United States
Spending Green For Green Space
States are increasingly becoming major players of land conservation agreements between private landowners and preservation groups.
Public Budgets 101: How To Influence Government Spending
For 18 years, the Neighborhood Capital Budget Group has helped Chicago's grassroots community organizations understand where and how their public dollars are spent.
Maryland Housing Market Shows Signs Of Cooling
Following closely behind Northern Virginia and Washington DC, condo conversions in Baltimore are now halted.
Ten Principles for Rethinking the Mall
These ten principles, part of a report from the Urban Land Institute, will help you determine how to 'rethink' existing mall developments as well as provide guidance when new shopping malls are being developed.
Sex-Offender Free Subdivisions
New trends in home development and technologies are helping people avoid living near a sex offender.
Is Geography Destiny?
BusinessWeek offers a brief overview of Florida's theory and recent work.
Can Developers Help Limit Obesity?
Should new communities can be designed to help encourage children to spend more time outdoors in physical activities?
Should Protected Federal Lands Be Sold To Fund Local Projects?
The auctioning of protected federal lands comes with a "troubling twist."
Urban Housing Expert Louis Winnick Dies
An immigrant from Romania growing up in Brooklyn, Winnick spent his life helping to improve low-income urban neighborhoods.
The Skyrocketing Price Tags Of New Sports Arenas
Universities planning to build new sports facilities are being hit with construction costs twice as high as a decade ago.
Property Rights Movement Taking Its Toll On Cities
Oregon's Measure 37 was just the first of a series of campaigns from the ideological right -- all dressed up in populist rhetoric -- that favor developers and limit the abilities of cities to plan.
U.S. National Parks At Risk From Global Warming
Report warns that Yellowstone, Yosemite, and other beloved national parks are threatened by global warming.
U.S. Breathing China's Air Pollution
Airborne pollution is crossing the Pacific Ocean and depositing itself in California skies.
Teardowns: Costs, Benefits, and Public Policy
The teardown phenomenon has attracted much public attention. Daniel P. McMillen examines the case of the historic Chicago suburb of Kenilworth to determine the costs, benefits and public policy surrounding teardowns.
Why Is Washington Missing The Train?
Critics decry the failure of the recent federal "white paper" on reducing congestion to include any discussion of railroads.
Cooling Housing Market Is Slowing Overall Economy
After riding high due to a booming housing market over the past several years, the U.S. economy is feeling the pain of a housing slowdown.
Court Rules Against Taking Homes For Economic Development
The Ohio Supreme Court has sided with homeowners in the latest case over property rights.
The Problem With Coastal Development
In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, several leading Climatologists come out against continued development along the nation's coastlines.
Oregon's Property Rights Law Is Being Tested By Landowners
Measure 37, Oregon's landmark property rights law, is set to transform a state renowned for its rigid land use policies designed to preserve forests and farms while containing cities, much to the disappointment of the state's planners.
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
