Social / Demographics
Creating Social Change Through Color
A non-profit organization in New York is improving the lives of school children by adding bright colors to hallways.
NYC To Count Neglected Buildings
Responding to a housing crunch, Manhattan volunteers will count all abandoned properties in the city this weekend in an effort to utilize any and all buildings available. The count is aimed at identifying new sites for affordable housing.
Upscale Development Boom in the High Desert
Even as the housing market slows in Southern California, an upscale housing boom continues in Antelope Valley.
Students Discover Their History Buried in Illinois Town
Life in a community of freed slaves is mapped and documented by young descendents.
On Reading Jane Jacobs...Finally
A planner who quoted Jane Jacobs for years finally discovers what the author really said in her classic book.
San Francisco Becoming Artist-Unfriendly
Long known as a city of writers and artists, San Francisco can't hold on to its creative types due to its high cost of living.
Uses Mix As University Splits
Concordia University, in Austin, Texas, is gearing up to move to a new location. But the 22 acres it's leaving behind won't be empty for long. A large-scale and high-rising pedestrian-friendly development is slated for the site.
Car-less In Seattle
Pedestrian pioneer Alan Durning describes what his family of five is learning by living without four wheels in Cascadia's largest city. Can they survive without the essential currency of the modern American community?
Inmates Build Affordable Housing
Inmates of Minnesota's county jails have built 250 homes for rural families making up to 80 percent of the state median income.
Top 10 Overpriced Places In The U.S.
Sure, housing is expensive in these top 10 cities, but what's driving the cost of living in many of these places through the roof is a lack of job growth and competitive salaries.
What Happens When A Company Town Scales Back Public Services?
The quaint lumber company town of Scotia, California, fears a merger with its slightly larger, but economically-depressed neighbor across the river.
Will Tampa Be The Next New Orleans?
A University of South Florida professor predicts that a hurricane with similar intensity as Katrina would cause even greater devastation to Tampa Bay than was experienced by New Orleans in 2005.
Planning for Good Health
Sacramento's MPO thinks it's time to re-establish the old link between public health and city planning. But is smart growth really healthier? And whose responsibility is it to build healthy cities anyways?
The Younger Crowd Wants Transit
As the country's housing preferences shift from the widely spread to the urban and dense, the prevalence of transit-oriented development planning increases.
South Africa To Distribute Industry
The South African government has unveiled a new plan to spread its industrial development -- and the jobs it provides -- to poor regions in the country.
Permanent Housing for Homeless Alcoholics
King County, Washington, offers permanent apartments for "chronic public inebriates" who are allowed to drink in their new homes.
Census Releases 2005 Population Estimates
Figures show change in growth trends across the sun belt with shifts from large cities to outlying communities.
Your Own Private Utopia
Using Wrights & Sites new "A Mis-Guide To Anywhere", city dwellers around the world can unlock a "mental toolkit" that will help them discover the extraordinary in the seemingly mundane urban experience, writes author Phil Smith.
Incentivizing People Out of Poverty
Several non-profit organizations around the country are using prizes to help motivate the poor to improve their lives.
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
