United States
Upon Retirement, Taking The Old Neighborhood With You
A trend among new arrivals in retirement communities: taking those you love from the old neighborhood along with you.
PBS Examines Immigration and Communities
A PBS Special looks at the impact of immigration on U.S. communities.
Planning Hip Retirement Communities
Developers are wooing empty-nesters who want to be where the action is. Just don't call it a retirement community.
Planning Post-industrial Vancouver
City of Vancouver releases costing of plan for industrial lands adjacent to downtown.
Clear Skies In Clean Air Act's Future?
Bush administration is determined to pass the Clear Skies Act, a major amendent to the Clear Air Act.
Blair Urges U.S. To Help Fight Global Warming
U.K. Prime minister Tony Blair appealed to the U.S. to support measure to address global warming.
New Study Predicts Global Warming Twice As Bad
A study by Oxford University published in the journal Nature -- one of the largest climate prediction projects ever run -- predicts that global temperature increases could be higher than previous studies suggested.
How Humans Avoided An Ice Age... By Global Warming
Human beings may have saved themselves from an ice age by impacting the Earth's environment, according to a new study.
Struggling To Face Its Piers
Will Montreal Follow Toronto’s Example in Revitalizing Its Beleaguered Waterfront?
Kunstler On Architecture, Planning And Oil
Author and planning critic James Howard Kunstler opines on a wide range of topics in an email interview.
Largest Shopping Center Sell-Off In History?
In what could be the largest single shopping center portfolio offer in history, CalPERS is selling 92 properties with a value of $2.8 billion.
Preventing Avalanches And Landslides
Howitzers, explosives, hydrogen-filled balloons, and other solutions exist to prevent avalanches and landslides.
'Chain' -- A New Film About Sprawl
Jem Cohen's movie "Chain" demonstrates the bland, alienating anonymity of contemporary privatized urban landscapes.
GAO Report On Highway And Transit Investments
A new GAO report explores improving information on transit projects' benefits and costs and increasing accountability for results.
Influential Architect Phillip Johnson Dies
Architect Philip Johnson died at age 98 in his home in New Canaan, Connecticut.
The Double-Edged Sword of Eminent Domain
An upcoming U.S. Supreme Court case ruling could have a major impact on preservation and community revitalization.
Privatized Toll Roads Could Net $10 Billion
First Illinois, now New Jersey. Will privatizing toll roads become the next new trend?
Looking At London's Handling Of The Homeless
In looking to adopt some of the radical approaches employed in London to handle homelessness, Canadian cities like Toronto are courting controversy.
Looking Back at Federal Housing Reform
The Brookings Institution reports on the progress and success of public housing reform and vouchers.
Why U.S. Builds Good Software But Ugly Cities
Why are Americans so good at making movies and software but so bad at building cars and cities?
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
