The Daily Source of Urban Planning News
Final Installment In Kansas City Star Series
The Kansas City Star publishes the last installment in a five-part series on fixing downtown.
County Wants Connected Commercial Strip Malls
Palm Beach County is considering requiring developers to link shops with neighboring retailers so customers don't add to traffic problems as they move from one strip mall to the next.
Sprawl, Thy Name Is Anaheim
San Francisco is simply 'The City,'... while Anaheim is "the backdrop for Disneyland, and the center of America's new suburban experiment.
World's Mountain Regions Threatened
The world's mountains are submitting to threats from agriculture, building, war and climate change.
Surf City Credit Card
Huntington Beach, California seeks to cash in on its well-recognized city logo by offering... a credit card.
UK Airport Proposals Blight Villages
The UK Government's consultation proposals on the future of air transport have blighted properties.
Re-dignifying Parking Garages
Long gone are the grand arched train stations welcoming you to a new city. Today, the universal entrance into our urban cities is a claustrophobic parking garage.
Massive Wetlands Projects Test Science
Two massive wetlands retoration projects in California -- Bolsa Chica and San Francisco Bay -- are testing the limits of science and engineering.
Inner-City Construction Boom Could Stall
Cleveland's goal of building 1,000 new homes a year could hit a snag: most of the good sites are taken.
Pursuing Smart Growth
New Jersey Governor James E. commits to pursuing a smart growth vision for the state.
Who's Got the Energy?
Local communities are taking the lead in energy conservation and innovation.
An Anti-Sprawl Checklist
How can you measure the success of sprawl-control initiatives? Here's a checklist...
Neighborhood Enterprises
Cities across America are getting a new lease on life through innovative and creative partnerships among increasingly varied public and private interests.
Out With The Old, In With The New
Cleveland's inner ring suburbs could use eminent domain to clear land for new development.
Black In The Suburbs
Many African-American families do not feel welcome in the San Francisco Bay Area suburbs.
Chicago: No Place To Smell The Roses
Chicago's beautification has lacked the provision of places to sit.
Safety By Design
Designing safe neighborhoods using "traffic calming" and "eyes on the street" approach.
Obstacles Facing Hillside Development
Amy Forbes, a partner at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, discusses the obstacles facing hillside development in Ventura, Califronia.
Despite Abundance, New Talk About Limits
Nestle Waters plant stirs Great Lakes security debate.
Cities Seek To Block Walmart
Inglewood becomes part of a growing list of cities that seek to ban new Wal-Mart stores.
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.
