Chris Stines is Planetizen's former Editor and the founder of Urban Insight, a leading digital agency. Chris has 25 years of experience in technology consulting and urban planning and has served as a consultant to public sector state, county, and local agencies, Fortune 500 private firms, educational institutions, and nonprofit organizations.
African Americans Return To 'City Life'
Urban areas are the latest desirable neighborhoods for many middle-class African Americans.
Norway Hosts Creative Eco-Friendly Projects
A windblown island off Norway is being used to test ways of overcoming a big drawback of alternative energy: How to store it.
Schwarzenegger's Green Hummer
Schwarzenegger's election pledge to create a 'Green Hummer' has touched off a 'Hummerground' -- a real-world race to build the best and cleanest Hummer.
UIUC Unveils World's Most Advanced Building
The newly opened Siebel Center is a 225,000-square-foot computer shaped like a building.
How To Design Out Crime
A UK report on crime prevention lists key attributes of safe neighborhoods and offers 17 case studies.