Suburban Development

It's a case of the haves vs. the have-nots in transportation spending for a rapidly growing suburban area of Houston.

September 29, 2015 - Houston Chronicle

A suburb of Cincinnati provides evidence of renewed demand for master planned communities.

August 10, 2015 - Cincinnati Business Courier

According to this article, the market forces behind large home construction are alive and well. In a process of suburban gentrification, developers purchase older, smaller homes and build "McMansions" in their place.

June 8, 2015 - Bloomberg

With more people gravitating toward cities than ever before, new urban morphologies are proliferating throughout the world. Arup Connect's Sarah Wesseler talks with Roger Keil of York University about challenges facing global suburban development.

March 16, 2015 - Arup Connect

According to a Denver Post article, the Denver metropolitan area has 31,000 homes in the development pipeline. All but 2,600 of those homes would be built in suburban counties surrounding Denver.

March 12, 2015 - Denver Post

A fragmented network of sidewalks is commonplace in the suburbs of Hennepin County, Minnesota. Mary Jane Smetanka reports on controversial efforts to fill in the gaps and retrofit these suburban neighborhoods as walkable places.

June 12, 2013 - Star Tribune

Anyone with an Internet connection can tell you when a city was founded. But after the trauma of urban renewal and suburban flight, how much historic fabric remains? Wendell Cox ranks metropolitan areas by their shares of pre-World War II homes.

February 15, 2013 - New Geography

As the strip malls ubiquitous across the suburbs of the United States and Canada lose favor and become increasingly derelict, planners and developers debate whether there is anything about the 'retail relics' worth salvaging.

February 1, 2012 - France 24

Shanghai in its 12th Five-Year Plan is modeling seven new satellite cities as suburbs to alleviate the density in the city center, reports Yu Ran, China Daily.

July 14, 2011 - Chila Daily

Twin Cities developer and software guru Rick Harrison believes that, through innovative urban design configurations such as 'coving,' suburban areas can be transformed from "disdainable to sustainable."

December 14, 2010 - Star Tribune

The new album by Arcade Fire is themed around suburban sprawl, offering an interesting commentary on city planning and development.

August 19, 2010 - SPUR Urbanist

Real estate investment is expected to rise sharply in the greater Cairo region. Some fear this will bring about American-style suburban sprawl.

July 31, 2010 - Global Real Estate Monitor

"London's councils seem set on continuing the imbalance between the city center and outer suburbs, where the former supplies most of the jobs, and the latter most of the residents." Joe Peach reports on economic potential of suburban independence.

July 24, 2010 - The Global Urbanist

The suburbs are steadily becoming more urban, with denser development, taller buildings, and a greater mix of uses.

July 20, 2009 - USA Today

As farmland prices skyrocketed, so did the cost of growing a suburb.

June 15, 2009 - New Geography

Out in the bar, the world as we know it was coming to an end. In the backroom, meanwhile, smart people were trying to figure out the future of suburbia. The bar was in the lobby of a classic desert resort in Arizona. On the TV, CNN was delivering headlines of imminent doom. It was the last days of September, and the foundations of American finance were cracking under the strains of default and distrust.

October 26, 2008 - Gordon Price

A melting economy and struggling suburbs may mean it's time to reconsider how we model our cities and development patterns, according to this column.

October 23, 2008 - Chicago Tribune

Though there is some resistance to change, many cities in North America have their sights on undoing the damage of the last 50 years of suburban development.

June 4, 2008 - The Toronto Star