United States
Top Ten Safest U.S. Cities
The Orange County Register analyzes FBI crime statistics and ranks the safest cities in the nation.
Sprawl Encroaching On Historic Civil War Countryside
The National Trust names the "Journey Through Hallowed Ground" corridor in its list of the most endangered historic places.
Preserving Hemingway's Havana Home
US preservation group wants to team up with Cuba in a controversial effort to save the author's residence.
100 Most Unwired U.S. Cities
Intel's 3rd Annual "Most Unwired Cities" survey ranks the top 100 U.S. cities and regions for the greatest wireless Internet accessibility
Fued Between China And Taiwan Over Enviroment Heats Up
China pulls out of the United Nations World Environment Day in San Fransisco, citing differences with Taiwan.
Street Planning Needs Both Cul-de-Sacs and Grid Street Patterns
A mixture of both is needed for neighborhoods to work, writes Wendell Cox.
Safest U.S. Cities For Driving
Based on two years worth of accident data, Allstate Insurance Co. identifies the safest U.S. cities for driving.
UK's New Proposed Road Pricing -- $2 Per Mile
The U.K.'s transport secretary considers a 'revolutionary' congestion pricing plan to prevent 'LA-style gridlock.'
The 'Perfect Storm' For Property Taxes
Faced with revolts by homeowners, legislatures from Maine to Nevada are coming up with possible fixes.
A Greener West Coast
Editorial urges West Coast states to "stick together" to address global warming and air quality issues.
Triumph Of The Exurbs
People are moving farther and farther afield to attain the American Dream.
Black Borrowers Facing Racial Housing Gap
Widespread mortgage discrimination deprives African Americans of equal access to housing markets, and widens the racial housing gap to "chasm levels".
Kofi Annan Links Urban Planning To Poverty Reduction
The U.N. Secretary General speaks out against haphazard planning and slum conditions in many world cities.
Top Ten Sustainable U.S. Cities
A report ranks U.S. cities and identifies national sustainability trends.
Live, Work, Play: Meeting The Demand For Mixed-Use Development
Atlanta developers are scrambling to meet the growing demand for mixed-use development. Do they really know what they're doing?
China's Dangerous Love Affair With Cars
Already heavily polluted, China's cities face a troubling picture of many more cars on the roads in coming years.
Is Gentrification Really A Threat?
Should the social virtues of urbanism and new investment in cities get washed out in the hue and cry over gentrification?
Melbourne's Transportation Crisis And How To Solve It
A plan for reinvigorating the Australian city's transportation network.
The Growth In Ecoterror
No deaths are attributed to 'ecoterror' cases, but authorities see growing use of explosives.
Defining The New Ruralism
Peter S. Rummell, CEO of The St. Joe Company, outlines a vision for the development of new real estate products based on a concept he calls 'the New Ruralism'.
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
