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HUD Says Housing Needs Drop Eight Percent
The number of very-low-income U.S. renter households that pay more than 50 percent of theirmonthly gross income for rent or live in severely inadequate housing dropped about eight percent between 1997 and1999, according to a HUD report.
Environmental Justice Grants
The EPA has opened the application period for its EnvironmentalJustice Small Grants Program.
Best Practices In Economic Development
A new HUD report highlights eight promising economic development strategies based on case studies in 10 American cities.
Most Expensive World Cities
What are the world's most expensive cities? The most expensive U.S. city only ranks seventh.
The Gated City
Is America still the land of the free? Not in Washington, D.C. Public offices and even the city's streets are no longer accessible.
Highways Are Out, Development Is In
Some cities are tearing down their downtown highways saying they aren't worth the land they're built on.
Northern Virginia's Hotest Real Estate Project
Reston Town Center in Northern Virginia is going to get a lot more dense.
FEATURE
The Argument Against Smart Growth
Will smart growth result in more traffic congestion and air pollution? Wendell Cox presents the argument for sprawl and against urban 'smart growth' development.
Fairfax County: New Urbanism Metro Station?
Proponents imagine high rises atop the Metro stations, with shops, museums, and health clubs, built on bridges arching across the Dulles airport.
A New Model For California Toxic Cleanup
The toxic runoff from Iron Mountain near Redding, CA will be cleaned up with $160 million from a French firm. Why?
California Land Use Paradigm Limits Home Ownership
The emerging land-use paradigm in California is making it increasingly difficult for people to realize the dream of home ownership.
One Step Forward, Two Steps Back
Bush moves quickly to stall Clinton's last minute environmental and historical regulations and set asides.
Transit-centric Development
Cities, developers and transit authorities are working to replace parking lots around stations with mixed-used developments.
North Carolina Wrestling With Growth
The state's smart growth panel is making recommendations to promote smart growth measures as the population booms.
Improving Air Quality Through Land Use
Local land use choices can account for areduced number of vehicle miles traveled and help improve airquality.
The Race For The First U.S. High-Speed Rail
Washington-Baltimore corridor rail link is one of the finalists in the multibillion-dollar race to build the nation's first ultra-high speed rail link.
More Airports Needed In Southern California
Even with an expansion at LAX, officials are calling for increased capacity in neighboring Orange County to help meet demand.
Architect Morris Lapidus Dies
Designer of the Fontainebleau in Miami, Florida, appreciation for his opulent designs came late in life.
Race For Maglev Train Funding
Only two projects, one in Pittsburgh and the other in the Washington-Baltimore Area, are in the running to be the first in the country with a maglev train system.
Green Line Riders Are Feeling Crunched
New Metro stations are more popular than expected causing overcrowding.
City of Rosemead
Rutgers University, Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy
One Hundred Miles
Hunter College, City University of New York (CUNY)
The Architects Foundation
University of Cincinnati Online
Montrose County
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.
