United States
Seven 'Harsh' Real Estate Investment Truths
Wall Street Journal real estate columnist Jonathan Clements offers his seven "harsh truths" for investing in real estate -- even when the market is "silly".
Why Kids -- and Cities-- Need Nature
Neil Peirce looks at two recent books that show how to reconnect young people with the natural world.
America's Infatuation with SUVs Waning
While gasoline prices -- and sales for Toyota's Prius hybrid -- continue to climb, SUVs are becoming "white elephants"
Urban Rooftop Power Generation
In Scotland, the solution for reducing greenhouse gases and meeting energy demands may be blowing in the wind.
Mothers For Environmental Change
Mothers could be a potent force for environmental change.
Behind The Lines In The Eminent Domain War
Property rights, common good and charges of classism.
The Technology To Eliminate Traffic
As traffic continues to worsen, new technologies and market-based approaches to congestion pricing are gaining acceptance.
Parks Add Economic Value To Cities
The research is in, and the results are clear: parks add economic value to cities.
Sunny Size Up
The world's largest solar power plant is planned for Portugal.
Smart Growth And The Ideal Communist City
Randal O'Toole compares smart growth communities with 1960's-era communist planning.
New Global Land Cover Image Is 'Sharpest Ever'
Satellite image mosaic is the most detailed picture of the earth's land cover.
Roadless Rule Revoked
A new rule gives governors 18 months to propose to the Agriculture Department which national forest land should be left untouched and which should be opened for other uses.
Scientists Create New 'Bendable' Concrete
University of Michigan scientists have created bendable concrete that is 40 percent lighter than regular concrete.
Harvard's Urban Planning Transition
Harvard Professor Jerold Kayden's outlines the mission of Harvard's urban planning Program.
Top Ten Places For Business And Careers
Forbes Magazine has released the best and worst metro areas for doing business, job growth, education attainment, and population.
Green Neighborhoods
The neighborhood is a building block for sustainable development.
Fear Forces Redesign of Freedom Tower
Daniel Libeskind's design criticized for leaving tower base vulnerable to car bombs.
Bush Administration Lifts National Forest Protections
Some of the nation's most pristine federal lands, protected by Clinton era rules, have been opened to commercial uses such as mining, logging, and road-building.
Special Series on Habitat Conservation
A three-part special series looks at habitat plans from across the nation and explores how deals made by the federal government are pushing endangered species to extinction.
The Danger Of Community Planning
John Kaliski outlines the 'democratic' challenge to urban design by community planning.
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.
Harvard University Graduate School of Design
KFH Group Inc.
Greater Baltimore Committee
The Architects Foundation
University of Cincinnati Online
The Pocatello Development Authority
The Urban Renewal Agency of the City of Pocatello
