Baby Boomers
Documenting America's Most Unrecognized Social Change of the Last Half-Century
Earlier this week, Eric Klinenberg spoke with PBS' Newshour about his new book, "Going Solo: The Extraordinary Rise and Surprising Appeal of Living Alone", and the biggest social change of the last 60 years that we've failed to adequately recognize.
Housing and Resilience
As part of its "Future Tense" initiative with the New America Foundation, Slate is exploring the concept of resilience. In this article, Patrick Doherty makes the case for improving America's resilience by reconsidering suburban development.
Where Are Baby Boomers Going to Spend Their Golden Years?
John K. McIlwain breaks down the recent explosion in the "65-or-better" population – and what it means for urban regions.
Housing: Fundamentals, Imbalance, and Solutions
Is the dream home for the New Era compact, connected and mortgage free?
Encouraging Urban Retirement
As boomers retire at a rate of 10,000 per day, can they be discouraged from sprawling into suburbs and rural areas, where caring for them as they age can be more challenging?
Why Have the Exurbs Declined?
Christopher B. Leinberger expounds on the mortgage crisis plaguing America, particularly the exurbs. Rather than being a product of the excesses of bank lending and regulation, Leinberger attributes it to demographic changes benefiting cities.
Where Is Real Estate Going Next?
A recent Urban Land Institute panel discusses where real estate is headed, based on the publication 'What's Ahead for Real Estate Through 2020'. From Baby Boomers to Gen-Y, demand is changing, and developers are beginning to tune in.
Trabikewalking? Bikpedansit?
Tom Downs says that walking, biking and transit should be considered one mode of transportation, and that the demographic shift is showing a new-found preference for that mode.
The Aging and Younging of America
A new report from the Brookings Institution tracks where populations are aging in America, and which parts are experiencing booms in young populations.
Are Cities in Need of a Generational Refresh?
The article takes a look at the idea that stalled urban growth may be a generational issue.
Gen X, the Community Builder
Will the settling down of Generation X, whose youngest members are now turning 30, represent a boom in localism and community building? Scott Doyon thinks so.
Facing the 'Generational Mismatch'
Two age groups are rapidly growing in the U.S.: baby boomers and minors under 18. The difference is that one group is primarily white, while the other is overwhelmingly not.
Changing Preferences for Aging Boomers
A survey of Baby Boomers finds an increasing willingness to move after retirement, and the new tipping point for "old age".
Boomers Get Rural
A new report from the USDA says that baby boomers will be flooding out of metropolitan areas and into the countryside over the next ten years.
Canada's Housing Market Braces and Bends for Boomers
As Baby Boomers reach retirement age in Canada, nearly one out of five in the country will be retired within a decade. This coming retirement boom is already affecting the housing market, which many expect to change dramatically.
Bad Mortgages and Gas Prices = Good For Cities?
The article suggests that rising gas prices, enduring subprime mortgage crisis, and some changing demographics (i.e., the aging of Baby Boomers) are all contributing to the greater popularity of central city neighborhoods.
Staff Shortages Threaten System As Planners Age
A recent survey of the planning profession in the United Kingdom has found that there likely won't be enough young planners to replaces the aging planners approaching retirement.
Boomers Cause Boom in Hospital Construction
Hospitals are being built and renovated all across the country -- a trend responding to the aging baby boomer population.
Back To The City
Babay boomers are leaving the suburbs and moving to pedestrian-friendly cities.
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.
KFH Group Inc.
Greater Baltimore Committee
Eagle County Government
The Architects Foundation
University of Cincinnati Online
The Pocatello Development Authority
The Urban Renewal Agency of the City of Pocatello
