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Kunstler: The Cargo Cult

James Howard Kunstler on the impact of big retailers on communities.

May 27, 2004 - Orion Online

Blacks Now Returning To South From All Other Regions

The New Great Migration: Black Americans' Return to the South, 1965-2000.

May 27, 2004 - The Brookings Institution

Expiring Tax Credits Could Benefit Investors

Could a wave of expiring tax credits projects represent new opportunities for apartment building investors?

May 27, 2004 - Wall St. Journal

Pritzker Winner Zaha Hadid Profiled

The Financial Times profiles Zaha Hadid, who was awarded the Pritzker prize, architecture's most prestigious award.

May 26, 2004 - The Financial Times

The Silent Edge

Gertrude Jekyll's "wide wood path" informs a new burial ground at historic Mount Auburn Cemetery.

May 26, 2004 - American Society Of Landscape Architects

Return of the 'Publiksquare'

Urbanization? Keep it in the court...house square, that is.

May 26, 2004 - The Chicago Tribune

Wal-Mart's $1 Billion Subsidy

A subsidy watchdog group details how Wal-Mart has received over $1 billion in government subsidies.

May 26, 2004 - CNNMoney

America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places

The National Trust for Historic Preservation publishes its 2004 list of America's 11 most endangered historic places.

May 26, 2004 - National Trust For Historic Preservation

We Know Where You Live

The benefits and privacy concerns of "databasification".

May 25, 2004 - Reason Online

Home, Version 2.0

Experimental homes are testing the limits of technology. Your future home may use technology to watch you live.

May 25, 2004 - Wall St. Journal

How Much Room For Green When Building The American Dream?

Green space is losing the battle to sprawl.

May 25, 2004 - The Washington Post

Be Carbon-Neutral

It's the latest hip trend in the entertainment world: carbon neutrality.

May 25, 2004 - The Guardian Unlimited

Reverse Migration

In a "full sacle reversal" Black Americans are leaving major cities and moving to the South.

May 25, 2004 - The Los Angeles Times

Refilling Big Boxes

NPR's Anne Hawke reports on the problems faced by communities left with empty big boxes.

May 25, 2004 - National Public Radio

National Parks Fast Falling Into Disrepair

Insufficient funding has meant aging facilities, overgrown trails, and a decline in crucial staff members.

May 25, 2004 - The Christian Science Monitor

Britian's New Infatuation With Skyscrapers

After a generation of concern about tall buildings, the British have rediscovered the skyscraper -- for better or worse.

May 24, 2004 - Gabion

Kunstler: Eyesore Of The Month

James Howard Kunstler nominates a prominent architect's latest project as the "Eyesore of the Month."

May 24, 2004 - James Howard Kunstler

The Case For Accessory Apartments

Studies show that accessory apartments could provide very large numbers of affordable rental units in good neighborhoods, without subsidy or rent controls.

May 24, 2004 - Planetizen

Why Gas Should Cost More

William Rees argues that to avoid a possibly unprecedented human crisis in coming decades, people should be urging their governments to allow the price of oil and natural gas to rise even higher than they are now.

May 24, 2004 - Common Dreams

China's Fatal Attraction With Cars

A whole generation of new, novice drivers in China is hitting the streets. They are called benbenzu, but nicknamed 'road killers.'

May 24, 2004 - The Los Angeles Times

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

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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.