United States
How Wal-Mart Changed America
This four-part series explores Wal-Mart's social and economic impact.
Changing Archaic Zoning Laws
Archaic zoning laws lock cities into unfortunate growth patterns. Governing Magazine examines the case of Chicago and discusses NU and form-based codesas new zoning options.
The Man In The Gray Flannel Suit
'The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit,' Sloan Wilson's 1955 bestseller, is a timely -- and timeless -- suburban story.
Growth Management, Smart Growth, And Affordable Housing
A keynote peech by Anthony Downs on affordable housing and growth management.
Synchronized Lights Make Traffic Worse
Lights synchronized to ease jams might be making matters worse. Rush-hour traffic might flow better if lights were set at random.
Smart Growth: A Solution To America's Weight Problem?
The link between health and sprawl makes 'smart' growth look even smarter.
Green Technology: Froth Or Foundation?
Green technology has been promoted as an environmentally responsible and fiscally sound alternative, but do green technologies really make good business sense?
Ensuring Architectural Quality In Sprawling Subdivisions
Municipalities are hiring architects to ensure that new development is architecturally interesting and does not look resemble sprawling cookie-cutter subdivisions
Seven Habits Of A Highly Effective Park System
With this report Harnik has expanded data collection to 55 cities and has expanded the measures of park-system quality to include what he calls the 'seven habits of a highly effective park system.'
The Bilbao Effect: Can Cultural Landmarks Revive Declining Cities?
Does pouring money in cultural landmarks help revive a declining city?
A Theme Park With An Unusual Theme
In this unusual theme park visitors can experience the lifestyles of the world's poor and learn how to build low-cost housing.
Photo Gallery: China's Three Gorges
Flooding begins at China's Three Gorges project. Critics say the project will cause massive environmental damage.
An SUV-sized Tax Loophole
An intentionally-overlooked tax loophole will allow any self-employed person to claim tax deductions for the purchase of an SUV.
Three Gorges: A Controversial 'Great Wall Of Water'
Water levels have started to rise in China's massive Three Gorges project, one of the most ambitious engineering projects ever involving the resettlement of up to two million people. Is this an environmental catastrophe in the making?
Online Land Use Decision Making Tool
The Long-Term Hydrologic Impact Assessment model is an online tool to assess the water quality impacts of land use change.
Bush Administration Proposal Threatens Critical Habitat Designation
Conservation groups have learned that the Bush Administration is planning to undermine one of the most important protections offered by the federal Endangered Species Act: critical habitat designation.
Quebec City To Rename 922 Streets
About one-fifth of the streets in Quebec City will be renamed in a massive transformation of the cityscape.
Curb Sprawl To Get Federal Funding
A new report advises that federal funding for Canadian urban projects should only be granted to urban projects that are sustainable, and would curb sprawl.
Toronto Region Communities Confront Sprawl
While the province's smart growth intitiative remains lacking in specifics and a firm commitment to action, three suburban Toronto communities find themselves actively wrestling with sprawl issues.
Budget Crisis: The Worst-Hit U.S. States
Many U.S. states face severe budget shorfalls. Why is the Bush administration indifferent to the crisis?
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
