United States
Montreal Votes On Municipal Disunion
Despite having been absorbed into the metropolis just two years ago, Montreal's suburbs are foiling a highly political attempt at regional planning.
The 51 Species of Sprawl
A sprawl dictionary describes the many types of sprawl.
Global Warming: It's The Real Thing
Climate experts say global warming is really, really real -- really.
Business Jumping On Smart Growth Bandwagon
A new report highlights corporations that incorporate smart growth into their business strategies.
The Wal-Mart Effect
AlterNet offers a primer on the potentially negative impacts of Wal-Mart, using Chicago as a case study.
Community Life Could Benefit From Retiring Baby Boomers
Retiring baby boomers could be a social asset.
New York Times Reviews Jane Jacobs New Book
The New York Times Book Review calls Jacob's new book "extremely sloppy" and "haphazard."
The State Of The Nation's Housing, 2004
The housing industry is well positioned for another strong decade according to the latest report from the Harvard Joint Center For Housing Studies.
How Real Estate Escaped The Scandal Wave
The public's trust in Corporate America has plunged, but the real estate industry seems to have escaped unscathed.
Environmental Radicals Take Battle To Suburbia
Following an outbreak of attacks and an FBI alert, the former Earth Liberation Front leader said, "Today, you build a luxury home, you can . . . expect it to be burned down."
New Urbanism: The Prescription For Obesity?
Healthy living is the unintended consequence of smart development.
Where Americans Are Moving
There are a couple of new trends about where people and jobs are moving that may surprise you.
Berlin's Historic Airport Set To Close
Tempelhof Airport, once a Nazi jewel and later site of the Berlin Airlift, will close later this year. The fate of the 3,000,000 sq. ft. building in the city center remains unclear.
Books And The City
Borders committed to opening urban bookstores in Chicago, San Francisco, Detroit join Washington, other cities.
Invisible Walls
Inventor plans to develop technology to allow people to see through "invisible" walls.
Reagan And Homelessness
Homeless activists blame the Reagan administration for rise in homelessness in the 1980s.
David Brooks Reviewed
Has urban commentator David Brooks "cleverly packaged himself" as right-winger with a kinder, gentler sensitivity?
Reagan Was No Friend Of Cities
As Americans mourn the death of former President Reagan, Professor Peter Dreier remembers Reagan as the worst housing president ever.
Report: Wal-Mart's Growth Fueled By Taxpayer Dollars
A study details how retail giant Wal-Mart uses taxpayer dollars to fuel its growth.
Wal-Mart Gets More Than $1 Billion In Govt. Subsidies
How Wal-Mart benefited from more than $1 billion in government subsidies.
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.
Harvard University Graduate School of Design
KFH Group Inc.
Greater Baltimore Committee
The Architects Foundation
University of Cincinnati Online
The Pocatello Development Authority
The Urban Renewal Agency of the City of Pocatello
