The Daily Source of Urban Planning News
Walt Disney On Planning
The 'unofficial Disney park guide' explains the evolution of Walt Disney's plans for the Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow (EPCOT).
Three Americas: A Profound Metamorphosis
The nation is undergoing an epic change.
The Case For Saving Hope
Hope VI is needed to address the remaining -- and still-lived in -- mistakes of past federal housing policies.
National Landscape Architecture Month
April 2004 has been declared as the National Landscape Architecture by the American Society of Landscape Architects.
A Shortage Of Planners In Mumbai, India
A generation of planners is retiring in Mumbai, and there are too few willing to take their place.
Integrating Transport Into Regional Land Use And Economic Strategies
British study assesses the extent to which multiple tiers of government and diverse regional policy goals can be harmonized.
The Benefits Of A Community Garden
A healthy diet and lifestyle is more within reach, thanks to a Los Angeles community garden.
Planting the Seeds of Urban Community
Residents of South Los Angeles have created more than a community garden--they have developed an urban farm. And now a Los Angeles court may support the community's right to grow.
Zoning Extends its Boundaries
A Massachusetts task force will recommend zoning as a way to oversee and manage coastal water uses.
End of the Line for Chain Stores?
An ordinance is under consideration in San Francisco that would ban "formula retail" from certain areas.
Ridge Announces New Train And Subway Security
Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge announces a $1.7 billion plan to protect trains and subways from terrorism.
A New Vocabulary For Sprawl
Do you know the difference between a "boomburb" and a "zoomburb?" These and other interesting new terms are becoming part of urban planners' lexicon.
Latino New Urbanism
Do inner-city Latino neighborhoods offer lessons for preventing sprawl?
New Campus Architecture Database
A database of recent campus buildings is part of the Chronicle of Higher Education's special supplement on campus architecture.
'Edu-tainment' in the Land of Lincoln
President Abraham Lincoln could soon be honored with his very own theme park.
Panhandling Hurts 'Destination Appeal'
Panhandling and homelessness is adversely affecting Denver's convention business.
Amtrak Unprepared, Underfunded For Security Threats
Billions of dollars in Dept. of Homeland funding is earmarked for improving security of air and sea ports but nation's railroads are neglected.
Sears Tower To Be Sold For $835 Million
The Chicago landmark makes a comeback.
Ethnic Enclaves In The Urbanism Of America
How should culture be managed from the point of view of urban form?
A Woman Of Influence
Herber Muschamp provides a snapshot of the career of Zaha Hadid, winner of the 2004 Pritzker Prize, architecture's top honor.
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.
