United States
Market-Oriented New Urbanism
New Urbanism would do well distance itself from the smart growth agenda of restrictive land-use controls, writes Chris Fiscelli.
Most Livable Cities For The Blind
The American Foundation for the Blind presents its first annual "Livable Community" award.
Creativity For Cities
Cities whose cultures support creative people are those most likely to succeed in our evolving economy.
Images From The American Road
USA Today interviews photographer Sandy Sorlien about her new book, Fifty Houses: Images from the American Road.
Edge Cities Have Lost Their Edge
Are edge cities just a "passing phenomenon?"
Homelessness And Planning
The American Planning Association has adopted a policy guide on how planners can play a significant role in reducing homelessness.
Bechtel Selected For Iraq Infrastructure Contract
For the first time in history, an American corporation will be rebuilding an entire foreign country.
Redevelopment In The U.K.
A UK panel finds that national redevelopment policies are 'disjointed and wasteful.'
Tourism And Transit
A new research brief argues that strategies for placing public transport at the heart of leisure and tourism mobility need to be developed.
A Green Solution To Improve Cities
Big cities like Chicago and Atlanta are discovering the benefits of urban trees.
Placemaking: Smart Growth And The Arts
Artists need places and places need artists -- how the arts and smart growth can work together.
Top 20 States Losing Farmland To Development
Farming on the Edge presents the top 20 states losing prime farmland to development, as well as posters and images.
GPS Technology Is Vulnerable
Attempts to jam GPS-based weapons and navigation systems are a reminder of just how vulnerable GPS technology really is.
'Tis The Season To Rebuild, And Reconsider
In Iraq, a different kind of rebuilding.
Will Planners Defend Smart Growth?
Proponents of property rights and other conservatives are attacking smart growth as a theory dreamed up by out-of-touch urban planners.
25 Years Of Forward-thinking Design
Builder Magazine looks back at 25 years of'progress, pundits, projects, products and predictions.'
Sprawl In The Spotlight
The April issue of Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment presents an review of the top websites exploring the issue of sprawl.
How To Measure A City's Success
Communities across the nation have launched formal "indicators" projects.
Europe's Tallest Building?
In England, architects and developers are pushing the boundaries to build mind-numbingly tall buildings.
Commuting Across The English Channel
The local council in Kent is planning to encourage families priced out of the housing market to move to France and commute daily to work from through the Channel Tunnel.
Pagination
Urban Design for Planners 1: Software Tools
This six-course series explores essential urban design concepts using open source software and equips planners with the tools they need to participate fully in the urban design process.
Planning for Universal Design
Learn the tools for implementing Universal Design in planning regulations.
Municipality of Princeton
Roanoke Valley-Alleghany Regional Commission
City of Mt Shasta
City of Camden Redevelopment Agency
City of Astoria
Transportation Research & Education Center (TREC) at Portland State University
US High Speed Rail Association
City of Camden Redevelopment Agency
Municipality of Princeton (NJ)