Social / Demographics
Obesity And The Built Environment
Medscape presents a conference report on how planners and medical practitioners work together to improve public health through community design.
Urban Markup Language
If you know the lingo, you can visualize the dense architecture that sprawls beneath our streets.
Micro-geography Of The Inner City
An innovative project funded by the National Science Foundation attempts to discover the micro-geography of the inner city.
Cell Phone Pedestrian Traffic Nightmare
Many say that pedestrian cellphone use contributes to unsafe conditions, as well as the privatization of public space.
Evaluation Of Officer And Teacher Next Door Programs
If a police officer or teacher lives in the neighborhood where theywork, will there be a reduction in crime in that neighborhood?
Obesity And The Sprawl Index
Andrew Ferguson ridicules the Smart Growth America study that claims a link between obesity and urban sprawl.
What's Parked In The Street Can Change The Value Of Your House
What your neighbor drives can increase or decrease the value of your house.
Gentrification: Comparing D.C. And Milwaukee
How does gentrification in MIlwaukee differ from that in Washington D.C.?
Add A Library To Your Mall
Libraries are beginning to pop-up in malls. While they are not 'full-service libraries', they are typically open 80 or more hours per week.
Looking For Quality: Mapping People's Feelings In A Neighborhood
Surveying and mapping people's emotional response to their environment as they walk through the streets of their urban area.
Developing Nations Grow Faster
99 percent of the world's population growth through 2050 will take place in developing countries.
How Complex Is Your City?
A new study examines why it is so hard for so many of us to find our way around cities.
The Geography Of Poverty And Service Provision
On average, poor populations in urban centers have greater spatial access to social services than poor populations living in suburban areas, according to a new Brookings report.
Facts About Homelessness In Los Angeles
One part of a series, this four-page publication provides a summary of recent statistics about homelessness in Los Angeles.
More Single Women Becoming Homeowners
According to the National Association of Realtors, more single women are buying homes.
San Francisco's Homeless Problem
Can the Mayor make good on his committment?
Neal Peirce: The Responsibility Of Cities
While federal funding can help to address urban needs, cities have a responsibility too.
Boston: Urban Canvas
A program in Boston encourages young people to use collaborative outreach techniques to design and paint murals -- and foster community pride in many of Boston's neighborhoods.
Back To The City
Babay boomers are leaving the suburbs and moving to pedestrian-friendly cities.
Widespread Reductions in Housing Assistance
A new study details cuts in local housing aid caused by a Department of Housing and Urban Development funding change.
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
