United States

National Association of Home Builders is promoting a new form of home: 'Loft living in the suburbs.'

January 15, 2004 - Wall St. Journal

The Trafalgar Pole cleans up cluttered streetscapes, consolidating utility boxes in the base of a street light.

January 14, 2004 - The Toronto Star

A sharp increase in building permit approvals for second homes in Victoria's coastal towns are raising questions about appropriate forms of development and the adequacy of local planning.

January 14, 2004 - The Age, Australia

The link between transportation and land development potential has long been recognized, but the treatment of land use and site design options as transportation strategies is a key element of smart growth.

January 13, 2004 - Transit Cooperative Research Program

Neal Peirce utilizes the arrival of Wal-mart in Plymouth, NH to illustrate how independent retailers and 'main streets' survive in the face of big-box retailing.

January 13, 2004 - National League Of Cities

Transcript of an online chat about a Washington Post article on the dangers of walking in the suburbs

January 13, 2004 - The Washington Post

Two new reports co-authored by the Brookings Institution argue that different housing policies could have positive effects for entire metropolitan regions.

January 13, 2004 - The Baltimore Sun

Tacoma is America's most stressful large metro area, according to the company that provides Money magazine's annual 'best places' rankings.

January 12, 2004 - Sperling's Best Places Guides

A national demographics firm has determined that New York State's Capital Region is the least stressful large metropolitan area in the U.S.

January 12, 2004 - Times Union

The 'Rad2Go Electric Chariot' is a $1,000 knock-off of the Segway, but without the gyroscope.

January 12, 2004 - PC Magazine

The world's cities are increasingly becoming the new front lines in the fight against poverty.

January 12, 2004 - The World Bank Group

The relationship between new housing construction and household growth is a fundamental factor in understanding why some central cities lose population and others suffer from a tight housing market.

January 12, 2004 - The Brookings Institution

Something is very wrong with the nation's transportation policy infrastructure, writes Joel Hirschhorn.

January 12, 2004 - Planetizen

Moving on from private houses that had separated uses and retreated from the outside, modern Australian housing design allows for "communal space and privacy, comfort but not excess" and communication with the world.

January 12, 2004 - The Sydney Morning Herald

The term "Induced Travel" is highly controversial but typically misunderstood by both highway advocates and opponents.

January 12, 2004 - U.S. Department Of Transportation

The president of the National Housing Institute looks at how community development is portrayed on the silver screen, and how it affects the work of urban planners.

January 11, 2004 - Shelterforce Online

Historic preservation could be a key factor to future economic prosperity for international cities.

January 11, 2004 - The World Bank Group

The Endangered Species Act recently turned 30. Before celebrating this landmark federal legislation, we should ask ourselves a sobering question. What has the ESA really accomplished?

January 11, 2004 - Reason Public Policy Institute

Many plant and animal species are unlikely to survive climate change, according to new research published in Nature.

January 10, 2004 - Nature

Strong anti-development policy, shortages of stock and infrastructure improvements have led to property price hikes along Australia's northern NSW coast.

January 10, 2004 - Australian Financial Review