Texas
Water More Valuable Than Oil In Texas
A profit-driven water market has "triggered water wars in Texas. "Water ranches" threaten to pump the state's aquifers dry and cause water shortages.
Sprawl: It's Market-driven Growth
Sprawl offends urban planners, but it's just market-oriented growth to the business community.
Returning Home To Downtown Houston
Houston's West End neighborhood is in the midst of a dramatic revitlization as residents move back toward the urban core.
Dallas Vs. Houston: Which City Is Better?
A Texas-sized rivalry between these two fast-growing cities heats up -- so much that planners in Houston are renaming Dallas Street.
Houston's Chic
Despite lagging perceptions, Houston is poised for a major growth spurt.
Tech Slowdown Impacts New Development
Intel abruptly stops construction on a new chip factory in Austin, Texas -- leaving local politicians furious about a construction tax incentive package.
Legislature Is Asked To Mediate City-developer Squabble
The Texas Legislature has been asked by a developer to intervene in a land development regulation conflict with a growing community.
Sun City Project Scales Back
This Texas developer is taking the unusual step of limiting development in order to increase revenues.
Houston Approves $630 Million Expansion
A decade in the making, the Houston City Council approves an expansion of the city's convention center and new hotel.
Dallas' 10-Year Progress Report
In 1991 a report warned that Dallas would be gridlocked by 2001. Ten years later, the Dallas News looks at the city's progress.
Regional Government For Land Use & Transportation
A regional government that controls land use and transportation decisions for the Dallas-Fort Worth region should be created.
Architectural Standards For Retail Superstores
City may enact ordinance to apply architectural standards for large-scale retail facilities to make them more attractive.
Unhappy Trails
Lawsuit over removal of bike lanes in Houston contends removal violates the federal Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality program.
Texas' New Property System
Bell County, Texas has built an innovative Web-based GIS system to provide property and tax information.
Houston's Transit: Just Build It
Then 25-year debate over Houston's rail line has many frustrated. A member of the Metropolitan Transit Authority Board shares his opinion.
High Noon At The Ogallala Aquifer
An audacious plan to suck out groundwater from under rural Texas and sell it to large distant cities has ignited water wars in the state.
Houston's Transit Board Plays Hardball
The legal battle over Houston's Metro has switched into high gear. Officials are playing hardball -- with the Olympics.
Houston Group Fails To Put Diversity On The Map
A map prepared by Houston's biggest economic development organization omits minority neighborhoods.
Houston's Main Street Redevelopment Plan
Houston leaders have unveiled a a $200 million Main Street redevelopment project tied to the city's light rail plan.
Houston Transit's Legal Quagmire
The Houston Chronicle blasts the light rail opponents that have filed a lawsuit against the transit agency.
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.
Heyer Gruel & Associates PA
Ada County Highway District
Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS)
City of Grandview
Harvard GSD Executive Education
Toledo-Lucas County Plan Commissions
Salt Lake City
NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service
