United States
Smart Growth: Education And Cold-weather Cities
Aside from climate, education may be the most powerful predictor of urban growth.
Time is Running Out to Develop Alternative Energy
Some alternative, renewable energy sources may take decades to develop. We may not have that much time.
How Privatization Gets Water To The Poor
Reason Science Correspondent Ronald Bailey examines Fredrik Segerfeldt's new book, Water for Sale: How Business and the Market Can Resolve the World's Water Crisis.
Friday Funny: Finance Your Fuel
Banks now offering zero percent financing for first-time gas buyers.
The Rising Costs Of Port Security
Ports in New York and New Jersey are doing record business, but the cost of extra security measures is canceling the profits.
Paul Farmer, Kelo Attorney Square Off Over Property Rights
APA Executive Director Paul Farmer and Scott Bullock, the attorney who argued the case before the Supreme Court, go head to head over Kelo.
Einstein's Impact On GPS
A columnist explains how global positioning systems link are based on an Einstein theory as an argument for why continued funding of research is essential.
SUVs Get A Reprieve
The new Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) plan will exempt SUVs from mileage regulations, much to the dismay of environmental groups.
McMansion Backlash
CNN Money reports on a growing backlash against the 'mansionization of America'.
Singles Surpass Families
The Census Bureau reports that for the first time more single households exist than couples with children households.
Ecotourism, Biodiversity, and Animal Ecology
A group of scientists is trying to introduce African wildlife to North America.
Supersizing The Suburban McMansion
Top home builders report that the top-selling designs are home with more and bigger rooms.
The Iraq War and the American Dream
Americans must make the connection between their residential and transportation lifestyles and their nation's wars, writes Derrick Jackson.
Smart Growth Scorecards
The Growth Management Leadership Alliance lists scorecards developed by states and cities to help determine if a project meets principles of smart growth.
Downtown Vancouver: 'Living First' Becomes 'Condos Only'
Is downtown Vancouver becoming a fool's paradise because of short-sighted planning? People are moving downtown to live and play here, but not to work.
Housing Prices Hit All-Time High
Single home prices set a record over the past year.
America's Most Liberal And Conservative Cities
A new study ranks the liberal and conservative political leanings of 237 American cities.
Volunteer Architecture
Public Architecture calculates that one percent of the standard 2,080-hour work year would total 20 pro bono hours per annum.
Brand Your City
Smart City interviews Chicago's branding expert, Paul O'Connor, about how to brand a city.
Conservation Easements Gaining Popularity
More and more property owners are donating their land to trusts to preserve the property.
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
