United States
In our car-oriented culture, it's hard to find a truly awful car anymore. Forbes produces its list of the worst cars of all time.
Forbes
Fred Kent of the Project for Public Spaces discusses the elements and essentials of place making.
The Planning Report
As many as a third of the nation's 1,000 malls are obsolete. A new specialty is emerging for experts in reviving second-tier malls.
Wall St. Journal
Lessons learned from a memorial to another kind of terror.
MetropolisMag.com
The American Podiatric Medical Association releases its list of the ten best cities for walking.
American Podiatric Medical Association
CNN's Lou Dobbs Tonight features a segment on the lack of attention given to highway funding in the U.S.
CNN
Several school districts invest in a new approach to raising funds.
St. Paul Pioneer Press
As a generation shops for retirement homes, the US building industry thrives.
The Christian Science Monitor
With two-bedroom sustainable kit homes priced from AUD$63,000 (around USD$50,000) plus labour, they are becoming a real housing alternative.
The Australian
Canadian cities are lobbying for a new relationship with the federal government.
CBC News
Smart City Radio show host Carol Colletta talks with developers from Denver and Baltimore taking on tough in-fill projects in their cities.
Smart City
See how relocation experts rank U.S cities for corporate expansions and relocations.
Expansion Management
What makes a country attractive (or unattractive) to live in? An expat's perspective.
The Australian
Hither Lane pulls you into its masterful private realm.
American Society Of Landscape Architects
A Canadian municipality successfully defends its anti-billboard by-law at the Supreme Court of Canada.
The Walrus
Shanghai's approach to city development is built around massive and expensive projects.
The Economist
The United Nations will study link between global warming and human conflict.
Common Dreams
Canadian cities grant density bonuses in exchange for developer-funded art installations.
The Globe and Mail
China has chosen to abandon its Maglev train effort for a 750-mile Beijing-Shanghai link.
Associated Press
Al Gore criticizes the Bush administration environmental policies.
Progressive News
