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Parking Lots: An Oasis For Youth
A look at the role of parking lots in suburban youth culture.
How Did The Census Bureau Get It So Wrong?
It turns out that the sky is not falling on cities, writes Carol Coletta in this week's Planetizen Op-Ed.
Alternate Fuels And The Future Of Cars
As gas prices go up, what is the future for hybrid cars and other alternative fuels for cars?
World Population Heading Rapidly Toward 7 Billion
There has been a complete shift in population growth. Ninety-nine percent of population growth for the foreseeable future will be in developing countries.
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The Sky Is Not Falling On Cities
Rethinking Cities: Telecommunication & Transportation
John M. Eger writes about how the Internet can help us rethink our cities.
Gainseville Park 1; Wal-Mart 0
The Gainesville City Commission rejected a measure that would have let Wal-Mart develop Northside Park.
High Housing Costs Are Good For Some Poor
Mark Alan Hughes writes that instead of fearing rising housing costs, the poor should benefit.
Houston Faces The Challenge Of Sprawl
One editor's solutions for Houston's unique challenges in embracing its population boom.
Bush Announces New Auto Fuel Effiency Rules
Critics say slight increase in fuel effiency standards excludes large SUVs and trucks and provides loopholes for automakers to continue making gas guzzlers.
Do Town Centers Really Work?
Some critics say that 'mixed-use' districts aren't promoting enough diversity.
Budgeting For Basics: The Changing Landscape Of City Finances
Study offers both current and historical contexts for understanding the evolution of city finances over the past thirty years.
Reality Sets in on TV Home-Makeover Shows
Building homes for low income and special needs populations makes for good television, but not for long-term housing solutions.
Plastic Grass A Solution For Muddy Play Fields?
In the Evergreen State, parks and schools are replacing natural grass with artificial turf.
Book Review: Universities And The Battle For Sustainable Neighborhoods
Few institutions of higher learning apply their knowledge and resources directly to the problems of poverty and housing.
Dreaming New Urbanism
What makes New Urbanism appealing?
The (Negative) Impact Of The World Bank On Development
Does the present of the IMF or World Bank make infrastructure projects more likely to fail?
New Interchange Expected To Transform Meridian, Idaho
Anticipating a new freeway interchange developers are planning new shopping centers, apartments, office buildings and stores.
Climatologists Wager On Global Warming
Russian scientists make a $10,000 bet with a British climate expert that the planet will cool over the next decade.
City's Obsession With Safety Is Dangerous
Many regulations that are well-meaning end up frustrating the ability of planners to build an interesting engaging city, writes Christopher Hume.
Rutgers University, Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy
One Hundred Miles
County of Mendocino
The Architects Foundation
University of Cincinnati Online
Montrose County
Northern Illinois Transit Authority (NITA)
The Pocatello Development Authority
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.
