Housing
How To Manage Sprawl
This article discusses the current trend of increasing urban populations and how to resolve the issues they create.
Cul-de-sacs: Homeowners Love Them, Planners Hate Them
Traditional developments with smaller lots on straight streets in a grid pattern are making a comeback with planners.
'Sweeping' Redesign To Revitalize Toronto Neighborhood.
The City of Toronto, Canada, is proposing to revitalize a multicultural neighborhoood.
Massachusetts Flirting With Mount Laurel Doctrine
Massachusetts may be going down the same road as New Jersey's with its Mount Laurel doctrine, writes Jerold Kayden.
Conflicting Goals For WTC Shopping Mall
The underground mall was generating $900 per square foot in revenues -- three times the national average. Can this success be duplicated?
Future Of The Department Store
For more than 30 years, the mall industry has depended on department stores -- which are now struggling against discounters and specialty stores.
A Second Chance For Downtown Manhattan
New York has a unique opportunity to use the WTC rebuilding effort to spark the revival of an aging Downtown.
Real Estate Investment In Latin America
Promising returns from real estate investments in Latin American arepossible, if risks Are understood.
Albuquerque Needs Smart Growth
Five years of debate and discussion over how to manage Albuquerque's growth comes down to a vote next week before a divided City Council on the Planned Growth Strategy.
Cities Attempt Urban De-renewal
The city of Charlotte is just one of the cities working to undo the damage from urban renewal projects of the 1960s and 70s.
Black Gentrification In Pittsburgh
Middle-class blacks are returning to historic black neighborhoods.
The Mall That Set The Standard For All Others
Since the Mall of America opened a decade ago it has reshaped and set the standard for combining retail and entertainment.
Changes In 'Wal-mart's Backyard'
The hometown of Sam Walton's "Wal-mart" is the six fastest-growing metro area in the nation.
A New Type Of Suburbanite In A New Type Of Suburb
Where the hip suburbanites can be found. Details the exploits of "Patio Man" in "Sprinkler City", with his "Realtor Wife" and designer kids.
Malls Half-Baked: In Search Of Alternative Realities
The apocalyptic decree that 50% of America's 1,500 malls would go dark by the new millennium resulted in few fatalities. Ironically, in fact, the doom gave way to a boom...
Denver's New Mandatory Affordable Housing Law
Denver adopts a mandatory affordable housing law that will give developers incentives to build more housing for low-income residents.
The Price Of Dirt: A Housing Crisis
How land prices drive the housing market.
WTC: Land Swap Deal Proposed
New York City proposes taking over the World Trade Center site in exchange for the land beneath La Guardia and Kennedy Airports.
Top Housing Markets
Nationwide home prices have risen an average 8%, but 10 markets have seen increases up to 25%.
Residents Organize And Create Master Plan For Town
Caspar, CA, has an ecologically-sensitive master plans designed by its residents.
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
