United States
Oil Tanker Disaster: An Ecological Time-bomb
An oil tanker sank off the coast of Spain. The resulting oil spill could be twice the size of the Exxon Valdez disaster.
Battle Of Harpers Ferry Site Saved
Karen Fuller convinces the Trust for Public Land to purchase historic farm, so family won't sell out to developers.
Why Do Europeans Care More About Architecture Than Americans?
Technology is leading architecture -- a report from the eighth International Architectural Biennale.
EPA Announces National Smart Growth Awards
EPA Administrator Christine Todd Whitman announced four winners of the 2002 National Awards for Smart Growth Achievement.
Living In The Phoenix Heat Island
The world's foremost "urban heat island" will adopt new design guidelines to reduce rising temperatures.
Holiday Review Of Architecture Books
San Francisco Chronicle's urban design writer John King reviews seven holiday architecture books.
Will The Aerotropolis Replace The Metropolis?
Airports are increasingly serving as central business districts thatattract development oriented toward air travel and air freight movement.
British Find Big-box Retailers Undermine Downtowns
The British government is questioning the rapid expansion of big retailers, such as Ikea, because they generate too much traffic and undermine established town centers.
Documenting The Urban Forest
For two decades David Paul Bayles has been recording pictures -- beautiful, sad, and humorous -- of trees in the city.
Smart Technologies Versus Heroic Choices
Can sustainable development be achieved via a technology-oriented or human behavior-oriented path?
Our Changing Lifestyles
Whether you are walking the streets of inner city Detroit or the new roads of Shanghai, it’s easy to see that global lifestyles are changing.
In Praise Of The Porch: Come Up And Sit A Spell
The world would be a better place if everyone had a porch, says author Michael Dolan.
Greensboro Revitalization Plan Wins APA Award
The project to revitalize Southside was honored by the American Planning Association.
2002 Workplace 'Neighborhood' Architecture Winners
Business Week, the AIA and Architectural Record team up to award the 2002 'Winning Workplaces' -- office space organized into neighborhoods.
The SUV: A Weapon Of Mass Destruction?
A hard-hitting television campaign being developed takes aim at gas-guzzling sport-utility vehicles and says that driving an SUV helps support terrorism.
A Good Day For Quality Of Life
Trend is strong for land preservation, managing growth.
2003 National Planning Award Winners Announced
Who will receive the National Planning Awards in Denver? APA has just announced its choices for this year's top plans, projects, and planners.
More On Israel's Island Cities
Israel seriously considers a string of artificial islands on the Mediterranean coast as a solution to housing and tourism problems.
Twentieth Century Architecture As A Cult?
Nikos Salingaros argues that many of the techniques used by early Modernist architecture schools bore great similarities to those used by cults tobrainwash their adherants.
'What Would Jesus Drive?'
A campaign launched on radio stations and cable television asks Christians to abandon SUVs and drive fuel-efficient cars.
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
