United States

What Happened To The EPA?

Is the campaign to realign the nation's environmental policies a needed adjustment, or a gutting of environment laws?

October 13, 2004 - Newsday

A Four-Wheeled Segway

Roll over SUVs, the Centaur is here.

October 13, 2004 - Segway

The New Market For Suburban Builders: Downtown

Large suburban developers are increasingly moving into blighted and urban properties.

October 13, 2004 - Business Week

Improving Life in Mega-cities

Enrique Peñalosa on how life can be improved for people in mega-cities.

October 12, 2004 - Ode Magazine

The Location Of Homelessness

Shelter downsizing, closure and relocation, as well as the creation of smaller facilities for specialized groups, appear to have spread sheltered homelessness to different locations throughout the metropolis over the 1990s.

October 12, 2004 - The Brookings Institution

Web-Based GIS Essential For Cities

A data-rich Web site that displays GIS-generated maps is now an essential tool for cities seeking to recruit new business.

October 11, 2004 - Governing

UK's Housing Market The 'Mother Of All Bubbles'

Housing prices in Britain have risen so high and so quickly that experts fear a dramatic drop in prices is inevitable.

October 11, 2004 - The Guardian Unlimited

Toward A Science -- And Art -- Of Better Places

The challenge for architecture is to be more firmly rooted in the real patterns of human activity.

October 11, 2004 - Planetizen

City With Smallest Ecological Footprint In Canada

The mining city of Sudbury -- once so polluted and denuded that NASA astronauts practiced for their moon landings there -- is being recognized for its innovative energy conservation strategies.

October 11, 2004 - The Globe and Mail

Transit Fact Book

A new TCRP manual contains background, statistics, and a framework for measuring transit availability and quality of service from the passenger point of view.

October 10, 2004 - Transit Cooperative Research Program

Questioning Whether Sprawl Really Makes You Sick

Samuel Staley challenges the allegation that "living in the suburbs cuts fours years off your life."

October 10, 2004 - Reason Public Policy Institute

Community Based Regionalism

The notion of "community-based regionalism" is increasingly capturing the attention of academics, activists, policy makers, and funders.

October 10, 2004 - University Of California, Santa Cruz

More Military Base Closings Likely

Congress clears the way for another round of up to 100 controversial military base closings.

October 9, 2004 - The Los Angeles Times

Taipei Tower Crowned World's Tallest Building

Architects crown Taipei 101 the world's tallest building.

October 9, 2004 - CBC News

How To Be Green

Readers ask green-business guru Joel Makower practical questions about how to live the green life.

October 9, 2004 - Grist Magazine

Canadians Using Transit In Record Numbers

A new report releassed by the Canadian Urban Transit Association (CUTA) reveals that Canadian public transit services provided 1.553 billion trips nationally in 2003 -- 22 million more than in 2002.

October 9, 2004 - The Globe and Mail

Fighting For Sustainable Development

Profile of Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai who was recognized for her "holistic" approach to sustainable development.

October 8, 2004 - BBC News

Friday Funny: Dilbert's Ultimate House

The creator of the cartoon Dilbert throws away all conventional notions about houses to design his "ultimate house."

October 8, 2004 - United Press International

Planner's Network 'Student Disorientation Guide'

Planners Network publishes a free "How-to manual for a progressive planning education".

October 8, 2004 - Planners Network

Gore: Bush Is Worst-Ever President For Environment

Former vice president Al Gore criticizes the Bush administration's environmental record.

October 8, 2004 - The Boston Globe

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.

Professor of Urban Planning

Harvard University Graduate School of Design

Transportation Planner I

KFH Group Inc.

Director, Strategy and Research

Greater Baltimore Committee

Top Books

An annual review of books related to planning.

Top Schools

The definitive ranking of graduate planning programs.

100 Most Influential Urbanists

The who's who of urbanism, according to Planetizen readers.

Urban Planning Creators You Should Know

A short list of voices on social, video, and podcasting platforms.