United States
State And Local Green Purchasing
The EPA has issued guidance to help federal agencies consider environmental concerns when making purchasing decisions.
Ruling Awards Disabled Better Transit
A recent ruling requiring better transit service for the disabled was hailed as a landmark decision that will affect transit agencies nationwide.
Rap On Interior Nominee Is Unfair
Gale Norton, Bush's Interior nominee, is a defender of property rights. This does not mean she is anti-environment.
Reporting On Efforts To Stop Chain Stores
The Home Town Advantage reports on efforts to stop chain store development and has published its January, 2001 issue.
Ships And Boats
An environmental group publishes reports on environmentally-friendly shipbuilding and repair industry resources.
HUD's Major Management Challenges
A new series of reports provides an overview of major management challenges and program risks government agencies.
HUD Says Housing Needs Drop Eight Percent
The number of very-low-income U.S. renter households that pay more than 50 percent of theirmonthly gross income for rent or live in severely inadequate housing dropped about eight percent between 1997 and1999, according to a HUD report.
Environmental Justice Grants
The EPA has opened the application period for its EnvironmentalJustice Small Grants Program.
Best Practices In Economic Development
A new HUD report highlights eight promising economic development strategies based on case studies in 10 American cities.
Most Expensive World Cities
What are the world's most expensive cities? The most expensive U.S. city only ranks seventh.
Highways Are Out, Development Is In
Some cities are tearing down their downtown highways saying they aren't worth the land they're built on.
One Step Forward, Two Steps Back
Bush moves quickly to stall Clinton's last minute environmental and historical regulations and set asides.
Transit-centric Development
Cities, developers and transit authorities are working to replace parking lots around stations with mixed-used developments.
Improving Air Quality Through Land Use
Local land use choices can account for areduced number of vehicle miles traveled and help improve airquality.
Race For Maglev Train Funding
Only two projects, one in Pittsburgh and the other in the Washington-Baltimore Area, are in the running to be the first in the country with a maglev train system.
Mayors Push For More Rail Money
Mayors meeting in D.C. this week are looking to the new administration for more federal investment in rail projects.
Clinton's Environment Scorecard
The story of how Interior Secretary Bruce Babitt helped encourage President Clinton's environmental legacy.
Strategies of 10 Successful Cities
A newly released study highlights the strategies of 10 successful cities that have done a great job of using their assets to thrive in the new economy.
The True Face Of Golf Courses
Though the idea of golf courses as habitat conservation continues to spread, the reality isn't so green.
Is New Urbanism A Failure?
Few U.S. cities have been successful in turning downtowns into residential and retail hubs.
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
