United States
An Economist's Perspective On Urban Sprawl
As development continues on the urban fringes, one person's sprawl becomes another person's backyard.
Global Warming Agreement Finalized Without U.S.
Industrialized nations finalized a global warming agreement in Bonn, Germany without the participation of the U.S.
Public Transit Ridership Grows In U.S.
Ridership on public transit across the nation jumped 2.8 percent in thefirst quarter of 2001.
Job Sprawl
This survey maps the new American employment landscape, using zip-code employment files to map the location of jobs in the 100 largest U.S. metropolitan areas.
Top North American Air Polluters
A study by the Commission for Environmental Cooperation found electric plants contributed the most to industrial pollution and identified the top polluting states.
Why Urban Growth Boundaries Fail
Are urban growth boundries are causing minorites to be locked out of the American dream?
Re-Imagining The White House
A contest to "re-imagine" the White House asks contestants to demonstrate how contemporary architecture could symbolize democratic ideals.
Interagency Council To Fight Homelessness
HUD Secretary Mel Martinez is reactivating a federal council that will coordinate the activities of 15 agencies as part of a comprehensive effort to improve the delivery of federal services to homeless individuals and families.
Sierra Club: Selling Green Shares
The influential environmental group Sierra Club considers starting a mutual funds.
Toronto's Waterfront Plans Should Be Abandoned
David Lewis Stein makes the argument that plans to rebuilt Toronto's port area should be abandoned and the funds should be used to serve Greater Toronto's fast growing outer cities.
Award-winning Landscape Architect Dies
M. Meade Palmer, professor, landscape architect, and winner of national design awards died of a heart attack.
Maryland Creates Cabinet-level Position To Combat Sprawl
On May 29th, Gov. Glendening announced that sprawl was no longer welcome in Maryland. Included in that announcement was the creation of a new cabinet-level position--a Secretary of Smart Growth.
Panel Issues Transport Act Recommendations
Panel recommends giving part of gasoline tax to urban transit systems in Canadian cities. "
Traffic Congestion: Out Of Control
NPR's Talk of the Nation host Juan Williams talks with experts Mark Hallenbeck, Anthony Downs, and Steven Shladover about the nation's traffic congestion problem and possible solutions.
Moratorium On Great Lakes Drilling
The Senate have agreed on requiring a 2-year moratorium on drilling under the Great Lakes which contain 20 percent of the world's surface water.
Financing Low-income Communities
A new report by the Brookings Institution addresses changing capital markets and their implications for community development finance.
Twenty Tips To Fight Global Warming
Time Magazine presents an "interactive report" on the effects of global warming and what you can do to fight it.
Brookings Responds To Demographia
The Brookings Institution responds to Demographia's concerns about the data used for it's analysis of sprawl across the U.S.
Smart Growth Needed In Malaysia
Lim Lay Ying encourages metropolitan areas in Malayasia to consider "smart growth" strategies to address growth issues by providing examples of efforts in Wyoming and Georgia in the U.S.
Growing Interest In Golf Housing Communities
The rowing interest in golf -- thanks to the achievements of Tiger Woods -- is making sure that golf course architecture firms are busy with new projects.
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.
Eagle County Government
Harvard University Graduate School of Design
Nashville Planning Department
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
