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Who Are We Planning For Anyway?
Do planners need to give more consideration to public opinion and community interests?
Top Ten Creative Cities: Measuring Economic Potential
Can the 'Creativity Index' measure a city's economic potential?
Lessons For American Mall Builders
Frank Lowy runs Australia's best performing real estate firm, and can teach Americans a few things about building shopping malls.
Los Angeles: Suddenly Small Is Better
The threat of Valley secession from Los Angeles is the result of a new tendency to think smaller is better.
Gentrification In South Boston
East Boston has benefited from a thriving arts community, raising fears of gentrification.
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Just Who Are We Planning For Anyway?
Do planners need to give more consideration to public opinion and community interests?
Boom In Migration To Resort Towns Concerns Planners
Vacation spots typically inhabited by a small number of locals in the off-season are attracting residential migration in record numbers.
New Jersey's Mount Laurel Affordable Housing Doctrine
The New Jersey Supreme Court is poised to hand down a new ruling to mandate affordable housing.
New York Tomorrow
When the sun rises on New York City a decade from now, it could well be a very different place.
California's High Speed Rail Gets A Boost
A $9 billion bond measure for a 700-mile, high-speed rail through California is approved by the Senate.
Places With The Longest Commutes
Commutes are getting longer, but not in dense urban areas. The longest commutes are now at the rural/urban fringe
Jacksonville's New Downtown Hub Plan
Downtown Jacksonville seeks to create retail town center and relies on nearby housing.
Florida Community Faces Water Fight
A master planned retirement community wants to double in size, but nearby residents say there's not enough water to support the growth.
New Urbanism And Mission Bay
San Francisco's Mission Bay urban reuse project is one of the most significant in the country.
Amtrak Interactive: A Special Multimedia Project
Amtrak and the future of passenger rail in America.
A Push For Common Sense Zoning Enforcement
In Northern Wisconsin, a major win for property rights movement.
Iceland Plans An Oil-Free Future
Iceland plans to be completely oil-free in 30-40 years by using hydrogen-power.
Friday Funny: Congress Threatens To Leave D.C.
The U.S. Congress called the current U.S. Capitol "inadequate and obsolete," and threatens to relocate to Charlotte or Memphis. Architecture firm proposes a new retractable-dome capitol.
Green Inventory In D.C.
An inventory of D.C. trees will create a $1 million database that will be available to city agencies.
Global Impact Of Local Pollution
Satellites show how pollutants travel across the globe.
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.
