United States
Will Your City Succeed In The New Economy?
Every city has assets and liabilities that, when combind, suggest the appropriate economic development strategy.
Urban Sprawl Threatens Canada's Prime Farmland
With 2,500 hectares (6,200 acres) of some of Canada's best farmland paved over each year around Toronto planners and academics urge new approaches for growth.
TND Communities Appreciate Faster Than Others
New research suggests that TND -- traditional neighborhood design -- communities appreciate faster than non-TND communities.
Coffee: Regular, Decaf, Or Environment-Friendly?
Coffee production harms wildlife habitat. Conservation groups have developed guidelines for growing 'sustainable coffee.'
Much Of Western U.S. Still The Frontier
Despite the latest census figures, which highlight the exploding growth in the west, much of the region is still uninhabited, with growth concentrated in a few cities.
Kunstler On The Fiasco Of Suburbia
James Howard Kunstler takes environmentalists to task for considering human nature something distinct from the rest of nature.
Metro Markets Ranked For Investment Potential
Grubb & Ellis publishes their 2001 Landauer Forecast which ranks metro markets according to their investment potential.
Researchers Developing Car Parts From Grass
Bio-degradable plant-based car parts promise higher fuel efficiency.
NAS To Bush: Global Warming Is Real
The National Academy of Sciences has released a report written by the nation's top scientists that declares global warming a real and serious problem.
New School Construction Favored Over Preservation
Planning policy and laws encourage new construction of schools rather than preservation and revitlization.
Satellite Maps Detail Urban Sprawl
New satellite-based land use maps provide better insight into urban growth and the impacts of sprawl.
America's Most Wired Cities
What defines a "wired city?" A truly wired local government and a density of dot-coms, to start...
Mapping The Earth's Ecological Health
A $21 million project will use satellite data to map the health of the planet's ecosystems.
Bush Projects Green Image In Florida Everglades
During a visit to the Florida Everglades President Bush voiced his committment to the environment.
Preservation And Sprawl Clash At Civil War Sites
Development threatens the many of the nation's Civil War sites.
Hispanic Immigration Fueled City Growth In The 1990s
The latest from the 2000 Census: Most cities owe their strong showing to Hispanic immigration. But the growth of new majority minority cities also brings new challenges.
Store Wars: Documentary Captures Residents' Battle With Megastores
A PBS documentary tells the story of how residents of a small town stood up to Wal-Mart and opposed the construction of a megastore in their town.
Mortgage Market Changes May Put Older Urban Areas At A Disadvantage
Changes in the multifamily mortgage market have transformed a fragmented, localized mortage market into a highly liquid one. Certain segments of the market -- in particular, small rental properties in urban areas -- may well be underserved.
The Newest Trends In Malls
The new "lifestyle center" may soon combine the best of past and present shopping experiences.
Does Smart Growth Cause Traffic Congestion?
Wendell Cox argues that anti-sprawl measures lead to higher home prices and traffic congestion.
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
