Land Use

The 'Dream Team' To Rebuild New Orleans

The Nation magazine outlines their leadership, architecture and planning 'dream team' for rebuilding New Orleans.

September 23, 2005 - The Nation

Vancouverism vs. Lower Manhattanism: Shaping the High Density City

Shaping high density residential environments is the most important issue before urban designers in North America today.

September 22, 2005 - ArchNewsNow

Recovering New Orleans

September 21, 2005 - Thomas J. Campanella

Lessons From Katrina: What A Major Disaster Can Teach Transportation Planners

This paper examines failures in Hurricane Katrina disaster response and their lessons for transportation policy and planning in other communities.

September 21, 2005 - Victoria Transport Policy Institute

Book Review - 'Dream City: Vancouver and the Global Imagination'

Bob Ransford reviews the magical and often paradoxical relationship Vancouver shares with its natural surroundings as described in Lance Berelowitz's Dream City: Vancouver and the Global Imagination.

September 21, 2005 - Bob Ransford

Saving New Orleans For The Future

Protecting the city from future hurricanes and flooding will take decades and cost billions.

September 20, 2005 - CNN

Five Pitfalls Keep Growth Plans From Succeeding

Best-laid growth plans often just gather dust. A look at why plans for local transportation and growth management in Idaho's Treasure Valley never materialized.

September 19, 2005 - The Idaho Statesman

Seven Steps To A Sustainable New Orleans

Timothy Lange calls for an effort to rebuild New Orleans into an eco-friendly city that could be model for the nation.

September 19, 2005 - Grist Magazine

When Can Johnny Start Walking to School Again?

The small schools and Smart Growth movements are now working to change the rules and habits that contribute to school sprawl.

September 18, 2005 - Michigan Land Use Institute

Should The New New Orleans Be Downsized?

Economists debate whether the future New Orleans be downsized? 'Colonial Williamsburg' and other controversial models are pondered.

September 15, 2005 - The Wall Street Journal

Architects, Planners Eager To Reinvent New Orleans

In the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina some see an opportunity to reinvent a major American city.

September 15, 2005 - The Washington Post

Designing A New New Orleans

Architects and urban planners start thinking about designing the form of a rebuilt New Orleans.

September 15, 2005 - The New York Times

'Marshall Plan' Urged For Gulf Coast Region

Republican leaders propose the development of a comprehensive and ambitious 'Marshall Plan' for hurricane-ravaged Gulf Coast region.

September 15, 2005 - Congressional Quarterly Today

Katrina As An Extension of the US Environmental Justice Problem

What's behind the socio-economic disparity in environmental planning -- and emergency response to environmental disasters? Slow Katrina evacuation fits pattern of injustice during crises.

September 14, 2005 - Grist Magazine

San Diego Awards $19 Million in 'Smart-Growth Incentives'

San Diego's regional government awards $19 million to 14 'smart growth' projects in an innovative smart growth incentive program.

September 14, 2005 - San Diego Union Tribune

Living On The Coast...Dangerously

American love to live on the coast and they won't let nature stop them.

September 13, 2005 - The Washington Post

Unsprawl Case Study: Glenwood Park in Atlanta, Georgia

The award-winning, 28-acre Glenwood Park is a brownfield redevelopment in an infill location that features a mix of well-designed homes and commercial spaces, including a mixed-use "town center."

September 13, 2005 - Terrain

No Sprawl-Obesity Link, Study Concludes

Researcher say that the overweight "tend to gravitate" to neighborhoods that are unsuitable for walking.

September 13, 2005 - AP

Planning For An Overnight Boomtown

Thousands of New Orleans businesses and residents have relocated to the 'New Baton Rouge', 75 miles to the northwest.

September 13, 2005 - USA Today

A Sad Truth -- New Orleans Cannot Survive Forever

Despite the rhetoric about rebuilding, there are far too many economic, social and land use forces at work that will prevent New Orleans from returning to its former glory, writes Joel Garreau.

September 12, 2005 - The Washington Post

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.

Top Books

An annual review of books related to planning.

Top Schools

The definitive ranking of graduate planning programs.

100 Most Influential Urbanists

The who's who of urbanism, according to Planetizen readers.

Urban Planning Creators You Should Know

A short list of voices on social, video, and podcasting platforms.