United States
The Case For Planning Certification
The president of AICP responds to the charge that planning certification can actually harm a planner's career.
Report: 3 Billion More People By 2050
The world population is projected to grow by 3 billion in the next fifty years.
HUD's Native American Housing Conference
The U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development will sponsor its first comprehensive homeownership planning conference for urban Indian areas March 27-28 in Seattle, WA.
Sprawl Attacks Civil War Sites
Gettysburg and other Civil War sites are among the nation's ten most endangered battlefields because of the threat of development and sprawl.
Surgery On Our Cities' Streets
In the race to lay fiber optic cable, telecommunications companies are wreaking havoc on city streets.
Impact Of Apartment REITs On Multifamily Housing
The advantages of REITs’ unique structure, singular ownership, and professional management have all positively influenced the industry.
Court Upholds Clean Air Act
The Supreme Court ruling on the most significant environmental case in years upholds the way the federal government sets clean-air standards.
Sprawl Got Space On Ballots
The most popular ballot measures before voters in November were proposals to preserve open space and address sprawl according to a study by the Brookings Institution's Center on Urban and Metropolitan Policy.
Hottest Real Estate Markets For 2001
Many of the markets that registered the strongest demand last year now have a relatively limited number of units available.
Electing the Shape of Communities
This paper provides a comprehensive listing of the more than 550 growth-related ballot measures put before voters on election day 2000 plus an analysis of major proposals and a list of implications for the growth debate in the future.
The New, Green Post Office
The U.S. Post Office has caught the green bug and is making environmentally-sensitive designs its standard.
Europe As A Model For Senior Neighborhoods
American cities that want to keep their aging residents in the urban core will have to adopt European models for housing.
Getting Uppity In Suburbia
Why do U.S. suburbs have aristrocratic British names? The answer lies in the secrets of "real estate branding."
Technology Requirements For The Disabled
New regulations require all technology to be accessible to people with disabilities. What effect will this have on state and local governments?
Bishops Sound The Alarm For Environment
U.S. and Canadian bishops call for better stewardship of the environment of the vast Columbia River watershed.
Berkeley's Bicycle Boulevards
Berkeley, CA, hopes newly unveiled bicycle boulevards will draw cyclists away from major arterial roads.
Wreckreation: Selling The Nation's Natural Resources
It's been called "wreakreation" and "ecotainment." How will it impact the nation's natural landscape?
Amtrak To Introduce Express Trains
Amtrak will introduce more high-speed Acela Express trains.
Cuomo HUD Reports Criticized
In the last day of the Clinton administration, HUD spent $200,000 on reports that have been criticized for being aimed at promoting then-Secretary Andrew Cuomo's political career.
Sprawl Index: Cities Ranked By Sprawl
USA Today publishes its "Sprawl Index" of 271 metro areas and a seven-page feature on the impact of sprawl on America.
Urban Design for Planners 1: Software Tools
This six-course series explores essential urban design concepts using open source software and equips planners with the tools they need to participate fully in the urban design process.
Planning for Universal Design
Learn the tools for implementing Universal Design in planning regulations.
New York City School Construction Authority
Village of Glen Ellyn
Central Transportation Planning Staff/Boston Region MPO
Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS)
City of Grandview
Harvard GSD Executive Education
Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada
Toledo-Lucas County Plan Commissions
