United States
Multiple Planned Communities In Idaho's Future
More than 20 master planned communities have been proposed in Idaho since 2000. And the trend of the increasing popularity of MPCs is spreading nationwide.
Spinach Scare Highlights Need For Locally Grown Produce
Columnist Neal Peirce uses the the example of the recent E. coli outbreak in spinach to underscore the importance of curtailing sprawl and preserving farmland so that we may eat locally-grown produce and avoid similar problems in the future.
Montana Zoning Vs. Cappuccino Cowboys
Once unthinkable, zoning is now being considered by Montana counties to prevent subdividing open space and ranch land.
Is Sustainability Coming To A Neighborhood Near You?
Doug Farr, widely known as a leader in the United States green building movement, is shifting his focus from single buildings to entire neighborhoods.
How Environmentalists Can Talk To Evangelicals
An interview with J. Matthew Sleeth, evangelical environmentalist and author.
USC Joins LA's Downtown Rennaisance
Urban universities including the Univ. of Southern California are working to transform their tough neighborhoods.
Growth Presents Challenges To Communities, Planners
As the nation's population reaches 300 million, tackling explosive growth becomes a critical national priority.
Greenspan Joins Movement Advocating Gas Tax Increases
Alan Greenspan, Chairman of the Federal Reserve for two decades, is the latest Republican economist to join a small academic movement to increase gas taxes to address market imperfections so as to reduce energy consumption.
Study Shows Cost Savings Of Suburbs Are An Illusion
A new study suggests that the traditional wisdom that suburbs are more affordable places to live than cities may be wrong. Although housing costs may be lower in suburbs, the difference is often outweighed by drastically increased transportation.
American Christianity Embracing Environmentalism
"To conservative Christians, environmentalism was a dirty word -- it stank of paganism, of interference with the free market, of the sixties. Meanwhile, many environmentalists were more secular than the American norm, and often infected with the notion spread by the historian Lynn White in his famous 1967 essay, "The Historical Roots of Our Ecologic Crisis," that Christianity lay at the root of ecological devastation. Everyone, in short, was scared of everyone else. But there were a few lights starting to shine in that gloom."
Planning On The Ballot
The Kelo decision spurs ballot measures to restrict eminent domain and "regulatory takings".
Corporate America's Health Food Push In The Inner City
Despite assurances by Pepsi and other conglomerates that their new inner-city strategies are driven by good intentions, critics say profit is an even bigger motive.
Katrina Evacuees Face Tough Time In Texas
More Katrina evacuees went to Texas than any other state except Louisiana. A year later, many of them are in limbo.
Refugee Resettlement in Metropolitan America
Using data from the Census and the federal Office of Refugee Resettlement, this report examines where refugees come fromâ"documenting significant region-specific flows tied to various overseas conflicts" and where they land, finding that refugee destinati
'Is God Green?': Evangelicals And The Environment
Legendary journalist Bill Moyers on the growing environmental consciousness of conservative evangelical Christians.
11 States To Vote On Challenging Kelo
Eleven states have initiatives on their ballots this fall that could go against 2005's Supreme Court eminent domain decision in the case of Kelo v. New London.
Report Forecasts Housing Price Fall
Could a severe housing market slowdown projected for more than 100 US metropolitan areas lead to a country-wide recession?
U.S. Population Growth: Cause For Concern?
Even as many developed countries are facing population declines, the U.S. population reaches 300 million this month. What does the demographic milestone mean for the nation?
Retirement Migration as an Economic Development Tool
Can retirement migration be a replacement for former industries?
Improved Neighborhoods Don't Raise Academic Achievement
The results of a large scale experiment seem to indicate that better neighborhoods don't actually result in an improvement in academic performance for any age group.
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
