United States
High Price of Oil Rippling Through the Economy
With most consumer goods shipped by truck, high fuel prices are going to start making everything more expensive.
Heading Off Eco-Armageddon
A report on global 'ecosystems' should be used to spotlight ways for eco-restoration.
A Truly Model City?
A huge model of Shanghai in the city's "urban planning hall" reproduces the massive building boom on a micro scale.
Eminent Domain 101
REIS offers a primer on eminent domain and introduces the landmark Supreme Court case, "Kelo versus the City of New London."
Google Offers Free Satellite Imagery
With a few clicks of the mouse users can switch from a map to a satellite image.
Pressure To Build The 21st Century Campus
Schools build and remodel to adapt to technological advancements and enrollment growth.
Three Sustainability Trends For 2005
Why sustainability is good for shareholder wealth.
Appraisal and Refinancing Fraud May Burst Housing Bubble
A new report reveals troubling evidence that the widespread trend of home refinancing is rife with fraud and artificial price inflation.
Lessons From The Tsunami
There are important lessons for planners and architects in the aftermath of the tsunami.
Steinbeck's Birthplace Could be Largest City Without a Public Library
Salinas California's financial troubles part of nationwide threat facing public libraries.
Protecting Forests From 'Healthy Forests' Initiative
Public pressure generated by community organizing opposes implementation of the Bush administration's "Healthy Forests" initiative in the Rockies.
Top 150 Places To Live In The U.S.
In his forthcoming book "Life 2.0: How People Across America Are Transforming Their Lives by Finding the Where of Their Happiness," Rich Karlgaard will name the nation's great places to live. [Updated]
Indicators For Comprehensive And Sustainable Transport Planning
A new paper provides guidance on the selection of indicators for comprehensive and sustainable transportation planning.
Europe's Shrinking Cities
The latest issue of the German Journal of Urban Studies focuses on demographic changes in Europe and their impact on cities.
Bush Administration's 'Demolition' of HUD Would Affect Millions
Millions of people who depend on the Department of Housing and Urban Development would face "frightening" living conditions under proposed budget cuts.
Scientific Consensus On Climate Change
A leading science studies scholar, examines the claim by some comentators that there is little scientific consensus on climate change.
Vehicles Protest Against Pedestrians
Vehicles stage massive park-ins and protests across the nation against aggressive pedestrians.
Wal-Mart To Adopt Green Architecture Design For Store
After Vancouver said Wal-Mart's stores was environmentally insensitive, the retail giant hired an architect to create a new eco-friendly design.
Switzerland's Urban Architecture Tour
Switzerland's new 'Art & Architecture' tour will focus on a variety of urban landmarks throughout the country.
'Home-Ownership Society' Not Necessarily Best for Community
Homeownership has no "mystical virtue" that makes the owner more valuable to society, writes Mark Winston Griffith
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
