The Daily Source of Urban Planning News
Creating Economic Superclusters
Powerful urban universities are reshaping metropolitan culture and character.
Duany, Development, And Destiny
Andres Duany talks about how cities rise and fall.
L.A.'s New Architecture Critic
The Planning Report lays out the challenges and opportunities for the Los Angeles Times' new architecture critic.
Sustainability's Cutting Edge
Design and architecture schools can be at the forefront of practicing environmental sustainability and social equity, says Metropolis's Susan S. Szenasy.
The Los Alamos Leadership Vacuum
What do you do when your county administrator, transportation director, police chief, community development director, and human resources manager positions are all vacant?
Mass Transit And Govt. Subsidies
In the metropolitan New York area mass transit needs public subsidies to survive.
Wal-Mart Begins Adapting To Communities
Large retailers -- and notably Wal-Mart -- are increasingly adapting to the design sensibilities in local communities.
EPA Undermined Enforcement
Bush appointee charges that EPA tried to thwart lawsuits against polluting power plants.
Reinventing A Beleaguered Mill Town
How Kannapolis, N.C., is adjusting to the loss of thousands of textile jobs abroad.
List of Endangered Species Growing
The World Conservation Union urges governments and businesses worldwide to take action.
Postmodern Deconstructionism
Building recycling is on the rise.
BLOG POST
Blue Cities, Red States part 2
Liveblogging this on election night: I <a href="http://www.planetizen.com/tech/archives/2004/10/08/149/">told</a> you so. CNN now explaining that the islands of blue in Ohio, in a sea of red, are the counties containing Cleveland and Dayton. Islands of blue in Florida are Miami. I'm just sayin'...if Kerry wins tonight (or tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow) it'll be the urban areas that do it.
Can Mill Towns In The U.S. South Be Saved?
Small factory towns across the South are threatened by globalization.
Take My Island, Please
An oil company, a redevelopment plan and a couple of eagles add up to trouble.
Rising Gas Prices Don't Curtail Gas-Hog Sales
This Washington Times commentary argues that consumers continue to purchase fuel inefficient vehicles despite rising gas prices.
Starbucks Goes Eco
Starbucks chief pushes for fair-trade and eco-friendly coffee.
Charlotte Dabbles With Design Modifications For Big Boxes
Charlotte, NC has been grappling with how to have big box stores modify their designs so that they may be adapted for new uses.
The Creative Class Backlash
An amused and exasperated Richard Florida explains that his theories are based on economic development principles.
Bush, Kerry Differ Starkly On The Environment
The differences between George Bush and John Kerry on environmental issues.
The Greying Of Latin America
Within a decade, Latin American and developing countries will begin to experience their own baby boomer generation.
City of Rosemead
Rutgers University, Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy
One Hundred Miles
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.
