United States
Cities Of Ideas
Must successful cities now be "cities of ideas"?
U.S And Europe: Comparing Living Standards
Why are Europeans apparently poorer than Americans?
Bad News For The Environment
Considering President Bush's pledges for a clean environment and reduced dependence on foreign oil, the budget is "downright peculiar."
Virtual Reality In 60 BC
Oliver Grau's new book claims virtual reality isn't new.
Americans Invest In Parks And Open Space
This report by the Trust for Public Land, tracks the results of conservation ballot measures across the country in 2002.
Defense Dept. Claims Environmental Rules Hinder Military Mission
The Defense Department is trying to gain exemptions from environmental rules it says interfere with military training and readiness.
The End Of HOPE VI Housing Programs?
The Bush administration is seeking to end a 10-year-old program that has torn down or renovated tens of thousands of public housing units.
Environmental Justice Handbook
The Institute of Transportation Studies at the University of California Berkeley publishes a "Citizen's Handbook on Environmental Justice & Transportation."
Large Grant To UN For GIS Development In World's Poorest Cities
ESRI's $15 million grant will provide geographic information systems software to urban planners, and train them in its use.
Most Successful Road Privatization Methods
Privatizing highway development can speed up road improvements and cut costs, according to a new report.
The Plan For Hydrogen Cars
According to the Bush administration's plan, hydrogen-powered cars will not be mass produced until 2020.
Is It Time To Replace Zoning?
Old-fashioned zoning practices are discouraging mixed-use development. Are "form-based codes" the future?
New Urban Planning For Neighborhood Revitalization
Planner and Knight Program fellow Jennifer Hurley offers a personal account of her experiences with new urbanism.
Lifestyle Centers
The regional mall is rapidly being replaced by the more attractive, and more profitable new urbanist "lifestyle center."
Bush Plan Proposes Increased Logging
The Bush administration is proposing increased logging in national forests in the Sierra Nevada.
The American Home Grows Out And Up
The 2000 Census data shows how US homes have changed drastically in the last 60 years.
Fences In The True West
What fences mean for the rural western landscape.
The World's New Tallest Building
The Shanghai World Financial Center, already under construction, will top Malaysia's 1,483-foot Petronas Twin Towers.
Rem Koolhaas' Junkspace
If space-junk is the human debris that litters the universe, junk-space is the residue mankind leaves on the planet.
Transportation: What We Pay And What We Get
STPP's analysis of ten years of federal spending, summarized by State.
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.
KFH Group Inc.
Greater Baltimore Committee
Eagle County Government
The Architects Foundation
University of Cincinnati Online
The Pocatello Development Authority
The Urban Renewal Agency of the City of Pocatello
