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Growth Is Not Inevitable In California
<p>Everyone assumes that California's population will continue to grow for decades to come. But even with current projections for growth, history tells us that this fact isn't inevitable.</p>
Canada's Suburbs Unfit For 'Demographic Tsunami'
<p>New Statistics Canada data suggests that a large number of seniors are going to be retiring in suburbia, which is poorly suited to meeting their needs.</p>
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How Do You Like Your Public Space, Grilled Or Fried?
<p><em>I am currently on charrette in Bryant, Arkansas. As a brief primer, Bryant is located approximatley 15 miles to the southwest of Little Rock and is currently the fastest growing city in the state. This is mostly due to a its proximity to major employment centers and its thriving LEED certified school system. Though I could regurgitate a slew of citizen comments regarding the city's lack of communal space and the recent impoverishiment of its public realm, the picture and brief explantation below says it all.<br /></em></p><p> <br /><img src="/files/u405-Bryant-Chick-Fil-A.jpg" alt="Bryant Chik-Fil-A" title="Bryant Chik-Fil-A" width="303" height="201" align="middle" /></p><p><em>Photo Courtesy of Matt Lambert</em> </p>
Are Women Better Planners And Architects?
<p>A survey by a British planning firm shows that most people think women would design and build more livable cities than men.</p>
Green Building Picks Up Steam In Idaho
<p>With gradual growth in the amount of plans for energy efficient buildings and a rise in applications for LEED certification, Idaho is joining with many other states in a push to build more environmentally-friendly homes and buildings.</p>
Townhomes Sprouting Up In Seattle
<p>Hundreds of new townhomes are being built in neighborhoods across Seattle. Neighbors want input into the new housing, but a loophole allows development to move forward under the radar.</p>
Portland's Smart Growth Pays Dividends, Literally
<p>A new study lays out the annual savings residents of Portland, Oregon enjoy because of the green choices they and their elected leaders have made over the past 50 years.</p>
Low-Income Residents Migrating From Cities In Search Of Public Housing
<p>Public housing residents in crime-ridden urban areas are migrating to outlying communities in hopes of securing better housing and living in a safer neighborhood.</p>
New Medical Study To Highlight Lack Of Walking/Biking To School
<p>A soon-to-be released medical study reveals fewer than half of children who live within a mile of their school walk or bike there, and the percentage is dropping. While safety is a factor, cultural values and number of cars in household play a role.</p>
Car-Sharing Growing In Atlanta
<p>Despite doomsayers' claims that low-density Atlanta would never take to car sharing, Flexcar, the largest car sharing company in the U.S., is expanding its presence in the city.</p>
City Proposes Rewards For Building Smaller Homes
<p>To curb excessive house sizes, Boulder, Colorado, is offering financial incentives to homeowners not to build out, and penalties for McMansions.</p>
New British PM Takes On Housing Crisis
<p>In his new role as British Prime Minister, Gordon Brown has moved quickly to address the country's housing shortage.</p>
Politicians Propose Water Projects For Dry California
<p>After a dry winter, politicians in California are proposing major water projects to help ensure that the state's residents and expansive farming community have enough water in the future. Measures will likely be included on the state's 2008 ballot.</p>
The Fastest-Growing Suburbs In America
<p>Forbes compiles a list of the top 100 fastest-growing suburbs -- predominantly in the Sun Belt and the West.</p>
TOD On Track In The Nation's Captial
<p>Transit-oriented development projects -- many a result of successful public/private partnerships -- are flourishing along the Washington D.C. Metro line.</p>
America's Green Technology Is Basis For Stockholm's Congestion Pricing
<p>New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman expounds on the use of IBM’s green technology that enables the congestion pricing system to work in Stockholm, the environmental benefits of road pricing to cities, and the ‘green-collar’ jobs they create.</p>
Oregon's Land Use Laws Won't Get 'Big Look'
<p>Funding for an independent review of the state's planning system is slashed, with fingers pointing blame in many directions.</p>
UnSprawl Case Study: Southside In Greensboro, N.C.
<p>Greensboro's Southside neighborhood, a 10-acre revitalization project, features restored historic homes, live-work units, corner retail, a central transit stop, and a metamorphosis of the once-blighted neighborhood into a vibrant community.</p>
Implementing The 'Louisiana Speaks' Plan
<p>After an 18 month process and 27,000 opinions, Louisiana has a plan. Now the hard part begins.</p>
'Streetwise' Segway To Track Accessibility Of Sidewalks
<p>The "streetwise" Segway is the centerpiece of a pilot project to collect data on Bellevue’s sidewalks, an ongoing effort to make all 336 miles of city sidewalks accessible and comply with requirements of the federal Americans with Disabilities Act.</p>
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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.
