United States
The Power Of Place
Have you ever fallen in love with a place but you weren't quite sure why?
6 WTC Plans Are Similar
The six redevelopment plans for the World Trade Center site share similarities but none include housing.
Liquid Architecture: A Building Made Of Water
The Blur Building in Switzerland, designed by MacArthur "Genius" award-winners, is built using water.
A New Low For Transit Ridership
In an editorial, Wendell Cox charges that transit ridership has set a new record -- an all time low.
Friday Funny: A Career In City Planning
A comic look at city planning from Foxtrot.
Urban Regeneration Series
The UK's most popular newspaper features a series of fascinating articles about urban regeneration with plenty of lessons for American cities.
Segway Sales Are Anemic
Sales of $8,500 Segway Human Transporter, have been very slow, but could skyrocket when the device becomes available to the general public next year.
Smart Growth Strategies And Housing Affordability
Smart growth strategies undermine President Bush's homeownership initiative.
Lower Quality Of Life For College Neighbors
Residents within one mile of college campuses report lower quality of life in a Harvard University study.
Do Traffic Calming Measures Work?
Opponents of traffic calming measure offer up a host of complaints. Many neighborhood residents have "buyer's remorse."
Etiquette For Boarding A Japanese Train
The differences between how rail commuters in Tokyo and Osaka board the train.
Debate Rages Over America's Largest Mall
Readers debate a recent Atlantic Monthly article on The Mall of America. Is the scale of development troubling?
Clean Coal And A Hydrogen Future
Can "clean coal" slow down global climate change? The Economist review the latest technologies.
The World's Largest Man-made Island
A consortium in Kuwaiti is planning to construct two distinct palm-shaped islands with residential, commercial and tourism elements.
Amtrak To Lose $1 Billion...Again
For the second year, Amtrak is expected to report an annual loss of $1 billion.
Sustainable Growth And The Environment
How sustainable development and the environment can co-exist.
Census Factoids: 2001 Statistical Abstract
Every day, the U.S. Census Bureau offers a factoid culled from the Statistical Abstract of the United States.
Web Site Gives Easy Access To Land Data
New BLM Web site offers legal and GPS information about land, a valuable tool for GIS projects.
Strip Center Investing: A Bear Market For Dummies
The shopping center sector is entering its third phase of consolidation, with investors gunning for strip centers and B-C malls.
GAO: ANWR Cleanup Costs Not Counted
A report by the General Accounting Office says oil firms haven't earmarked as much a $6 billion in future cleanup costs as a result of drilling near the drilling in the nearby Arctic National Wildlife Refuge park.
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
