United States

Signs That Gentrification Is Just Around The Corner

Travel & Leisure magazine profiles four neighborhoods on the verge of gentrification.

September 27, 2004 - Travel And Leisure

Top Cities For E-Government

Survey ranks U.S. cities for delivery of services and information via the Internet.

September 27, 2004 - Governing

The Hummer Is For Wimps

The Hummer looks like a bicycle next to the International CXT. This new truck that gives seven miles a gallon may be the world's "least eco-friendly production vehicle."

September 27, 2004 - BBC News

A Social, Moral And Environmental Case For Driving More

John Tierney questions prevailing beliefs about urban sprawl, suburbs, and the automobile.

September 27, 2004 - The New York Times

Practice What You Teach

Buying a home in a New Urbanist neighborhood in Eugene, Oregon becomes a practical lesson on the line separating academic discussions on New Urbanism and personal lifestyle choices for Professor Sriram Khé.

September 27, 2004 - Planetizen

Throwing Cold Water On Global Warming

Neil Collins finds flaws in the stand that global warming is going to be catastrophic and wonders if we should be worrying about global cooling instead.

September 27, 2004 - The Daily Telegraph

Who Is Responsible For The Hurricanes?

Devastating hurricanes are a sympton of a larger problem.

September 26, 2004 - Jamaica Observer

Model Lighting Ordinance Released For Comment

The International Dark-Sky Association has released its draft Model LightingOrdinance for public comment.

September 26, 2004 - International Dark-Sky Association

56% Of US Colleges And Universities Plan Student Housing Construction

Public-private partnerships surge ahead as states cut back budgets.

September 25, 2004 - Consulting-Specifying Engineer

Is Sustainability Killing Architecture?

In today's quest to add value at all costs, are we not losing sight of the most important aspect of all -- the architecture itself?

September 25, 2004 - ArchNewsNow.com

The Right Track For Arizona

Arizona's Proposition 400 will be decided by voters in November.

September 24, 2004 - The Arizona Republic

The UK's 'Ciabatta Cities' Syndrome

Urban degeneration marches gnarled hand in chain store glove with redevelopment, writes the Guardian's architecture critic.

September 24, 2004 - The Guardian Unlimited

Government And Architecture

An exhibition explores the state of government architecture in this country today.

September 24, 2004 - The New York Times

Mobile-home Decay

Problem of abandoned or storm-wrecked single-wides pushes states toward controversial 'predisposal' fee on new units.

September 24, 2004 - The Christian Science Monitor

When Cities Get Married?

An academic journal article explores how urban space became "sexually coded through municipal consolidation."

September 23, 2004 - Urban Affairs Review

Global Dimming

Is the amount of sunlight reaching the planet decreasing?

September 23, 2004 - Grist Magazine

Who Should Pay For Citywide Wi-Fi?

Wireless networking is becoming an increasingly popular amenity for cities and town. But who will pay for it?

September 23, 2004 - Technology Review

Most Expensive Places To Own A Car

A management consulting firm publishes a study detailing the costliest places to own and operate a car.

September 23, 2004 - CNNMoney

Can Eminent Domain Benefit Private Developers?

A case that property rights advocates say may be the most important land use issue in decades goes before the Supreme Court September 27.

September 22, 2004 - Legal Times

Paris' Love-Hate Relationship With The Car

Paris is one of 1,100, most of them in Europe, to observe a "car-free" day.

September 22, 2004 - Yahoo! Newswire

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.

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.