United States
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.
Ecotourism Principles
Ecotourism principles are an important guide to developing and maintaining the increasingly popular ecotourist resort destinations.
Designing Bus Lines For New Urban Communities
To achieve the full benefits of life in a new urban community, residents need travel alternatives in order to be free from full-time automobile dependency.
Advances In Signals Operation Research
Researchers have been hampered by existing computer simulation applications could not emulate the latest traffic signal controllers.
New Research On HOT Lanes
Robert W. Poole, Jr. finds a brilliant PhD dissertation from UCLA on HOT lanes that may revolutionize our thinking about how to best manage congested urban freeways.
Johannesburg World Summit Update
An update from the U.N. World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg.
Resisting The All-American Car
Can Detroit wean U.S. car buyers from "muscle 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
