United States
Outlaw Explorations Beneath The City
This fascinating story details the exploits of urban explorers who venture deep beneath the city, into subway tunnels and abandoned catacombs.
Buying Real Estate On EBay
eBay is arguably the most popular site on the Internet. But is it ready to sell real estate?
Shrinking Towns
Even as the U.S. population grows, small towns and counties across the nation are losing people.
The Price Of Traffic Congestion
Traffic congestion costs the nation $78 billion every year in lost time and gas.
Ten Principles For Reinventing Suburban Strips
Commercial strips in America's suburbs can be reinvented through the renovation with mixed-use development.
New Suburbanism In The Twin Cities
Three approaches to new urbanism test ideas that are so old they are new again.
Which U.S. Cities Grew And Why
This survey uses 2000 Census data to examine the clear patterns that describe which cities grew in the last decade and which did not.
A Sound Solution
Expressway noise walls can fix some community problems--while causing others.
Survey Finds Downtowns Growing
A survey by the Fannie Mae Foundation finds that 75 percent of the cities analyzed saw their downtown populations grow in the 1990s.
Study Finds Nation's Rush Hour Lasts 6 Hours
A study of transportation systems in 68 urban areas titled '2001 Urban Mobility Study' illustrates the nation's growing traffic problems.
Competitive Livability: How Regions Prosper
Smart growth is in good measure a function of smart government and smart business.
What Does 'Smart Growth' Really Mean?
Can groups as different as homebuilders and transit advocates be using the term in the same way?
Fuel Cells May Help Cut Truck Emissions
New technology will allow truck drivers to use appliances without keeping their diesel engines running.
Debate Over Forest Rules Continues
The Bush administration decision to implement Clinton-era measure to protect national forests while allowing local changes has generated varied reactions
The Importance Of Small Streams
Small streams are threatened by urbanization, logging, and agriculture. Scientists have uncovered evidence that makes stream more important in land-use policies.
Blacks Moving Back To The South
Reversing last century's pattern, African Americans are heading back to the South, the only region in the nation where black population has grown during the 1990s.
Voice Of The Nation's Cities
Mayors of the nation's big cities, heads of educational institutions, business leaders, and others have formed a national organization to advocate for cities.
The Disappearing Lawns
Cities are encouraging a practice long favored by landscape architects, replacing the traditional green lawn with creative and environmentally appropriate alternatives.
Biodiversity Expert Proposes Conservation Strategy
Biodiversity expert E.O. Wilson has proposed a conservation strategy that involves buying the world's endangered ecosystems
National Forest Rules To Be Revised
The Bush administration will revise a ban on logging and new roads in national forests initiated during the Clinton years.
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
