Housing
Wanted: Land To Develop
Strategies for dealing with urban sprawl and the lack of quality land to develop is presented by an industry practitioner.
Top 250 Design-Builders
Engineering News Record publishes its annual list of the top 250 U.S.-based design builders, whose total 2003 revenue exceeded $53 billion.
Not Another Megaproject Or Sports Arena
Jane Jacobs Reading Group proposes mixed-use redevelopment for former Southern Pacific rail yards.
Planning For Baby Boomers
Urban planning dominates the opening session of the National Governors' Association (NGA) annual meeting.
The City That Works, Today
Chicago is using innovative ideas to encourage urban, sustainable development.
Research & Development Clusters Are A Catalyst For Growth
From California to Colorado to Florida, new research & development and science clusters can give regional economies a shot in the arm.
Long Island: The End Of Suburbia?
A new study from Rutgers University shows Long Island's suburbs sagging as New York City's numbers grow. One expert says, "This relentless suburbanization has reached its low tide."
Multifamily Low Income Occupancy Compliance
The law firm of Pillsbury Winthrop provides guidance relating to low income occupancy compliance for multifamily developments.
A Community Amid Slums: Living In 100 Square Feet
The L.A. Times presents the fourth report in a series on Africa's swelling slums. This article focuses on a community known as 'Deep Sea'.
When the Real Estate Market Ruins Your Plans
Planners in Houston finally establish a municipal land-bank program for redevelopment, but find after years of delays, that the real estate market has changed.
Residential Contruction Costs Increase
Increase in home prices can be attributed to the rising costs of construction material.
The Housing Bubble Is About To Burst
Business Week evaluates the the impact of rising mortgage rates on the housing bubble -- and arrives at dire conclusions.
The Past And Future Of Gentrification
Exploring the origins of both the term and the concept, Prof. Chris Hamnett explores how the equally loved and hated trend has "remade the social structure of the post-industrial city."
Builders Focus On Non-Nuclear Families
As demographics change, builders change housing products to focus on rapidly increasing one and two-person 'non-nuclear' families.
American Dream Out Of Reach In California
Despite billions in aid, low-income buyers have been priced out of the housing market and middle-class status.
U.S And Mexican Home Builders Join To Provide Affordable Housing
In a historic agreement, home builders from Mexico and the U.S. team up to provide more quality affordable housing.
California Home Median Price Skyrockets
The median price of a California home is nearing 1/2 million dollars.
Problems In Paradise
A dispute among residents, environmentalists town officials leads to an exodus from the posh Georgica Pond region of East Hampton.
A Major Step For TODs In Sacramento Region
The Northern Calfornia city of Rancho Cordova plans to build mini downtowns around each of its light rail stations.
How Developers Affect Communities
Real estate developers transform cities -- sometimes in ways we applaud, and other times in ways that make us cringe.
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.
EMC Planning Group, Inc.
Planetizen
Planetizen
Mpact (formerly Rail~Volution)
Great Falls Development Authority, Inc.
HUDs Office of Policy Development and Research
NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service