United States
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.
Hidden Agenda Behind Bush's Hydrogen Initiative?
The hydrogen fuel cell initiative announced by President Bush in his State of the Union address may benefit fossil-fuel and nuclear power industries.
Council Says Public-Private Partnerships Misunderstood
A new report says public-private partnerships are often misunderstood and fall prey to misinformation and misperceptions.
Homestead Holdouts
Home & Garden Television features a special series on home owners who refuse to sell, despite being surrounded development, office buildings or urban sprawl.
New SUV Safety Standards Proposed
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is considering new safety standards for sport utility vehicles and pickup trucks.
Myths To Live By: The Jobs-Housing Balance
Is it rational to try to improve the jobs-housing balance in urban areas or should people, not plans, decide where people live and work? (Link corrected.)
Myths To Live By: The Jobs-Housing Balance
Is it rational to try to improve the jobs-housing balance in urban areas or should people, not plans, decide where people live and work?
Civil Engineers Compete With Architects
Civil engineers are stepping into the limelight and competing with architects.
Challenges To Building Regional Anti-Sprawl Coalitions
New public opinion research suggests that broad regional coalitions against urban growth might be difficult to create.
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
