United States
Is Your Town Funky?
A list of the world's top design hot spots.
U.S. Metro Air Quality Not Improving
EPA reports that despite nationwide efforts there have been no overall air quality gains in the last decade.
The World's Greatest Living Architect
Jay Merrick reviews the life and work of the "world's greatest living architect."
Anti-Smart Growth Group Debunks Transit 'Myths'
A group that considers Smart Growth as one of the "greatest threat to American mobility, affordable housing, and freedom," calls rail transit "a costly and foolish investment."
The War On Sprawl
It is time to face sprawl politics and the sprawl lobby, writes Joel Hirschhorn.
In Search Of A New Planning Philosophy
Shaking off the legacy of modernism in urban planning and design.
China's Booming Construction Industry
New high-rises are begun almost daily as displacement, housing and property rights remain large concerns.
Highways Becoming Parking Lots
Complete highway standstills - over three hours in length - have British transportation officials scrambling to help.
Korea's Apartment Mystery
A French geographer investigates the startling prevalence of apartment buildings in Seoul.
The Challenge Of Rebuilding Iraq
In looking for the secret to successfully rebuilding Iraq, the Bush Administration may review previous reconstructions in other war-torn lands such as Kuwait, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Afghanistan.
Friday Funny: Embarrassing Street Name Forces Couple To Move Out
A lesson to be learned on the sensitive nature of street identity, and the effect it can have on residents.
Shanghai Highrise Surprise
Planners in Shanghai, who are fretting over 'the diminishing quality of life' caused by the high-rise building boom of the 1990's, are considering putting a limit to high-rise development in the city.
Driving In Circles
A new book examines the 'vicious cycle' of highway development and its impact on sprawl.
How To Revitalize Cities Through The Arts
Canada's Globe and Mail covers author Richard Florida's talk at the Creative Places + Spaces conference.
TOD Is Good For Drivers Also
Hank Dittmar offers evidence that building transit benefits drivers, as well as transit riders.
Bus vs. Rail
Are fast and efficient buses 'the wave of the future,' or just a cheaper alternative to rail?
Historic Reuse: The New Development Ethic?
Historic preservation has become an enlightened rallying cry -- and new ethic -- for many forward-thinking cities.
Improving Metropolitan Decision Making In Transportation
A daunting set of transportation challenges threaten to undermine metropolitan areas' competitive edge in the global economy.
How To Heal The Electricity Grid
Our electric power grid our the nation's circulatory system. Scientific American examines how to keep the nation healthy.
New Urbanism From A Policing Perspective
Is there a conflict between New Urbanist design principles and accepted safe community design practices?
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
