Urban Development
Tokyo Underground
How low will planners in Tokyo go to free up open space in one of the most populous and densely packed metropolises in the world?
Urban Tours By Rental Car: Sao Paulo
Wendell Cox tours Sao Paulo by rental car, offering a unique perspective on the city most 'reviled by the urban planning community'.
Moscow Begins Construction Of A City Within A City
A site for a proposed airport near downtown will instead be developed as a mixed-use project.
Frank Lloyd Wright May 'Build' Baghdad
In 1957, Wright traveled to Iraq and produced an ambitious, multibuilding scheme for the city -- none of which was ever built.
Responsible Business
This issue of Shared Spaces focuses on the role that corporations can play -- now and in the future -- in creating a sustainable future.
Book Review: Mega-Projects
Brookings Reviews a new book, Mega Projects: The Changing Politics of Urban Public Investment.
2003 Planning Award Winners
The APA honors the most outstanding efforts in the art, science, and profession of community planning.
Cultures Of Cities: A New Data Bank
A special issue featuring reports and projects from 22 cities presented at the 4th European Biennial of Towns and Town Planners in Rotterdam.
The Next American City
A new quarterly magazine asks "epic questions."
International Planning Perspectives
Planners and architects offer personal perspectives on the planning challenges facing Belfast, Calcutta, Johannesburg and São Paulo.
Sacramento, CA Loses Key Planners
Sacramento County, CA is losing two top planning officials at a time when land-use is being redefined by the shift of growth to newly incorporated cities.
Young Urbanites Launch Magazine
A new publication takes a different look at the future of cities and suburbs.
Will Big Retail Kill The Corner Store?
Supermarkets put the squeeze on corner shops in Britain.
Regeneration Lessons From The US
As part of a UK Urban Summit special New York-based urban critic and lecturer Roberta Brandes Gratz says the UK can learn lessons from regeneration in US cities.
Richard Rogers On Britain's Lack Of Vision
Richard Rogers on why Britain has so much trouble with public building.
US-style Sprawl Spreads In Holland
The Dutch are beginning to prefer more isolated, car-dependent suburban models.
Two New Books Take On Suburban Realities
The American Prospect offers a dual review of "American Metropolitics: The New Suburban Reality" and "Place Matters: Metropolitics for the Twenty-first Century."
Book Review: 'A Modern Arcadia'
A study of Forest Hills Gardens designed by Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. as a "suburban town built on business principles."
Making Downtown Voids Into Public Spaces
Does the existence of the "European City" depend on allowing it to be "Americanized?"
London's City Hall Doesn't Belong To The Public
London's new City Hall will be owned by a private company - what does this mean for public space and citizen interaction?
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
