United States
Ask Umbra: Environmental Advice
Grist Magazine features Umbra -- the world's funniest environmental advice column.
The Call For Trains Is Widening
Andy Rooney argues that trains have important advantages that the nation had better consider.
TNDs With A Twist?
Builder Delcor Homes is targeting Generation X buyers who want a sense of neighborhood.
A Real Organic Solution For Ground Zero
The efforts rebuild the site of the World Trade Center are a 'fiasco' but the area is starting to heal itself without the benefit of planning strategies.
Low-Income Homeownership: Examining The Goal
A new book gathers the observations of housing experts on low-income homeownership and its effects on households and communities.
Dense, Denser, Denser Still
Perceptions can mislead when it comes to units per acre.
HUD Program Helps Tenants Become Homeowners
A new program allows low-income families to realize the American Dream.
Sprawl Can Lead To Water Shortages
Fast-growing cities are taking water away from farmers.
Housing Affordability: Is Smart Growth The Problem, Or The Solution?
David Goldberg examines whether smart growth become an anti-growth tool to ban multi-family housing construction.
How To Builld A Creative City
Newsweek examines the common features of international cultural meccas. How does your city shape up?
Seattle Monorail Under Debate
Officials dispute ridership estimates for Seattle's proposed Green Line.
Is New Urbanism Social Engineering?
Criticism of planned communities as social engineering is unjustified, says UIUC professor Emily Talen.
Book Review: 'A Modern Arcadia'
A study of Forest Hills Gardens designed by Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. as a "suburban town built on business principles."
Top International Cultural Meccas
Newsweek builds a list of the most vibrant international cultural meccas.
TNDs Going Electric
Considering the characteristics of the TND, what could be better for transportation than Light Electric Vehicles (LEV's)?
Suburban Slums In Central Ohio?
Residents say that many central Ohio subdivisions are turning into "brand-new suburban slums."
The Role Of Design In The Next Century
What design trends for the next century can be interpreted from current biological and planetary innovations?
Recreation Vs. Environmentalism: The Future Of America's Parkland
Who gains in the fundamental land battles over democratic values and commercial pursuits?
Learning From Copenhagen
Author and architect Jan Gehl talks about the best cities and the quality of city life in Copenhagen and around the world.
Profile Of Paris' Best Public Spaces
The Project for Public Spaces profiles Paris in their September newsletter: Paris' best public spaces keep getting better.
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.
Greater Baltimore Committee
Eagle County Government
Harvard University Graduate School of Design
The Architects Foundation
University of Cincinnati Online
The Pocatello Development Authority
The Urban Renewal Agency of the City of Pocatello
Journal of the American Planning Association
