The Daily Source of Urban Planning News
Preservation Makes Economic Sense
Creating quality and historic communities could help a city promote economic strength.
Images Of Sprawl
Aerial photographs capture the essence of suburban sprawl.
Government Growth Statistics Overestimated
The U.S. Department of Agriculture revised farmland development rate figures used to gauge the pace of sprawl
Views Of Utopia
The search for the perfect community -- Utopia --is chronicled in acomprehensive exhibit at the New York Public Library.
Schools Return To Original Master Plans
University campus planners are returning to master plans from the 1900s as a response to campus sprawl.
Florida Rethinking Bullet Train
State lawmakers want to re-evaluate the amendment passed by voters to build high-speed rail throughout the state.
Colorodo Grapples With Growth
Colorado lawmakers gather to discuss sprawl-related legislation.
Tradition A Barrier To Smart Growth
Selling smart growth to real estate agents can be difficult.
History Changed The Future
A look at the cities and architecture of the future as designed between 1930 and 1970.
The High-Tech South: Part Two
Joel Kotkin continues his two-part series on the High-tech South, focusing on Raleigh-Durham.
Burning Suburbia
The debate over suburban sprawl has taken a dangerous turn.
Oil Versus Wildlife In Alaska
The President has decided not to give the Artic National Wildlife Refuge a national monument status.
Big-Box Regulations Aim To Solve Social Issues
California's affluent suburbs remain enticing for retailers. And for most of these cities, the "big box" remains the Holy Grail.
Financing New Urbanism Projects
The Congress for the New Urbanism publishes a report on the obstacles and solutions for financing new urbanism projects.
Using Landmarks To Control Development
Homeowners in the Queens borough of New York City want the neighborhood to be designated a historic district to control development.
$145 Million Proposed to Preserve Maryland Lands
Proposal will enable state to buy back land threatened by development.
New EPA Sewer Rules Worry Cities
Officials in some cities are concerned about new rules proposed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency -- tough standards could force cities to reduce sewer leaks by rebuilding or improving sewers.
Annual Wetlands Loss Drops 80 Percent
Laws and conservation programs have reduced the annual loss of the nation's wetlands by 80 percent.
Illinois Agency Wins Over Waste Dumping
The Supreme Court rules that the Clean Water Act does authorize the government to regulate dumping of solid waste into isolated ponds and wetlands.
California Homebuilding Lags
New homebuilding in California continues to disappoint.
City of Thousand Oaks
City of Wisconsin Rapids
Harvard University Graduate School of Design
The Architects Foundation
University of Cincinnati Online
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.
