United States
Top Walking Cities
The American Podiatric Medical Association releases its list of the ten best cities for walking.
CNN Looks At Lack Of Highway Funding
CNN's Lou Dobbs Tonight features a segment on the lack of attention given to highway funding in the U.S.
Turbines Could Generate Cash For Public Schools
Several school districts invest in a new approach to raising funds.
A Housing Boom, Led By Boomers
As a generation shops for retirement homes, the US building industry thrives.
New Sustainable Housing Kits Are Also Affordable
With two-bedroom sustainable kit homes priced from AUD$63,000 (around USD$50,000) plus labour, they are becoming a real housing alternative.
Canadian Municipalities Want a New Deal
Canadian cities are lobbying for a new relationship with the federal government.
What It Takes To Redevelop A City
Smart City Radio show host Carol Colletta talks with developers from Denver and Baltimore taking on tough in-fill projects in their cities.
Does Your City Attract Corporate Relocations?
See how relocation experts rank U.S cities for corporate expansions and relocations.
National Complacency Keeps Expats Abroad
What makes a country attractive (or unattractive) to live in? An expat's perspective.
Engaging Estate
Hither Lane pulls you into its masterful private realm.
Billboards: Private Intrusion Into Public Space
A Canadian municipality successfully defends its anti-billboard by-law at the Supreme Court of Canada.
Shanghai Has Big Plans
Shanghai's approach to city development is built around massive and expensive projects.
Will Global Warming Lead To War?
The United Nations will study link between global warming and human conflict.
Developers Providing More Public Art
Canadian cities grant density bonuses in exchange for developer-funded art installations.
China Abandons Long-Distance Maglev Effort
China has chosen to abandon its Maglev train effort for a 750-mile Beijing-Shanghai link.
Al Gore On Global Warming And The Environment
Al Gore criticizes the Bush administration environmental policies.
Challenging The Creative Class Theory
Steven Malanga challenges Richard Florida's theory that bohemian culture as economic development strategy works.
Reverse Brain Drain: U.S. Cities Losing Creative Class
Not only are U.S. cities no longer attracting the world's mobile intellectual talent, they are losing their creative class to foreign cities.
Libertarian Planning Principles Debate
Participants in an Internet email discussion list recently engaged in a heated debate on the impact of libertarian principles on urban planning in the United States.
Saving Main Street
Saving Main Street takes patience, but it's worth it say Neal Peirce.
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
