United States
The High Cost Of Sprawl
A new report shows that transportation costs are taking an even bigger bite out of the family pocketbook, with America’s families now spending more than 19 cents out of every dollar earned on transportation.
Green Future For Iron Curtain
With the support of former Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, plans for a nature reserve along what was once the 'Iron Curtain' move forward.
Community Service Requirement 'Unfair'
Public housing residents not in school or working will soon be required to give 8 hours of community service a month.
Nature's Revenge?
Global warming is interfering with oil exploration efforts in Alaska.
Planning Ahead To Age In Place
In anticipation of future needs, Baby Boomers are modifying their homes to fit universal design standards.
Digital Divide Program Takes Unexpected Turn
LINCOS, an internet program targeted at the rural poor in Costa Rica draws and benefits the rich.
The Architecture Of Toshiko Mori
Toshiko Mori, the current chair of the architecture department at Harvard's Graduate School of Design, emerges as an architect and educator.
An Introduction To The New Urbanism
An editorial in the Journal of Markets & Morality introduces The New Urbanism from a market perspective.
Friday Funny: Invasion Of The Flash Mobs
"Flash mobs" are a hit in New York and this unusual urban activity is now spreading around the world.
Dry Times
Development and landscape design in times of drought.
Housing And Jobs For The Homeless
HUD and the Department of Labor are teaming up to provide permanent housing and jobs to chronically homeless individuals.
Climate Activists Heat Up The Battle
With Maine taking on CO2 emission reduction for the state and three New England Governors going to court to get greenhouse gases included in the clean air act, the battle for climate protection is heating up.
Best Places To Retire
Baby boomers may be redefining the model for ideal retirement locations. AARP publishes its list of the 15 best places to 'reinvent your life.'
Inner-City Retail: Ten Principles To Maximize Success
The Urban Land Institute identifies ten principles for successful urban retail development.
Hated Sidewalks, Unwanted Renters
In the nation's suburbs antipathy toward sidewalks is common, renters are "undesirable" and "New Urbanism" is unpopular.
Inability To Plan Will Hurt U.S. Regions
U.S. regions are not geared to competing in the harshly competitive in the 21st century's international economy.
Cohousing: Bridging The Neighbor Gap
Architects and planners are using New Urbanism and Cohousing to create housing environments that make neighbors friendlier.
Should Governmental Bodies Regulate Urban Planning?
A fascinating four-part series examines to what extent and in what ways governmental bodies should regulate urban planning?
Smart Tool
Cape Coral, Florida, uses an interactive growth model to plot its future intelligently.
Sprawl And Urban Growth
Sprawl is not the result of explicit government policies or bad urban planning, but rather the inexorable product of car-based living.
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
