: Smart Growth Misunderstood
Polarized debate over smart growth is an obstacle says Roger K. Lewis.
Decision 2004: Where's the urban agenda?
There's no shortage of challenges facing America's cities -- too bad neither candidates are addressing them.
Mystery City
Why did one of the world's largest metropolitan centers become a ghost town?
Europe's Black Market Dumping Problem
Proper waste disposal in the EU has become prohibitively expensive, leading to black market dumping.
College Students Design Town Plan For $25k Prize
Jackson, Michigan opens a contest for college students to create a vision for the downtown's west end.
Housing Follows The Trains
Public subsidies, new zoning rules and shifting demographics are fueling a housing boom near transit stations.
The 'Instant' transformation of China's cities
Beijing and Shanghai are epicenters of the "biggest building boom in human history" -- and in their rush to have the newest and shiniest examples of modern architecture, they are erasing their own built heritage.
Transforming Slums Into Garden Neighborhoods
A pilot project will plant gardens in some of the world's worst slums in an effort to create urban agriculture centers.
Worse Than Global Warming?
The most serious sustainability problem facing the world isn't global warming.
Finding Loopholes In Anti-Sprawl Laws
Maryland's anti-sprawl laws are being circumvented by innovative developers in rural communities through the annexation process.
Local Shops Build Healthy Economies
Chicago business district releases impact study and policy proposals.
What's Your Ecological Footprint?
A new report charges that humans are consuming natural resources 20% faster than nature can renew them.
Canada's First National Urban Park
Can a new urban park on the north side of Toronto change the city and offer a new model of urban planning?
A Metropolitan Time Bomb?
60 million new Americans will need new schools, new roads, new water systems, just as states and cities have hit hard times.
Kayaking Meets New Urbanism
Developers plan the world's longest whitewater kayak based on New Urbanism.
Defending Bush's Global Warming Record
David Garman, U.S. Department of Energy chief of power efficiency, defended the Bush administration's record on global warming.
A 'Wall Against Sprawl'
Growth-management laws show results in King County, WA.
L.A. City Hall's Mystery Blogger
A 'mystery' blogger within Los Angeles City Hall has pulled the plug on his/her blog after too much publicity.
Fears Over Yucca Mountain Could Spell Trouble For Bush
The controversial nuclear waste storage facility in Nevada is causing some residents in this swing state to re-think their support for President Bush.
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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.
