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Counting The Homeless
Some say it can't be done, but New York City is going to try anway.
Smart Growth, Education Can Lead To Economic Development
How to foment the development of a new "entrepreneurial class" in the Caribbean Island of Puerto Rico by actually promoting those now called "smart growth" principles.
Economic Impacts Of Historic Preservation
Main Street programs typically return about $35 for every dollar invested in operating the program.
Right-sizing Urban Growth Boundaries
How to figure out what's best for your community.
Protecting A Pristine Ecosystem From Development
Conservation groups say the effort to save a pristine Manhattan-sized island off the coast of Baja California could be a model for saving threatened wilderness areas.
Curbing City Drivers
London charges drivers $8 a day to enter the city center during weekdays.
The Lost City
A city frozen in time since the 1950s is threatened by developers. Architects and planners work to save priceless architecture and public spaces.
The Secret To Urban Revival
What makes a downtown work? People. The Arizona Republic examines success stories across the U.S.
EPA Releases Report On Children's Health And Environment
A report released by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency titled "America's Children and the Environment" could impact the debate over how best to control air pollution
Introduction To Induced Traffic Demand
The Seattle Times presents a useful primer, including graphics, on induced traffic resulting from new roads.
A Radical Solution For Traffic Congestion Needed
Seattle needs to redirect transportation dollars to develop mass transit.
Dateline NBC Special On Traffic Calming
Dateline NBC is scheduled to air a special report on neighborhood traffic calming Tuesday evening, February 25.
Historical Sites At Risk In The Event Of War
The cultural heritage of the region where urban life began 5,500 years ago is at risk in the event of a war in Iraq.
Daniel Libeskind: A Photo Essay
Photos of the designs of star architect Daniel Libeskind.
How Wal-Mart Is Changing America
What's a good sprawl story without Wal-Mart? Fortune magazine profiles the corporation that builds the big boxes in "One Nation Under Wal-Mart."
Housing Demand Drives Sprawl
As the state tries to meet housing demand, suburban sprawl spreads across the California landscape.
'Unprecedented' Public Participation In Planning
The process of selecting a design for Ground Zero is as important as the design itself.
Wendell Cox And Andres Duany Debate
Laurence Aurbach presents excerpts from the debate between Wendell Cox and Andrés Duany at the Preserving the American Dream Conference in Washington D.C.
Denver Faces Affordable-housing Crisis
Denver is facing a housing crisis but no one is paying attention.
Almere New Town Grows Up
Founded in the 1970s as a solution for housing shortages around Amsterdam and Schiphol, Almere has grown into one of the largest "new" cities in Europe.
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.
