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Managing Growth Through Open Space Acquisition
Open space acquisition programs are becoming a popular and successful way to manage growth in California.
MIT Studies World's Transportation Systems
A report by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) examines the impact of transportation systems in developing and developed countries on economic development,social welfare and environmental quality .
Is Urban Sprawl Good For Minorities?
For all the blame it gets for a number of societal problems, is sprawl a good thing for Black America?
Urban Sprawl: Not Just For Big Cities
Indiana's smaller cities are experiencing a problem they thought only impacted big cities -- sprawl.
It's Not Easy To Fight Sprawl
Controlling sprawl in Greater Cincinnati is difficult when many communities believe that they do not face a sprawl problem.
California's Desert Housing Shortage
California's fourth-fastest growing county is facing a housing crisis: thousand of working poor live in illegal mobile home parks.
Labeling Architectural Styles For Historic Preservation
As thousands of postwar buildings are becoming eligible under historic preservation laws, preservations search for labels to classify architectural styles.
Top Ten City Rankings For Real Estate Investment
Real estate investment prospects are expected to decline in major metropolitan areas in 2002. Who will be left standing?
GIS Aids Sustainable Land Use Efforts
Biodiversity conservation efforts in the Amazon rainforest benefits from satellites and geographic information system (GIS) technology.
Maryland Governor Announces New Metro Line
Maryland Gov.Parris N. Glendening announces a plan for a new Metro line.
National Trust Award For Pioneer Preservationist
Theresa "Terry" Brown was presented with an award by the National Trust for Historic Preservation for her pioneering work.
Joel Kotkin: New York May See Benefits Of Sprawl
Joel Kotkin writes that, like most other major U.S. cities, New York will have to rethink its development strategy and spread out to survive.
Should Rail Transit Be A Business?
The former director of Amtrak discusses Amtrak subsidies and transit in the U.S.
Planning On Waldron
Resident of the remote 4.5-square-mile island of Waldron are trying to zone privacy.
Black Homeowners Hurt Most By Neighborhood Segregation
This paper finds that neighborhood segregation hurts the home values of black homeowners, thus undermining the wealth-creating potential of homeownership. This "segregation tax" is generally highest where racial segregation is the highest.
Ecological Corridors
Trees provide an important part of the urban infrastructure. This case study examines Seattle's use of urban forests.
Profile Of A New Town
The new town of Prospect in Colorado is equal parts daring, eclectic and utterly livable.
Debate Over Colorado Land Conservation
Should an agency in Colorado charged with preserving open space be allowed to borrow $115 million for additional purchases?
A New Addition To New York City's Skyline
Herbert Muschamp comments on architect Norman Foster's design for the Hearst Corporation headquarters building in New York.
Traffic Congestion To Get Worse In Southern California
Traffic problems in Southern California are expected to get worse as the population of Riverside and San Bernardino counties continues to grow.
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
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.
