United States
Building Density With Rowhouses
The rowhouse, a relatively new building form in the Pacific Northwest, is still evolving as a modern solution for higher density communities.
The Meaning Of Place
What may be needed is a built environment flexible enough to allow the quality of experience to evolve over time.
Census Shows Story Of Irish Immigration
Census figures reflect settlement patterns of the two waves of Irish immigrants to the U.S.
Housing Projects Get Aid For Bills
U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Mel Martinez announced that HUD will earmark an additional $105 million to help pay the utility bills of public housing authorities and resident management corporations blind-sided by energy costs.
Immigration Fueling Big U.S. Cities
According to census figures, cities that attracted immigrants grew turning around decades of deterioration.
New Community Development Journal
Capital Ideas, a new web-based journal, premiers with an article discussing how civic intermediaries can alleviate poverty.
Downtown Revival Comes To The South
Southern cities discover the economic advantages of dynamic downtowns.
Finding Good Dirt
As buildable sites get harder to find and more expensive to develop, developers are becoming more creative and taking greater risks.
The Economic Case For New Urbanism
Executives are recognizing that the talent pool is richest in places that are livable, diverse, and have high concentrations of ammenities.
Nation's Most Racially Segregated Cities
Most of the nation's cities are still racially segregated.
The Citizen Planner's Fix-It Manual
This excerpted chapter is from a "fix-it manual" for citizen planners working on improving their towns or neighborhoods.
Consolidation In The Apartment Industry
How concentrated has the multifamily housing industry become?
Livability For The Elderly
Not much attention has been paid to how to make environments livable for older Americans. AARP aims to change that.
Bush Postpones Forest Rules Again
The Bush administration puts off a decision on Clinton administration rules to protect a third of national forests from development.
Midwestern Apartment Markets
The recent experiences of Midwestern apartment markets offer some lessons for investment strategies nationwide.
Grading The States 2001
In a special report all 50 states are graded on how well they manage the systems that deliver public services.
High Tech Meets Urban Landscape
How does a city lure high-tech companies into downtown areas and provide the necessary infrastructure while preserving the city's character? Vancouver has a plan.
Threats In The Home Mortgage Industry?
The home mortgage business gets ugly: Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac threaten board members of a watchdog group.
The New Hybrid Mall
Shopping center developers are taking a new approach: "Hybrid malls" are perhaps the hottest concept in the industry.
Unsprawl Case Study: Prairie Crossing
A case study of a "conservation community" that successfully uses a set of ten guiding principles to balance growth and open space.
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
