California
Current Trends In Downtown Revitalization
A review of several downtown revitalization strategies.
NORCs: Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities
As the population ages, an increasing number of elderly are creating their own retirement communities by simply staying put.
Southern California Finds A Better Way To Grow
Can the sprawling Southern California region use regional planning to come up with a plan for the entire region?
The Latest Options In High-Speed Freeway Design
Engineers explore how to best redesign Southern California's freeway equivalent of the Mississippi River.
The Worst Stretch Of Sprawl In The U.S.
How do officials fight sprawl in a place that has the dubious distinction of being the worst strip of sprawl in America.
Bay Area To Add 2 Million People By 2030
Estimates by The Association of Bay Area Governments predict that the region will add 2 million more people by 2030.
Rebuilding California's Infrastructure
A new PPIC report analyzes the issues and opportunities confronting three of the state's major infrastructure responsibilities--education, water, and transportation.
Forest Vs. Growth In California
Is the Cleveland National Forest in the way of urban growth, or a sacrosanct wilderness area amid a growing state?
A Planner Tries The Segway
A land-use planner uses the Segway to make a statement.
Bringing TOD To Silicon Valley
An unlikely group of partners are helping residents of Silicon Valley, CA see the value in transit-oriented development.
Where Celebrity And Planning Meet
Michael Jackson may have violated zoning rules on his Neverland Ranch in Santa Barbara, CA.
Compressed Work Schedules Increase Pollution
The four-day work schedule many government offices have adopted may be a nice perk, but it actually increases pollution.
Transit Plans Focus On Smart Growth
Plans for a BART extension are being evaluated by smart growth standards.
Planning 'A City Of Learning'
Architect John Galen Howard shaped the face of the Unviersity of California Berkeley campus.
Practical Environmentalism: Biostitutes?
Is Dennis Murphy the new face of the practical environmental movement, or a sellout to the development community?
Military Town To Tourist Destination
When the Marines return to Oceanside, CA, they may find that their military town has been converted to a tourist destination.
Journey-to-work Census Data Questioned
If Census conclusions about Southern California and New York data are wrong, what other conculsions might be incorrect?
The New Center Of Los Angeles -- The Grove
The Grove has taken jaded Los Angeles by storm. Is this the future of shopping malls?
Los Angeles' Invisible Architect
Welton Becket's mid-century civic designs are the city's latest retro treasures
National Trend Toward Edge Cities Continues
The newly-released journey-to-work Census data confirms a decades-long national trend toward 'edge cities.'
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
The Pocatello Development Authority
The Urban Renewal Agency of the City of Pocatello
