United States
Federal Ocean Report: Current Policies Not Sustainable
The oceans are in trouble, and a major revision of federal policy is needed to address the many issues involved, according to a preliminary report of the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy.
Community Development Must Begin With Schools
Getting better results from schools is the only way to assure that their communities will succeed as places. A new report offers several possible solutions.
Urban America Is Getting Noisier
How should planners deal with the ever-increasing problem of noise pollution from traffic? Can the U.S. learn from Europe?
Coalitions For The Metropolitan Agenda
The Calculus of Coalitions: Cities and States and the Metropolitan Agenda
Worst Rail Disaster In History?
The BBC News is reporting that up to 3,000 people are feared dead or injured in a huge fuel train collision in North Korea.
Loudoun's Growth Debate
One of the nation's fastest growing counties faces the pros and cons of growth.
The Sound Of Science
"Sound Science" movement threatens the Endangered Species Act.
Newly Reborn Cities Must Be An Engine For Sustainable Growth
A national centre dedicated to building sustainable communities is part of a British government scheme to modernise urban planning.
Earth Day's Biggest Challenge Yet
Three individuals tackle global warming with personal solutions -- despite the global reach of the problem.
Demand More On Election Year Earth Day
Americans should demand more than the same old photo-ops from the presidential candidates.
This Earth Day Is Sponsored By...
What do "petroleum powers, big-box developers, old-growth loggers and chemically dependent coffee companies" have to do with Earth Day?
Earth Day: 34 Years Later, What Went Wrong?
Mike Dombeck reviews the progress made in 34 years since the first Earth Day.
Traffic: Third Leading Cause Of Death?
A new report calls for strong global measures to counter traffic deaths, which will soon be the the third-leading cause of death.
Mobility Needs Of Older Americans Need To Be Addressed
Existing transportation system is unable to meet the needs of the nation's aging population.
NASA Satellite Data Used To Predict Growth
NASA has published remarkable satellite images of projected growth in for the Baltimore/Washington Metropolitan Area.
Solar-Hydrogen Eco-house
The first fully self-sustainable house in the world runs entirely on hydrogen.
New Study Refutes Rail Transit Criticism
A report by the Victoria Transport Policy Institute finds that cities with rail transit Systems have significantly less traffic congestion.
First Suburban Research Center Launched
Kingston University in Surrey, England sets up the world's first research institute to study suburban life.
Weapons Vs. Wildlife: An Uneasy Truce
The Rocky Mountain Arsenal, 27-square-mile chemical weapons complex scarred with pollution becomes the nation's newest wildlife refugde.
Wal-Mart -- King Of The World?
The Economist offers a European perspective on the Wal-Mart phenomenon.
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
