United States
The Impossible Burden Of The WTC Memorial
Memorials should be timeless: yet political pressures have dictated that we develop a memorial design two years after Sept. 11th's catastrophic morning. This is an invitation for aesthetic disaster.
Population Growth Doesn't Ensure A City's Properity
"Even in an Internet age, place matters" says Neal Peirce.
Quick And Cheap Solutions To Traffic Problems: Part 2
The second installment of a three-part series on quick, relatively modest ways to relieve traffic congestion.
New Deal For Canadian Cities Appears Imminent
Senior governments consider providing new sources of sustained funding for public transit and affordable housing
How The Search For Oil Can Wreak Havoc
Texaco faces a multibillion dollar lawsuit for spilling 1-1/2 times more oil in Ecaudor than the oil tanker Exxon Valdez.
Wind Farm Opponents: NIMBY Or BANANA?
Are debates about wind farms showing the schism in the green movement?
The Other Side Of Smart Growth
A Wall Street Journal editorial comes down hard on smart growth, comparing it to Jim Crow and segregation laws.
Powerful Wal-mart
Neal Peirce discusses the impact of Wal-mart's business practices.
Quick And Cheap Solutions To Traffic Problems: Part 1
The first installment of a three-part series on quick, relatively modest ways to relieve traffic congestion.
Fighting Homelessness: Santa Barbara's Plan
One theory suggests that the nicer a city is to the homeless, the more they attract -- and Santa Barbara has a downright unwelcoming reputation.
Subdivision Regulations: Practices & Attitudes
The Lincoln Institute publishes the results of a survey of public officials and developers in the nation's fastest growing single family housing markets.
Planting Trees May Not Curb Global Warming
By questioning the widsom of forestation to curb global warming, a new study challeneges one of the core tenets of the Kyoto Protocol.
Walking And Cycling Lessons From Netherlands And Germany
What lessons can be learned from the Netherlands and Germany on promoting safe walking and cycling to improve public health?
Developer Fees On The Rise
Local cities and states see rising property values as a way to cut budget gaps by increasing developer fees.
CASA Latina: A Home For Seattle's Day Laborers
A non-profit organization, CASA (Centro de Ayuda Solidaria a los Amigos) Latina was developed around the daily gathering of Hispanic day laborers on Seattle's Western Ave. CASA aims to organize, galvanize, and protect the rights of Latino
World's Endangered Species Tops 12,000
The annual 'Red List' catalogues species threatened by extinction and the latest version includes more than 12,000 entries.
Sexist Zoning
Students and faculty of Ewha Womans' University in Seoul protest the designation of a 'beauty zone' in their vicinity.
Ontario Announces Significant Planning Reforms
New legislation is intended to avoid repeat of moraine housing fiasco.
Pakistan: Housing at Its Worst
Some consider the housing conditions and backlog in Pakistan to be the worst in the world.
Too Many Over-55s At The Beach?
Concerns about the local costs of over-55s moving to Australian beachside locations.
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.
KFH Group Inc.
Greater Baltimore Committee
Eagle County Government
The Architects Foundation
University of Cincinnati Online
The Pocatello Development Authority
The Urban Renewal Agency of the City of Pocatello
