Burial Space

Austin Master Plan to Transform Municipal Cemeteries

Could it be that places for the dead might be a new source of urban innovation? Austin provides an example of new thinking regarding urban resting places.

March 5, 2015 - Next City

Island Struggles With Lack of Burial Space

Burial space has already run out on Nantucket Island, but Massachusetts law requires burial spaces for anyone dying within town limits. Now officials are scrambling to find a place for their dead to go.

March 15, 2008 - The Nantucket Independent

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.

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100 Most Influential Urbanists

The who's who of urbanism, according to Planetizen readers.

Urban Planning Creators You Should Know

A short list of voices on social, video, and podcasting platforms.