Urban Development
Mayor Releases 'Realistic' Plan For New Orleans
The newly released blueprint by Mayor Ray Nagin and Recovery Chief Ed Blakely may be the type of practical redevelopment plan New Orleans has been waiting for all along.
Getting Smart Growth Without Gentrification
Planning activists in San Francisco are working to encourage infill development without neglecting social equity concerns.
Seattle Drops Plans For Developer-Funded Parks
Plans to use fees charged to developers for building parks and open spaces in Seattle have been abandoned.
Retirement Communities That Reach For The Sky
Wealthy retirees who value city living over golf courses are creating demand for new urban, high-rise retirement communities.
The Suburban Vision of 'Radiant City'
A new documentary called Radiant City paints a peculiar portrait of contemporary suburbia.
The Potential of Gentrifying Cities
Neal Peirce explores the capitalist and progressive potential of inner city housing in gentrifying cities.
Newcomers Keep Atlanta Housing Market Healthy
Atlanta's famously high levels of in-migration are propping up the regional housing market, even as other metro areas experience declines - or collapses - of their residential sectors.
Faux-Urban Malls Not So Bad After All?
The new generation of malls like Santana Row in San Jose, which critics accuse of being 'artificial', may indeed be serving a valuable role associated with good urbanism -- public gathering space.
Can Big Box Retail Ever Be Sustainable?
Even with its environmental-friendly pledges, as long as customers keep driving to visit its massive stores, Wal-mart isn't likely to become 'green'.
Growth Threatens Area's Green Plans
Projected growth in British Columbia has many worried about how the region will handle the rise in population and development.
Reining In Tax Breaks For Developers
In Kansas City, Missouri, voters just elected their former city auditor as their new mayor. One of the unlikely campaign issues: the use of tax increment financing for developers.
A 'Bizarre' New Capital City
A journalist says Burma's new secret capital city uses urban planning as insurance against regime change.
New Water Brings End To Development Moratorium
Amid a new regulation that limits development based on the amount of water municipalities can provide, a city in northern Maryland will receive additional allocations of water to allow new development, ending a 6-month building moratorium.
Encouraging Downtown Growth Through A Live-Work District
In an effort to bring a renaissance to its downtown, a city in Idaho has approved creation of a live-work district which encourages development of properties where people can both live and work. City officials are hoping to attract local business.
San Francisco Unveils Major Stadium, Housing Plans
In an effort to woo the city's NHL team back, Mayor Gavin Newsom announced a planned partnership with Lennar Corp. of Miami to turn a blighted and contaminated part of the city into a new mixed-use community.
An Interview With Ken Livingstone: London's Planning Czar?
Praised by many for his bold actions to make London more livable and sustainable, the self-proclaimed practical socialist Ken Livingstone offers his thoughts on transit, housing and immigration policies for the world city.
Meeting The Affordable Housing Challenge
Inclusionary zoning and community land trusts are two innovative methods that government and non-profits are starting to use to create affordable housing, though these, like past efforts, have their shortcomings.
Parking Deck Scars Downtown Atlanta Block
Despite being sued over its construction, a developer built a parking deck against code and severely limited the potential of the remaining downtown block it sits on.
The Cul-de-sac Conundrum
If most planners do not like cul-de-sacs why are so many being built in Southern California?
First 'Eco-Friendly' Mall Opens In Chicago
The first of its kind development is hoping to transform the booming interest in all things green into, well, green.
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
University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability (SEAS)
Hunter College, City University of New York (CUNY)
The Architects Foundation
City of Cambridge
Montrose County
The Pocatello Development Authority
