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Urban Sprawl Could Be a Cause of Obesity
Car trips replace short walks, leading to a general lack of exercise.
Lifestyle Centers: Faux Downtowns Coming to a Suburb Near You
Lifestyle centers--shopping centers designed to look and function as town centers, continue to gain national momentum.
'Good Design is Economic Development'
Tom Condon of the Hartford Courant makes a plea for better designed buildings and spaces in Hartford.
Single Family Garages Getting Bigger
The ubiquitous 2-car garage is growing to accomodate the needs of multiple-SUV families creating new design challenges for architects.
North Carolina's Success With Design-based Coding
Design-based coding is gaining popularity in Macon County's stalled planning process.
The Detroit Of South Carolina
A new automotive research campus in Greenville could make the city a new hub for the car and motorsports industry.
Balancing Local Autonomy with Regional Planning Goals
A recent study by Northern Illinois University recommends that 'counties and municipalities be given greater statutory power to coordinate land-use planning in shared transportation corridors.'
Shop And Awe: The Peril Of American-Style Commercial Development
Professor Charles C. Bohl says that Europe must weigh harms as well as benefits when deciding whether to adopt American-style retail sprawl.
The First Transit Station Naming Rights
Nextel Communication's $50 million deal to name to the Las Vegas Convention Center monorail station is the first of its kinds.
The Meaning of 'Private' in 'Private Property'
Sam Bass Warner Jr. reflects on the meaning of private property against the changing landscape of land use and ownership.
Induce Job Creation, Reduce Commutes
As nearly 60% of residents in Carroll County, MD commute to work, regional planners are proposing new zoning designations that would attract more businesses and light manufacturing to the county.
Portland's Pearl District Continues As Success Story
Pearl District apartments fetch the Portland region's highest rents, condos are selling for more than $1 million and people just can't get enough.
The Dynamics of Building Moratoriums
Do building moratoriums work? Developers and others in one of the fastest growing communities in Connecticut say no.
Do Lifestyle Centers Hijack New Urbanism?
Cleveland architecture critic says new shopping center is "high end roadside kitsch"
Rickshaws in Vegas
Faced with extinction, pedicab drivers in Las Vegas show how they fill a need in the city.
Looney Tune Architecture
Peter Eisenman discusses the misguided urge of many architects -– himself included -– to create works more for the front page of newspapers than for the people who will live with them.
Ireland: Watch Your Language
A county council imposes a language requirement for occupants of new homes.
L.A. Headed Toward Third World?
A new study by the Weingart Center shows that the city's economy has collapsed over the past 30 years.
What Women Really Want In Neighborhoods
A session at the recent ULI conference addresses the issue of what women really want in neighborhoods, homes and community life.
Is Smart Growth Un-American?
An editorial asserts that the founding fathers would not have approved of the smart growth movement.
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.
