Urban Development
Charette Reawakens Downtown Roanoke
Charrette conducted by planning firm Duany Plater-Zyberk & Co. generates ideas for improving downtown.
Visioning A Sustainable Gulf Coast
There's a rare opportunity to rebuild the Gulf Coast region in such a way that it will succeed on all levels -- but the right plans have to be in place before building begins.
Density And The 'Downzoning Uprising'
Density means vitality and energy for a city...as long as it is not too close to home.
Many Big Planning Visions For New Big Easy
Planners look to reconceive what took 300 years to evolve.
How City Hall Caused Sprawl in Atlanta
How local government policy -- as opposed to state and federal policies -- contributed to Atlanta's sprawl.
Housing Boom Jumps The Mexican Border; A Global Housing Bubble?
American buyers -- usually from California -- are using equity in their US homes to buy vacation homes in southern half of the Baja Peninsula, causing the Baja housing market to sizzle.
The Downzoning Uprising... In NYC
The neighborhood preservation movement has arrived in New York City, and residents are pushing back against ever-increasing density.
Oregon's Growth Boundaries: Constitutionality and Policy
Is Oregon's urban growth boundary (UGB) program -- the most stringent anti-sprawl measure adopted by any U.S. state -- constitutional? Has it saved Portland from effects of sprawl?
Loft Development in Detroit Accelerates
Thanks to new Neighborhood Entreprise Zone designations, loft development is becoming more viable in Detroit.
Big Box Stores Adopting Unusual Urban Formats
One chain increasingly tailors its stores to the urban market by including two levels, escalators, and structured parking.
Sprawling Development Around Las Vegas: No End In Sight
The informal Las Vegas 'urban growth boundary' just keeps getting pushed further back.
Realtors Claim There's No Bubble In Central Florida
Florida realtors believe that the strong economy in Central Florida, along with an influx of retirees and foreign home buyers, will sustain their record-breaking housing prices.
Artificial Neighborhoods Are No Substitute For Community
As new urbanist ideas begin to emerge in Calgary, a local columnist wonders whether New Urbanism promotes artifice over ideas that might actually work.
McDonalds vs Starbucks: Giants Battle For Mall Space
Why is McDonalds is trying to block Starbucks from moving into the Liberty Square shopping center in Wauconda, IL?
Planning A Mixed Use Development In The Heart Of Downtown Phoenix
Revitalization efforts in downtown Phoenix receive a huge boost with plans for a $200 million mixed-used development in the heart of downtown. [Includes photos.]
School Choice And Sprawl
As urban schools decline, those who can afford it head for ever-expanding, land-consuming 'burbs. The flight of the affluent drains urban schools of funding. We can break the cycle, says Dan Akst.
Is Skid Row A Dumping Ground Los Angeles' Problems?
A major revitalization of downtown Los Angeles leaves skid row residents with far fewer choices in housing, and has led to accusations of 'dumping' the homeless.
India's Shopping Mall Boom
India's retail industry is undergoing a dramatic transformation as the middle class flocks to shopping malls and foreign investors are poised to move in.
Amphibious Houses And The First Floating Town
The Dutch are gearing up for climate change with amphibious houses. If rivers rise above their banks, the houses simply float higher.
Proposed Downtown L.A. Hotel Causing Controversy
A proposed 55-story hotel next to the downtown Convention Center already has other area hotel owners ready to fight the City Council in court.
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.
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
City of Cambridge
Montrose County
The Pocatello Development Authority
