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What's Working In 100 Cities

Phildephia News presents a special feature: What's working in our cities?

September 24, 2000 - The Philadelphia Daily News

Lifecycle Of The Real Estate Asset

A practical approach to real estate analysis is the lifecycle that is common to all real estate assets.

September 24, 2000 - REIS

Internet Making Access To Aerial Images Cheaper

The Internet is making public access to aerial images to document buildings and landscapes less expensive.

September 23, 2000 - Planning Magazine

Using Section 8 Vouchers To Buy Homes

HUD’s new program will let familiesuse Section 8 vouchers to buy homes.

September 22, 2000 - Inman News

The New Downtowns

Major cities have renewed their focus on historic downtowns. But what about newer places which never had a downtown?

September 22, 2000 - REIS

Least Affordable States For Housing

A new report investigates the "growing gap between housing costs and income of poor people in the United States" and ranks states and counties by affordability.

September 22, 2000 - National Low Income Housing Coalition

Minimum Wage Not Enough For Housing

Study concludes that workers earning federal minimum wage cannot afford a "modest two-bedroom apartment in any county."

September 22, 2000 - The Chicago Tribune

550 Nuclear Sites Made Public

The Energy Department releases the locations of 550 places across the nation where radioactive materials were secretly used.

September 21, 2000 - USA Today

Midopolis: Which Cities Have Ethnic Melting Pots?

The midopolis is the space between the urban core and the expanding communities on the metropolitan boundary.

September 21, 2000 - REIS

Cities Ranked According To Earthquake Risk

California can expect 75% of all earthquake damage, and half of that would be in the Southland, according to the first national earthquke survey.

September 21, 2000 - The Los Angeles Times

Noise Pollution At National Parks

Even at isolated national parks, the sounds of civilization -- engines, car alarms, helicopters -- intrude on the visitor's ear

September 21, 2000 - USA Today

Going For The Green

Sydney Olympics first to showcase environmentally sustainable planning, design, construction, and operation.

September 21, 2000 - E-Architect

Report Demonstrates Need For Housing Initiatives

A new report by the National Low-Income Housing Coalition confirms HUD's studies that show that it’s more important than ever for Congress to approve measures to increase the availability of subsidized housing.

September 21, 2000 - HUD News

Planning Is Hot In Congressional Elections

Smart growth and livability are quickly emerging as key campaign issues in many upcoming congressional election.

September 20, 2000 - Planning Magazine

Religion And Land Use

What kind of authority should cities and towns hold over the design and size of buildings used for religious and educational purposes?

September 20, 2000 - The Los Angeles Times

States, Cities, Ranked by Census Response

For the first time in history, the Census response rate improved over the immediately prior census with 67 percent of households returning Census forms. The Census Bureau presents lists of cities, counties, and states ranked by census response.

September 20, 2000 - The San Francisco Chronicle

Minorities Help Achieve Census Turnaround

U.S. Census Bureau says 67 percent of households returned Census forms and the declining trend of census response has been turned around helped by an improved response from minority communities.

September 20, 2000 - The Washington Post

Conservationists Criticize Tahoe National Forest Logging

Environmental group says that a Tahoe National Forest timber sale could damage over 2000 acres of habitat for the California spotted owl and other imperiled species.

September 19, 2000 - Scientific American

Internet Terminals Appearing Everywhere

Retail, transport nodes are favored locations for public Internet terminals.

September 19, 2000 - FOX News

HUD Unveils E-Maps

Need to know if the EPA is monitoring a site near a home you want to buy? Or want to know if there are any environmental hazards that your child walks by on the way to school?

September 19, 2000 - HUD News

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.

Top Books

An annual review of books related to planning.

Top Schools

The definitive ranking of graduate planning programs.

100 Most Influential Urbanists

The who's who of urbanism, according to Planetizen readers.

Urban Planning Creators You Should Know

A short list of voices on social, video, and podcasting platforms.