United States
A Revival For 'America's Favorite Pastime'
The New Urbanism movement has sparked a revival of what author John Buchino calls America's 'favorite pastime.'
Smart Growth And Parking
This report from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) explores approaches for integrating parking with smart growth goals.
Linking Urban Sprawl And Poverty
A new book examines how racial segregation and urban sprawl perpetuate cycles of poverty.
Global Warming Theatens Ski Industry
The ski industry is already feeling the impact of global warming and is adopting innovative measures to survive.
Many Pathways From Land Use To Health
An index of walkability incorporates land use, street connectivity, net residential density, and retail floor area ratios, with health-related outcomes in King County, Washington.
12 Steps To Breaking Oil Dependence
While President Bush admitted that the United States is addicted to oil, he offered few real remedies. To address this gap, Michael Brune of the Rainforest Action Network offers a '12-Step' energy program for America.
U.S. Oil Addiction: Research Isn't Enough
Ronal Brownstein urges the Bush administration to take bold steps to cure nation's oil addiction.
Environmentalists Say EPA Program Encourages Polluters
A coalition of environmentalists criticize the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency's voluntary Performance Track program.
'Censored' Story Threatens Ecosystem, Economy
A list of top 25 stories ignored by the mainstream media includes one about a new coal mining technique being used in the U.S. that involves dynamiting entire mountaintops.
Student Housing As Commodity
Aussie investment corporation ING's $100 million deal nets 90 percent of U. Conn's off-campus student housing.
NYT: Bush's Energy Proposals 'Woefully Insufficient'
Not only was President Bush's discussion of energy in the State of the Union address 'woefully insufficient,' according to the NYT his failure to respond to the related issue of climate change 'is a negligence from which the globe may never recover'.
U.S. Oil Addiction: What Bush Really Meant
Only one day after President Bush used the State of the Union address to promote alternative energy sources, his energy secretary and national economic adviser are backing away from the comments, saying, 'the president didn't mean it literally.'
New Orleans And The State Of The Union
In advance of President George W. Bush's State of the Union address, William Rivers Pitt looks at widespread poverty and the ruins of New Orleans to state, "the state of this union is not good."
Growth Threatens America's Coasts
In an eight-part series, Gannett compiles three months of analysis to expose the serious problems of unchecked growth along the country's shores, along with a host of counterproductive public policies.
The Tenants Movement And Housers
How the tenants movement of the 1970s and 1980s evolved into the housing and community development movement of today.
Bush: Technology Will Cure U.S. Oil Addiction
In his state of the union address, President Bush says the U.S. is "addicted to oil" and alternate energy source will break its dependence.
Integrating Sustainability into Transportation Planning
A TRB report explores how sustainability objectives can be introduced into the planning process for surface transportation facilities and operations.
Innovative Urban Ideas Abound On Gulf Coast
Neal Peirce reviews the flurry of rebuilding ideas taking shape in Katrina-ravaged areas.
New-Market Tax Credits Spur Commercial Growth
Like the low-income tax credit before it, new-market credits are proving essential to the revitalization of American businesses, investing over eight billion dollars to date in low-income areas.
War On The Poor
From pawnshops to check cashers and rent-to-own stores, usurious companies are exploiting the nation's poor, creating a lucrative 'fringe economy' in the process.
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.
City of Rosemead
Rutgers University, Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy
One Hundred Miles
University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability (SEAS)
Hunter College, City University of New York (CUNY)
The Architects Foundation
City of Cambridge
Montrose County
The Pocatello Development Authority
