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Aerial photos Show Rapidly Expanding Cities
California Dept of Conservation documents the rapid expansion of urban areas using aerial photos.
Scotland's Five Ugliest Buildings
A prominent architect calls for Scotland's ugliest buildings to be torn down.
Michigan
Big local victories challenge Lansing inaction on public transportation
Looking For Quality: Mapping People's Feelings In A Neighborhood
Surveying and mapping people's emotional response to their environment as they walk through the streets of their urban area.
Subway Planners Get It Right
The one way to find out how well a job was done, or not done, is to perform a survey of those who live with the results.
Want Safer Buildings? Use 'Smart' Bricks
New 'smart bricks' are wired to signal buildings' structural problems.
How Safe Are SUVs?
New federal data illustrates the gap in safety between sport utility vehicles and passenger cars.
Prefab Housing Reinvented
Modernist, factory-built housing is inexpensive, stylish, eco-friendly, easy to construct, and is becoming popular.
A Fast Track To Sprawl
New Jersey's Highlands bill will encourage sprawl and cause pollution.
Developing Nations Grow Faster
99 percent of the world's population growth through 2050 will take place in developing countries.
Cities Choosing Greener Future
Several big cities across the nation are making serious commitments to sustainable energy.
Zoning Danger
In light of Hurricane Charley, should policymakers prohibit development on the riskiest lands?
Readers Respond To Sprawl Series
Readers respond to Washington Post's three-day article series on urban sprawl.
How Complex Is Your City?
A new study examines why it is so hard for so many of us to find our way around cities.
One Source Of Water, Two Uses
Believed to be the first of its kind in North America, a project in Toronto will use frigid water from deep in Lake Ontario to cool buildings downtown then treat it for drinking water.
The Geography Of Poverty And Service Provision
On average, poor populations in urban centers have greater spatial access to social services than poor populations living in suburban areas, according to a new Brookings report.
Seoul Searching
"South Korea is the latest country to decide that it needs to build a new capital city. It has some good reasons for doing so, but history suggests it may not be such a great idea"
A Disneyland Casino?
Are urban casinos the new trend for California cities?
ASLA, National Trust Announce 2004 Landmark Award
The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) and the National Trust for Historic Preservation have announced that the Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania will receive the 2004 Landmark Award during the ASLA Annual Meet
Kansas City: Create Places, Not Skylines
Great cities do not necessarily have impressive skylines, but 'streets, plazas and parks where people gather to shop, play.'
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.
