United States
Do Town Centers Really Work?
Some critics say that 'mixed-use' districts aren't promoting enough diversity.
Budgeting For Basics: The Changing Landscape Of City Finances
Study offers both current and historical contexts for understanding the evolution of city finances over the past thirty years.
Reality Sets in on TV Home-Makeover Shows
Building homes for low income and special needs populations makes for good television, but not for long-term housing solutions.
Book Review: Universities And The Battle For Sustainable Neighborhoods
Few institutions of higher learning apply their knowledge and resources directly to the problems of poverty and housing.
Dreaming New Urbanism
What makes New Urbanism appealing?
The (Negative) Impact Of The World Bank On Development
Does the present of the IMF or World Bank make infrastructure projects more likely to fail?
Climatologists Wager On Global Warming
Russian scientists make a $10,000 bet with a British climate expert that the planet will cool over the next decade.
City's Obsession With Safety Is Dangerous
Many regulations that are well-meaning end up frustrating the ability of planners to build an interesting engaging city, writes Christopher Hume.
Three Generations, One Home
The growth rate has doubled for dwellings with grandparents, parents, and kids - bucking the independent-living trend.
Limits On Building Permits = Higher Home Prices
In a sample of 120 metropolitan areas, the housing stock expanded 40 percent in the 1950s. In the 1990s, it rose only 14 percent.
Video Profile Of A NY Real Estate Blogger
An innovative 'video magazine' profiles Lockhart Steele, a real estate blogger from New York.
Auto Travel In The Future
The next generation of cars will auto-sense traffic, accidents, and be self-guided. But who will drive?
Missing The Boat On Global Warming
When do you plan for a flood? When it comes to global warming, the answer to this classic question is: "Too late", writes Jane Holtz Kay.
Sense Of Community Lost With Bigger Homes, Farther Away
Conservative commentator Cal Thomas captures the critical impact of the built environment on our sense of well-being and quality of life.
CBS Special On Historic Preservation
CBS Sunday Morning examines both sides of debates over historic landmarks in New York City, Chicago and St. Louis.
Public Spending For Public Benefit
A report explains how public agencies can use their purchasing power to promote local economic development.
Stormwater Laws And Smart Growth
Barriers to better development patterns are often rooted in stormwater permits and related codes and regulations.
What's Behind The Condo Explosion?
Do exploding condo prices signal and housing bubble or the preferences of a new demographic of homeowner?
Land Use Lessons From The 17th Century
A BBC documentary offers lessons to be learned from 17th Century farming practices.
Googlenet?
Business 2.0 speculates that Google may offer free wireless Internet access to residents of major cities in return for the knowing the precise location of every Wi-Fi user.
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
