United States
Soul Searching
Every city has a soul. Here's how to discover the unique spirit of your city.
Images Of Sprawl
Aerial photographs capture the essence of suburban sprawl.
Government Growth Statistics Overestimated
The U.S. Department of Agriculture revised farmland development rate figures used to gauge the pace of sprawl
Schools Return To Original Master Plans
University campus planners are returning to master plans from the 1900s as a response to campus sprawl.
Tradition A Barrier To Smart Growth
Selling smart growth to real estate agents can be difficult.
History Changed The Future
A look at the cities and architecture of the future as designed between 1930 and 1970.
Burning Suburbia
The debate over suburban sprawl has taken a dangerous turn.
Financing New Urbanism Projects
The Congress for the New Urbanism publishes a report on the obstacles and solutions for financing new urbanism projects.
New EPA Sewer Rules Worry Cities
Officials in some cities are concerned about new rules proposed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency -- tough standards could force cities to reduce sewer leaks by rebuilding or improving sewers.
Annual Wetlands Loss Drops 80 Percent
Laws and conservation programs have reduced the annual loss of the nation's wetlands by 80 percent.
Flexible Zoning Rules: A Builder's Nightmare
Why flexible rules and reasonable regulators are a builder’s worst nightmare.
Doubling US Public Transit Ridership?
The Public Purpose publishes updated statistics and suggests that doubling US public transit ridership is an impossible task.
The Quest For The First Green Car
Is a superefficient and clean sport-utility vehicle possible?
Smart Growth Toolkit
The Urban Land Institute's smart growth toolkit shows best practices for success.
Clinton's Environmental Legacy
A New York Times editorial discusses President Clinton's plan to ban road-building and logging in nearly one-third of the nation's forest land.
Special PBS Report On New Urbanism
NewsHour with Jim Lehrer has created a website featuring detailed interviews and images about new urbanism.
There Is No Solution To Peak-hour Traffic
Anthony Downs argues that there is no way to reduce peak-hour traffic congestion that Americans will accept.
Lone Mountain Compact: Livability Principles
The Lone Mountain Compact: Principles for preserving freedom and livabilityin America's cities and suburbs.
A Century Of Cars
Popular Mechanics takes a look back at the defining device of the 20th century -- the automobile.
Is Urban Infill Helpful Or Harmful?
The Urban Land Institute's Bill Hudnut answer the question with a twist.
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
