Alaska
Relocating A Village
Erosion is eating away at the Eskimo village of Newtok, Alaska. The village grocer has stepped up to lead the relocation.
A Journalist Reviews Anchorage Transit
A reporter chronicles his experience taking Ancorage's People Mover bus system and concludes that, if you have time time, it'a a "great bargain."
Does Smart Growth Cause Sprawl?
Is smart growth more about nostalgia and less about reality?
A Gas Tax To Finance Transportation Infrastructure?
Alaska Rep. Don Young argues that a deteriorating transportation infrastructure burdens the economy more than a gas tax increase would.
Oil, Politics, And Photographs
Did the Smithsonian come under political pressure to "revise" a photo exhibition of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge?
How The Senate Rejected Oil Drilling In Alaska
Why did eight moderate Republicans vote against oil drilling in Alaska's National Wildlife refuge?
A Major Victory For Environmentalists
Republicans joined Democrats in the U.S. Senate to quash the Bush administration's plans to open Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling.
Senate Rejects Alaska Wildlife Refuge Drilling Proposal
The Bush administration's proposal to allow oil drilling in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge has been rejected by the U.S. Senate.
Alaska Wildlife Refuge Drilling Vote Nears
Republicans are having trouble getting enough votes for allowing drilling the the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
Can Wilderness Coexist With Oil Exploration?
Scars from oil exploration activiy in northern Alaska are still visible eighteen years later.
Choosing Between Forests And Jobs
New provisions could weaken Clinton-era forest protections.
Global Climate Change Hits Alaska
Global warming will cost Alaska "hundreds of millions of dollars."
A New Plan For Alaska Forest
The U.S. Forest Service has drawn up a new plan for the second-largest national forest in the U.S.
A Parking Lot In Paradise
Unless environmentalists get moving, an access road in Alaska may spell the end of an artic wilderness.
Exxon Valdez: Off The Hook?
An appeals court rules that the $5 billion punitive fine from the 1989 Valdez oil spill disaster is too much.
Alaska Oil Drilling: Norton May Have Misrepresented Data
Interior Secretary Gale A. Norton may have misrepresented scientific data in response to a Senate committee's questions about the environmental impact of oil drilling in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
Trans-Alaska Pipeline Leak Worrying Officials
Environmentalists are working to prevent further damage to the area affected by the oil leak, which was a result of a bullet.
Anchorage Weakens Big Box Zoning Proposal
Anchorage, AK, is trying to decide on an ordinance that limits huge stores but does not scare away developers.
Moving Beyond Bland Cluster Housing
The Urban Land Institute will develop creative solutions to the problem of uninspiring and congested housing in Anchorage, Alaska.
Oil Versus Wildlife In Alaska
The President has decided not to give the Artic National Wildlife Refuge a national monument status.
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Licking County
Barrett Planning Group LLC
HUD's Office of Policy Development and Research
Mpact Transit + Community
HUD's Office of Policy Development and Research
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ULI Northwest Arkansas
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.
