Urban Development
L.A. Contemplates Tiny Apartments: Studios or Slums?
To help encourage development around downtown and increase the supply of affordable housing, planning officials in L.A. want to relax the rules governing the sizes of housing units. Critics argue that the plan will lead to the creation of tenements.
Can You Fight Climate Change From Behind The Wheel?
Lauded city official and smart growth champion Rick Cole argues that California can't reach 'green' goals without changing its car culture.
Big Homes Causing Big Problems
The debate over McMansionization has pitted neighbor against neighbor across the United States.
A Cheaper Way To Build Density
A new design for mid-rise apartments promises to help make more higher-density projects pencil.
Construction Costs Continuing To Rise
Even with the housing slow down, the cost of building a new apartment building continues to rise -- due to increasing prices for materials and a surge of commercial construction projects.
The Most Affordable Places To Live
Want a buy a home for less than $100,000? Check out these communities profiled by Money Magazine.
Is Downtown Los Angeles Finally A Neighborhood?
With the reopening of Ralph's Grocery Store -- the first full service supermarket in Downtown Los Angeles in over 50 years -- planners and developers are ready to declare the area's redevelopment efforts an official success.
Ding Dong! The Enclosed Mall Is Dead
With only three enclosed malls built since 2005, it seems safe to say we've seen the last of the shopping mall as we've known it.
Building Green? Move To The Front Of The Permit Line
A San Mateo County supervisor is proposing that the county reward developers of environmentally-friendly projects with faster permit approvals.
What Is A 'Town' Anyway?
While publishers of the recent list of America's Best Places to Live focused on small towns, it seems most places that made the list aren't so much towns but suburban outposts in the suburban sprawl of larger cities.
The Best Places To Live For 2007
For 2007, Money Magazine's annual survey focused on small towns with a sense of community. Topping the list? Middleton, Wisconsin -- population 17,400.
How Retiring Baby Boomers Will Transform Traditional Models of Senior Living
The idea of aging in community honors the elder stage of life as one with gifts and challenges. It encourages creation of caring neighborhoods and networks that provide for affordable, quality housing to support future needs and new opportunities.
The Story Of South Beach
While South Beach today conjures images of upscale urban beach lifestyle and glorious art deco architecture, it has not always been that way.
Green Building Picks Up Steam In Idaho
With gradual growth in the amount of plans for energy efficient buildings and a rise in applications for LEED certification, Idaho is joining with many other states in a push to build more environmentally-friendly homes and buildings.
Townhomes Sprouting Up In Seattle
Hundreds of new townhomes are being built in neighborhoods across Seattle. Neighbors want input into the new housing, but a loophole allows development to move forward under the radar.
The Fastest-Growing Suburbs In America
Forbes compiles a list of the top 100 fastest-growing suburbs -- predominantly in the Sun Belt and the West.
TOD On Track In The Nation's Captial
Transit-oriented development projects -- many a result of successful public/private partnerships -- are flourishing along the Washington D.C. Metro line.
Implementing The 'Louisiana Speaks' Plan
After an 18 month process and 27,000 opinions, Louisiana has a plan. Now the hard part begins.
LEED-ND Projects Leave The Nest As New Pilot Program Takes Flight
A look at some of the first LEED-ND projects demonstrates the diverse models of sustainable development.
The Connection Between Sprawl and Global Warming
Robert Steuteville comments on a California lawsuit and its connection to sprawl, the environment, and energy use.
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.
Eagle County Government
Harvard University Graduate School of Design
Nashville Planning Department
The Architects Foundation
University of Cincinnati Online
The Pocatello Development Authority
The Urban Renewal Agency of the City of Pocatello
Journal of the American Planning Association
