The Daily Source of Urban Planning News
The Disappearing Lawns
Cities are encouraging a practice long favored by landscape architects, replacing the traditional green lawn with creative and environmentally appropriate alternatives.
When You Lose Your Home And Community
The residents and businesses of lower Topanga Canyon are being moved out to make room for a nature preserve.
Biodiversity Expert Proposes Conservation Strategy
Biodiversity expert E.O. Wilson has proposed a conservation strategy that involves buying the world's endangered ecosystems
National Forest Rules To Be Revised
The Bush administration will revise a ban on logging and new roads in national forests initiated during the Clinton years.
A Celebration Of Conservation
Environmentalists will convene at Mt. Diablo to celebrate California's conservation achievements.
Breaking The Habit Of Suburbia
If the war with suburbia is over, why are we still struggling with its development habits?
Some Towns Untouched By Wave Of Diversity
The dramatic change in the diversity of the U.S. population over the last 10 years did not reach some towns.
Drilling Beneath The Great Lakes
The energy crisis has renewed interest in drilling under the Great Lakes, the world's largest supply of fresh surface water.
Streamlining The Development Process
Commissioners in Hollywood, FL have approved changes that aim to allow developers to break ground sooner.
Amtrak's New Drug Subsidies?
Reason Magazine charges that Amtrak can't turn a buck running trains so it enlists in the drug war.
Preserving Rural Farmland In South Florida
It turns out the best possible way to rescue Miami-Dade's remaining rural farmland is to incorporate as a ... city.
Campaign Of Sabotage
In this opinion article, Michael Lewyn argues that government sabotages the public transit systems it subsidizes.
Saving Our Rivers
Though we are making progress, the nation's rivers are still endangered.
Brownfield Projects Awards
Each year, the Phoenix Awards recognizes outstanding brownfields projects from across the U.S.
10 Most Improved Transit Systems
A transit trade publication, Metro Magazine, names the 10 most improved transit systems in North America.
Largest Public Works Project In The US
The plans are for 85 new schools at a cost of $1.8 billion. Completion is set for 2006 in Los Angeles.
New Businesses Vs. Historic Architecture
As Fayetteville, NC, tries to attract businesses to downtown areas, conflicts arise over what to do about historic architecture.
Neighborhood Schools Are At Risk
Neighborhood schools define a town's identity as a place with traditional values. How can they be saved?
The Three Most Luxurious Trains
The Automobile Club selects and reviews the world's three most luxurious trains.
The Architecture Firm Of The Future?
A young architecture firm, like many of its peers, has adopted a new approach to architecture practice that combines computer technology, marketing, and business strategies from outside the profession.
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.
