United States
If Sprawl Is A Defense, It's Fighting The Last War
Do dense cities or sprawling suburbs make the best defense against terrorism?
Alternative Energy And Our Dependence On Foreign Oil
Talk of the Nation features a discussion with experts about alternative energy sources.
So You Want To Be A Planning Director?
Richard Carson offers a no-holds barred look at what it takes to be a planning director -- and whether you want to.
Ten Cheapest Places To Live
Homestore publishes its ranking of the ten cheapest places in the U.S. to live -- from housing to transportation.
Environmentalists Receive McArthur 'Genius' Awards
Environmental activists Sandra Lenham and Cynthia Moss received McArthur 'Genius' Awards.
U.S. Buys Exclusive Rights To Afghanistan Satellite Images
The Pentagon buys exclusive rights to satellite images of Afghanistan taken by "he world's most powerful commercial imaging satellite."
Racing To Map Afghanistan
Cartographers at the National Geographic Society race to create new map of Afghanistan to meet intense demand.
High-Tech Skyscraper Additions
An array of new high-tech solutions to escape from high rises are on the market.
Conduct A Park Safety Audit
Fear of crime is just as damaging as actual crime in a park or other public place: Both keep people away.
Mexico's New Airport On A Soggy Lakebed
Despite concerns by planners, Mexico is proceeding with a plan to build it's new central international airport in a swamp.
Suburban 'Telco Hotels' May Increase In Popularity
In the aftermath of the World Trade Center attacks businesses are interested in suburban telecommunications hubs as data centers.
Architects Can't Design Affordable Housing
An architect and professor chastises her profession for failing to understand how to design truly affordable housing.
Can U.S. Cities Learn From Bogota, Colombia?
Bogota's Mayor used planning to fight urban devestation, drug cartels, and pollution. Can U.S. cities learn from the example?
Cities Must Spread Out
Joel Kotkin argues that in this post-terrorism era, cities must change if they are to survive.
U.S. Cities Are Strong And Will Survive
Neal Peirce writes that mayors, corporate leaders, and university presidents are concerned about the federal government's approach to fighting terrorism and its impact on cities.
Low Densities Are No Answer To Terrorism
The sprawling 1950's postwar urban pattern has made us extremely vulnerable in an age of international terrorism.
The Safer Skyscraper
A UC Berkeley professor outlines an engineering vision for the ultimate safe skyscraper. But at what aesthetic cost?
The End Of The Skyscraper Era?
Neal Peirce comments on the prediction that the Sept. 11th attack signals the end of the skyscraper era and discusses how planning errors of the past can be avoided
Measuring A Building's Environmental Friendliness
U.S. Green Building Council has developed a rating system for evaluating the sustainabilty and environmental friendliness of buildings.
How To Get Great Streets
Great Streets. You want them, but to get them you have to be able to negotiate with your state department of transportation.
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
