United States
Hackers Use Google To Map Hurricane's Impact
The tech-savvy are using mapping and satellite images from Google to map the devastaton caused by Hurricane Katrina.
Katrina's Effect on Oil, US Economy
Disruption of gulf oil production due to Katrina may lead to a national "gas crisis".
Is New Orleans a Victim of the Iraq War?
Hundreds of millions in federal dollars originally intended to shore up levees and build pumping stations around New Orleans were diverted to the pay for the war in Iraq.
Fixing Society's Strategy Of Environmental Tragedy
A profile of influential environmental architect William McDonough.
Live In The City, Work In The Suburbs?
The downtown living trend can only work as long as the jobs remain in the city.
A Secret Threat To U.S. National Parks System
The nation's national parks will be destroyed by a secret draft revision of the national park system's basic management policies.
ULI Program Eases Way For Smart Growth Projects
The Urban Land Institute is going nationwide with a program that should make it easier for smarth growth and new urban projects to win the governmental approvals thay need.
Is Swedish Town Too Good To Be True?
The city of Bo01 has served as a model for urban designers all over the world -- but is it really liveable?
Suburbanites Under House Arrest Without Wheels
Suburbanites can't get anywhere without a car, so higher gas prices will lead to "collapse" of the suburbs.
The 'Smart Sprawl' Strategy
How do we retrofit America's sprawl to prepare for a post-oil world? In this week's Op-Ed Wally Siembab proposes a strategy of "smart sprawl."
Can Beijing Become a 'Livable City' by 2008?
Explosive growth, legacy of poor planning decisions, hamper Beijing's efforts to prepare for the 2008 Olympics.
Can We Safely Deflate the Housing Bubble?
The hyper-inflated housing market needs to cool, not collapse.
Eminent Domain And New Urbanism
Many observers, on both the left and the right — especially the right — are upset by the Supreme Court's Kelo v. New London decision.
The Growth Of The Future
The middle of the 21st century promises massive changes in everything from geopolitics to the environment.
Small, Smart, Green: A Slow Driving Machine
Tourists in southern Spain can rent electric cars with an on-board computer that pulls up relevant information about tourist landmarks.
What Will The End Of The Housing Boom Look Like?
When America's housing boom ends, it will end gradually, not like the stock market, says a Harvard scholar.
New Urbanists Divided On Use Of Eminent Domain
Some link property condemnation with failed renewal projects; others see eminent domain as an essential tool.
Bad Architecture Trial By TV
An editorial lambasts the latest BBC reality show, called "Demolition", as an architectural lynch mob.
Bases Spared In S. Dakota, New Mexico
In a slap to the Pentagon, the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission refuses to close a variety of bases.
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
