Urban Development
Sprawl And Development Threaten Historic Battlefields
Sprawling housing developments and shopping center parking lots threaten many historic battlefields, such as the site of Abraham Lincoln's famed Gettysburg Address.
Got Sustainability?
When it comes to reducing carbon footprints and living sustainably, urban residents perform the best.
Creative Ideas Usher New Age For New Orleans
From floating homes to green building to a public housing country club, the city of New Orleans has been pushed to take creative measures towards rebuilding and recovering after Hurricane Katrina.
Major Projects Propose Ambitious Vision For New Orleans
Two planned projects in New Orleans -- a jazz center and a mixed-use park -- reveal ambitious visions for the future of a city still in the process of recovering. But the scale of the projects would require extensive state and federal support.
Parkspace And Preservation In Plans For Downtown Houston Revival
Billions have been invested in redeveloping Houston's downtown. Now, civic boosters are looking to revive a waterfront section of the city by creating active parkspace and increasing preservation efforts for a nearby historic building.
L.A.'s Development Has Many Centers
A trend of dense downtown development in Los Angeles has some calling the city's new urban growth pattern a move towards "Manhattanization".
Increasing Density Not So Easy In Queens
A major rezoning in Jamaica, Queens, to allow more jobs and housing, up to six stories, is cautiously supported by some community boards, and opposed outright by others.
Chicago's Northwest Suburbs Working To Promote TODs
Leaders of suburban cities and villages in northeastern Illinois are coming together to promote transit oriented development around commuter rail lines leading into Chicago.
Portland Suburbs May Increase Density To Handle Growth
The Portland area's population is expected to gain more than a million people by 2030, and the suburbs ringing the city are looking to handle the growth by increasing density, building higher, and developing more vibrant suburban town centers.
The Manhattanization Of L.A.
In this piece from the Los Angeles Times, Joel Kotkin writes about how L.A. politicians are blindly following the lead of developers in densifying the city without adequately debating the consequences.
Reinventing A Downtown Civic Plaza
City leaders in Raleigh, North Carolina, are planning to transform a underutilized downtown plaza into a new public square.
Will Architects And Planners Fail The World's Urban Dwellers?
With rapid urbanization overtaking the world, experts worry that planners and architects are too few and lack experience to tackle the coming challenge.
Bringing Seoul To Los Angeles
Korean American architect Christopher Pak is successfully bringing high density living to Los Angeles.
Wal-Mart Town Center Project Is Missing The Town Center
In North Lauderdale, Florida, a Wal-Mart-anchored town center is struggling to live up to its promises.
Water Shortages Alter Growth Patterns In Las Vegas
Low water supplies are forcing changes to the growth patterns of booming Las Vegas, Nevada.
New Plan, New Growth Pattern
The City of Sacramento is looking to change its growth pattern as it prepares a new version of its general plan.
D.C.'s Waterfront Revival
With more than $2 billion worth of redevelopment projects underway, Washington D.C.'s riverfront areas are in the midst of a waterfront renaissance.
Post-Katrina Revival In Jackson
A flood of developments are rejuvenating downtown Jackson, Mississippi.
Architect Turned TV Host
Responding to an internet ad, architect Danny Forster won the chance to host the Discovery Channel's 'Build It Bigger' series.
Beijing Proposes Plan To Limit Growth in City Center
A detailed plan proposed by Beijing's city planning agency would closely manage growth, limit construction in the central city, and relocate people away from heavily congested areas.
Urban Design for Planners 1: Software Tools
This six-course series explores essential urban design concepts using open source software and equips planners with the tools they need to participate fully in the urban design process.
Planning for Universal Design
Learn the tools for implementing Universal Design in planning regulations.
City of Camden Redevelopment Agency
City of Astoria
Transportation Research & Education Center (TREC) at Portland State University
Municipality of Princeton (NJ)
Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada
