United States
More Homebuyers Seeking Rescue From Mortgages
Nonprofit organizations are offering foreclosure prevention programs to assist people when their mortgages have become unmanageable.
Planners Grapple With Creating 'Complete Streets'
Planners in Seattle and Sacramento are learning it isn't just nice to share the road -- it is necessary.
Suburbs Without The Sprawl
Joel Kotkin looks to Reston, Virginia, and other suburban villages as the new way for America to handle an increasing population without succumbing to the negative aspects of traditional sprawl.
The Business Of Student Housing
Outside developers are rushing into the growing student housing market as colleges and universities look for ways to lower costs.
Worst Real Estate Markets In The U.S.
A slideshow depicts the 10 worst real estate markets in the US right now, with San Diego coming out on the bottom.
Forest Fires Ignite Logging Debate
The Bush administration supports commercial logging of dead timber after a forest fire. Environmentalists say dead trees are essential for a forest to regrow.
Land Matters: William H. Whyte, Meet Pokemon
In a preview of the November Land Matters column, Landscape Architecture magazine editor Bill Thompson, FASLA, asks, how far is too far when it comes to commercial activities in public parks?
Friday Funny: California Intersection Site of 'Wicked' Accidents
The Onion reports on how an 'insane' California intersection is the most likely site of 'awesome' car crashes.
Race, Poverty, And Uneven Development
Policies and initiatives based on class and race are essential in altering the unequal patterns of opportunity in cities and suburbs.
Defining And Finding Exurbia
A new study from the Brookings Institute attempts to locate and describe the exurbs of large metropolitan areas in the United States.
Grid Locked
Promised federal investments to upgrade America's electricity grid in the wake of the 2003 blackout have never materialized. As a result, the U.S. power grid "hangs by a thread."
Reston Rests a Little Too Easily
Philip Langdon recalls mixed-feelings about Reston's unfinished dream.
Urban Planning, IDEO Style
The California-based design company's "Smart Space" practice takes on the staid world of infrastructure, zoning and public process.
Healing Medical Districts
Memphis and Miami may be leading the charge to rethinking medical districts with New Urbanism.
Sprawl Hurts Lower Income Families
Low-income families in big cities spend significantly less on housing and transportation than poorer suburban families, according to a new study by the Center for Housing Policy.
Next Stop: 400 Million Americans
America's growing population is not bad news, but rather gives the nation a competitive advantage over other countries, spurring continued American innovation.
10 Years Of American Commuting
Author Alan E. Pisarski under a joint project of the National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) and the Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) details in length America's commuting behaviors and habits over a 10-year period.
Green Buildings Go Residential
Homebuilders are driving the momentum for green-certified homes.
U.S. Population Hits 300 Million Tomorrow
The Economist predicts that America's rising population solve more problems that it will create.
High Commuting Costs Cancel Suburban House Savings
A study of 28 metropolitan regions reveals that the high commuting cost for living in outer-ring suburbs outweighs the low cost of the housing in the long term.
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.
KFH Group Inc.
Greater Baltimore Committee
Eagle County Government
The Architects Foundation
University of Cincinnati Online
The Pocatello Development Authority
The Urban Renewal Agency of the City of Pocatello
