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Jeb Bush Urged To Veto Bill To Delay Everglades Cleanup
Congressional leaders urge Florida Gov. Jeb Bush to veto a bill to delay cleanup of the Everglades by a decade at the behest of the sugar industry.
Rediscovering Our Place In Nature
David Suzuki examines how the move from small villages to big cities has estranged us from nature, and particularly from biotechnology.
One Type Of Market Answer To Traffic And Congestion
Informal ridesharing is cropping up in many places, such as Washington D.C.
Urban Village Plan OKd
The Seattle suburb of Kenmore adopts a plan to reshape the city's downtown and also adopts new zoning to encourage denser mixed-use development.
Smart Growth Can Deliver Affordable Housing
Solutions mix public values, community investment.
LA: Model For Phoenix?
For all of Los Angeles' problems with congestion and sprawl, Phoenix would be lucky to have the same vibrancy in it's arterial streets.
Fake Lawn Faux Pas
Plastic landscaping may be morphing beyond pink flamingos & poolside excess into an entire lifestyle statement.
Manhattan's High Line
The High Line is a 1.5-mile-long elevated freight railway line that runs from West 34 Street south to the Meatpacking District on Manhattan's far West Side.
Homes Plan Could Create 'Characterless Urban Sprawl'
A plan to build hundreds of thousands of new homes in south-east England is "unsustainable" and could promote sprawl.
Servo: Utility From Design
A new academic design group focuses on coaxing more utility out the plain vanilla 'skin' of a building
Stern, Gensler To Conduct Revitalization Study
Robert A. M. Stern and Gensler Architecture, Planning and Design qill conduct a revitalization study of Fulton Street in New York.
Balancing Sustainable Development
Steven Hayward examines the notion of 'sensible environmentalism', and how it may become a guide for development.
Seattle Mayor Willing To Bet Big On Biotech District
Mayor Nickels hopes $570 million in infrastructure in South Lake Union will create a biotech hotbed.
Jerde's Innovative Historic Rail Infill Project
A huge development in the center of Sacramento will include 3,000 homes and acres of shopping at the site of a historic rail yard.
A Source Of Fresh Urban Design Ideas
A unique architectural competition shows the importance for architects collaborating with professionals for other disciplines.
You Really Should Take The Subway
Thinking of driving to Boston? Let someone who lives here tell you about the traffic.
Townspeople Of Buckeye Bribed By Trust Fund?
A developer proposes $1 million trust fund for improvement of Douglas Ranch, on eve of election for its annexation and zoning.
Are Cities Obsolete?
Half a century ago, the people and architecture of New York City responded to the threat of a nuclear attack. How is the city responding after 9/11?
Housing Costs Vs. Regulation
California's disasterous style of providing housing seems to be: "Just say no."
Another Tale Of Two Cities
Portland, Oregon was once the Mecca of American urban planning. Now it is called the Little Beirut and people are fleeing the state.
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.
