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A 'Safety Valve' For The Affordable Housing Crisis
In search of relief from San Diego's affordable housing crisi, U.S. residents are looking at housing options in northern Mexico.
$1.8 Million Grant To Save Philadelphia
Four historic Philadelphia neighborhoods receive grant toward revitalization efforts.
Smart Growth Dream Will Give You Nightmares
Smart Growth advocates' vision of the future of urban development is more like a nightmare for the average citizen, writes Chris Fiscelli.
Is The Environmental Movement Under-stating Its Success?
Former Bush Administration EPA Administrator Christine Todd Whitman writes about the environmental movement and successes in improving air and water quality in the U.S. over the past 30+ years.
Human Wealth Increases Urban Plant Diversity
Family income and housing age are key predictors of plant diversity within cities, according to a new study.
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Smart Growth Dream Will Give You Nightmares
Smart Growth advocates' vision of the future of urban development is more like a nightmare for the average citizen.
Planning For Shade
Planners, architects and dermatologists discuss how planning for more shade can help prevent cancer in Toronto.
Cars With Brains
U.S. Department of Transportation engineers are hoping that new technology will make driving safer.
What Does It Take To Transform A City?
Smart City features an interview with Milwaukee Mayor and soon to be CNU president, John Norquist.
An Architect Who Builds What He Designs
Architect Dan Rockhill designs houses and builds them himself.
Celebrating The Old-Fashioned Trolley
A commuter enumerates 9 reasons why she loves taking the trolley to work.
Making Sidewalks Accesible At What Cost?
After a four-year battle, the City of Sacramento reached a agreement on a lawsuit over sidewalk accessibility.
How New Jersey's Levittown Became 70% Black
A look at New Jersey's Levittown (now called Willingboro), how it became majority African-American, and why residents' housing values keep falling.
Urban Ecology On NPR
There's more to urban ecosystems than rats and cockroaches. Talk of the Nation features a discussion.
Is Renaming Of Major Streets A New Trend?
Los Angeles debates whether to change the name of a major street.
ASLA Announces 2003 Professional Awards
The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) has announced the recipients of its 2003 Professional Awards, the Community Service Award, and the Landmark Award.
Buffalo Comprehensive Plan: A Blueprint For The Queen City
Buffalo's first master plan in more than 25 years calls for investing $3.1 billion in public and private funds over the next decade to build new housing, spur economic development, modernize schools and enhance "quality of life."
EITC: A New Approach To Affordable Housing
The Earned Income Tax Credit may be a better tool for providing affordable housing than federal housing supports.
Elevated Rail Debuts In Indy
Privately-funded 1.5-mile system connects three hospitals.
The Death Of Creative Spaces
Overplanning leads to sterile developments and subdivisions that lack creativity.
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.
