United States
The Secret Of Healthy Communities
A scientist's research challenges the "broken windows" theory.
Residents Redesign Canadian Public Housing Project
Canada's largest public housing project is about to be razed and rebuilt, with significant input from its residents.
Visionary Cities: Canada's Urban Future
Artists and authors from across the country share their vision of the future for Canada's cities.
Global Warming: Million Species At Risk Of Extinction
A study reveals that global warming could cause the extinction of a million species by 2050.
Property Tax Reform And Smart Growth
Taxing land values more heavily than building and improvements could protect undeveloped land.
Film Review: Beat Girl And City 2000
Despite public disdain and Hollywood derision, modernism maintains its grip on architecture.
Free Markets And Clean Energy
Free markets may be the ticket to a clean energy revolution.
Former City Planner Toronto's Most Innovative Developer
Howard Cohen helped reform planning practice in Toronto. Now, he is realizing his vision for the city, one development at a time.
Urban Culture And The Political Divide
Differing attitudes toward growth characterise America's political boundaries.
Affordable Housing: US Has Much To Learn From Europe
Financing and building affordable housing in Europe is simpler, faster, and more efficent than in the U.S.
Historic Preservation Of The Status Quo?
The Wall Street Journal's architecture critic wonders if sometimes historic preservation just means that we prefer the 'stagnant status quo.'
Meadowland
Back to (controlled) nature on Maryland's Eastern Shore.
Energy Decision Creates Uncertain Atmosphere
The Bush administration's Clear Skies initiative is a "flexible, market-based approach to reducing major pollutants" and should be implemented.
Difficult Choices Ahead For America's Urban Transport Sector
Managing shifting socio-demographic, land-use and urbanization patterns will pose significant challenges in formulating sustainable transportation policies.
The Future Of Self-Guided Vehicles Systems
FROG ("Free Ranging On Grid") Navigation Systems has developed sophisticated vehicle guidance and obstruction detection.
New Arrow In Smart Growth Quiver
Smart growth advocates now have new ammunition to fight urban sprawl. Will it work?
Architect Wins Ground Zero Memorial Design Competition
Architect Michael Arad's design was selected from more than 5,000 entries in an international design competition.
The Ultimate Earthquake Proof Home
New mud-brick construction methods could provide an affordable building alternative for the devastated town of Bam in Iran.
You Don't Know What You've Got Until It's Gone
Preservation Magazine interviews Paul Goldberger on the relationship between historic preservation and the broader culture.
UK Government Backtracks On Rail Privatization
Railroads in the United Kingdom continue to be 'renationalized' after former attempts at privatization.
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
