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Vietnam Creates Satellite City Plan
The scheme for Ho Chi Minh City is designed to alleviate overcrowding and other socioeconomic problems.
Friday Funny: City Parking Lot Can't Compete With Wal-Mart's Parking Lot
It's a shame when a Mom n' Pop parking lot falls victim to another 'Area' Wal-Mart.
Wall St. As Shopping Mecca?
A developer wants to transform a bank into a shopper's delight. Could this be the development that transforms the area into a 24/7 urban CBD?
Oil Addiction: Readers Respond To Bush - Part 2
Readers respond to President Bush's statement that the nation is addicted to oil.
The Demographics Of The World's Most Dangerous Gang
National Geographic explores the disconcerting spread of Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13, a relatively new and violent Los Angeles-based gang.
The Champion Of Wal-Mart
Michael Mills is not what you might expect out of Wal-Mart's southern spokesman.
An Inner-City Island
New Jersey's Newark Museum is world class, but middle-class fear and suburban sprawl have left it underused.
Time For Rail In New England
The region's transportation network is beginning to buckle under the strain of auto-dependence, write Neal Peirce and Curtis Johnson.
Reforming Philadelphia's Residential Tax Abatement
While the abatement can be a 'wealth magnet' for the city by generating market value from tax-free properties, the real benefit may be limited to the developers who cash in.
Tax Code Helped Low-Income Working Families
Alan Berube of the Brookings Institution examines how receipt of the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) expanded nationwide from 2000 to 2003 in response to a weakened economy.
Vancouver's Top Planners Retire
The two planners who oversaw highly successful growth in Vancouver for 20 years are calling it quits.
Oil Addiction: Readers Respond To Bush - Part 1
Readers respond to President Bush's statement that the nation is addicted to oil.
Ten Successes That Shaped The 20th Century American City
Historian Larry Gerckens outlines the ten successes that have shaped the modern American City -- from sewage systems to integrated transportation.
Evangelicals Mobilize To Fight Global Warming
Eighty-five evangelical Christian leaders urge religious conservatives to combat global warming.
Technology, Architecture, And Bodies In Motion
A ISU architecture class encourages students to study how bodies move in relation to architectural forms.
More Development, Less Home Runs?
A new mixed-use development in Boston's Fenway neighborhood is causing quite a stir -- not with the NIMBY crowd, but with the Fenway faithful who are concerned that the new development has created a wind pattern that will prevent home runs.
Virginia Governor Crusades For Transportation Tax Dollars
Many in Virginia believe that more funding is needed for transportation, although some, including members of the Virginia General Assembly, don't want to raise taxes.
A Revival For 'America's Favorite Pastime'
The New Urbanism movement has sparked a revival of what author John Buchino calls America's 'favorite pastime.'
Inland Southern California Leads State In Growth
Riverside and San Bernardino counties continue to attract jobs and residents, some fleeing from the costlier, more congested areas of Los Angeles, Orange, and San Diego counties.
Checkout Time For Katrina Victims
While some of the thousands of Katrina evacuees being evicted from their FEMA-funded hotel rooms have found other living arrangements, many others are facing homelessness.
Borough of Carlisle
Smith Gee Studio
City of Camden Redevelopment Agency
City of Astoria
Transportation Research & Education Center (TREC) at Portland State University
Camden Redevelopment Agency
City of Claremont
Municipality of Princeton (NJ)
Urban Design for Planners 1: Software Tools
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Planning for Universal Design
Learn the tools for implementing Universal Design in planning regulations.
