United States
Paris Turns Highway Into Tropical Paradise
For the third straight year, Paris' City Hall will pedestrianize a riverside motorway by creating a two-mile long beach complete with sand, palm trees, and swimming pool.
Challenging The Costs Of Sprawl
Is low-density development, a.k.a. sprawl, really more costly than more compact development? Wendell Cox and Joshua Utt of The Heritage Foundation question the assumptions behind the popularity of "smart growth."
Do Cancer Cases Cluster Around Atomic Plants?
Research into whether people living close to nuclear power plants are more likely to get cancer is not conclusive.
Neal Peirce: Are Green Buildings Affordable?
New projects are challenging the popular notion that green buildings are too expensive.
The Economy Of Smart Growth
Continuing the sprawl vs. smart growth debate, Todd Littman of the Victoria Transport Policy Institute responds to The Heritage Foundation's recent study that argues lower-density development, or sprawl, is less costly than smart growth.
Wanted: Land To Develop
Strategies for dealing with urban sprawl and the lack of quality land to develop is presented by an industry practitioner.
Top 250 Design-Builders
Engineering News Record publishes its annual list of the top 250 U.S.-based design builders, whose total 2003 revenue exceeded $53 billion.
Cookie-cutter Designs Don't Always Cut It
Opponents of chain stores say the companies spread suburban sameness and ruin the distinctive character of neighborhoods.
Charging Up The Freeway
Tolls for fast lanes near cities would reduce traffic snarls -- and snarling drivers.
Gehry To Guest-Star On The Simpsons
Adding to his popular culture credentials, architect Frank Gehry will guest-star as himself on the animated TV series The Simpsons.
Suburban Middle-Class Filling Food Banks
Dot-com Denver saw a 40% increase in demand for handouts as high-tech workers feel the pinch of high unemployment and high housing costs.
Planning For Baby Boomers
Urban planning dominates the opening session of the National Governors' Association (NGA) annual meeting.
How To Lure Young Professionals
Can a new focus on becoming 'Cool' stop the brain drain from decaying cities?
A Tale Of Two Ballparks
While the Padres’ Petco Park anchors an emerging neighborhood, the Phillies’ Citizens Bank Park dissipates its energy among parking lots.
Research & Development Clusters Are A Catalyst For Growth
From California to Colorado to Florida, new research & development and science clusters can give regional economies a shot in the arm.
Sprawl Books Reviewed
The Wall Street Journal reviews Hayden's "A Field Guide to Sprawl" and Gutfreund's "Twentieth-Century Sprawl."
Great Rail Disasters
Randal O'Toole publishes a report showing the harmful effects of light rail on 23 major metropolitan centers across the U.S.
Baby Steps On The Road To Pedestrian-Friendly Streets
Christopher DeWolf on the thorny issue of pedestrianizing city streets.
Fabled Factory Of Parisian Radicalism's Future Unclear
A defunct Renault plant is caught in a battle between those wishing to adapt the cradle of worker's rights and a billionaire's ego.
For Whom The Road Tolls
Challenged with easing choking levels of traffic congestion, Britain considers a nationwide highway toll system that could charge drivers as much as £1.45 ($2.71 US) per mile.
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
