Georgia
Brewer Champions New Urbanism In Atlanta
Successful Internet entrepreneur Charles Brewer promotes environmentally conscious urbanism.
From Rural Railroad Crossing To Suburb
The Atlanta Journal Constitution plans to chronicle the birth of the small community of Pendergrass as it grows from a rural railroad crossing to a bustling Atlanta suburb.
Atlanta's Transit Debate
Urban Atlanta would be transformed if the innovative transit currently being planned was actually built.
Black Women Gaining Advantages
As job opportunities increase, Black women can afford their own homes.
Driving Obesity
How people with long commutes add weight.
Conservation Subdivisions a Hit Among Developers, Homebuyers
In less than two years Gwinnett, Geogia has approved 76 cluster development plans that put aside 1,718 total acres of open space.
Atlanta's Perimeter May Become Region's Center
Atlanta's new development is increasingly focused on rail stations around the city's Perimeter.
Atlanta's Alley Renaissance
Retro alleys are the new hot trend in metro Atlanta. Especially if you call them 'mews'.
Trends In Transfers Of Development Rights
USA Today profiles the efforts of a couple in rural Palmett, GA to manage growth through transfers of development rights.
One Building Can Save a Community in Decline
Atlanta's redevelopment efforts for the 1996 Olympic games never reached the nearby community of Pittsburgh, but the recent renovation of a historic schoolhouse has sparked revitalization efforts throughout the forgotten neighborhood.
Does Wal-Mart Destroy Cultural Character?
Will a new Wal-Mart Supercenter destroy the West African cultural heritage of Sandfly, GA?
Bulldozing the Past
A planned Wal-Mart Supercenter in Sandfly, GA is one of many things that threaten the preservation of one of the oldest African-American settlements in the country.
More People, More Prisons?
Some Georgia counties consider new jails to be essential infrastructure for supporting metropolitan population growth.
The Southern Black Suburban Experience
Atlanta's upscale and predominantly black suburbs are becoming increasingly popular -- even as they deal with the traditional suburban problems.
Atlanta's MARTA Lacks Leadership, Severe Service Cuts Likely
Metro Atlanta's mass transit system is in a financial crisis and faces possible service cuts of as much as 35 percent...and there is no public outcry.
Context-Sensitive Transportation Design
Planning officials and resident stakeholders often at loggerheads concerning the re-design of Geogia's State Route 54.
Exurban County Escapes Atlanta's Sprawl
Jackson County, a suburb of Atlanta, defies the normal suburban pattern -- it is its own economic engine.
A Little Lead Poisoning Never Hurt
Georgia lawmakers have raided the state's Hazardous Waste Trust Fund, leaving 539 toxic sites untended.
How to Lure Commuters Out of Their Cars and Into Transit
Georgia's transportation authority considers results of recent survey.
The End Of Homelessness?
A ten-year plan to end homelessness in Atlanta has many optimistic, but some social workers believe it may be inherently impossible.
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
Hunter College, City University of New York (CUNY)
The Architects Foundation
University of Cincinnati Online
City of Cambridge
Montrose County
The Pocatello Development Authority
