United States
A 'Batty' Idea To Save Sick Forests
Mississippi State University researchers use bats to assess the health of a forest.
Fading Italian City Reinvents Itself As Technology Haven
A 13th-century Italian village on the verge of extinction invests in technology to redesign itself as an Internet haven.
'Sweeping' Redesign To Revitalize Toronto Neighborhood.
The City of Toronto, Canada, is proposing to revitalize a multicultural neighborhoood.
Requiring Architects To Design Apartment Buildings
Faced with a proliferation of appalling apartment buildings, New South Wales mandates that architects design the buildings.
Conservation Dollars Into Smart Growth Opportunities
A new report shows that states can link their investments in open space with practical measures to shape economic development.
Rural Smart Growth Strategies
A new report illustrates promising rural growth strategies that revitalize small towns.
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.
The Value Of Good Design
Good design creates value – in products, buildings, even cities. Smart City Radio investigates.
Real Estate Investment In Latin America
Promising returns from real estate investments in Latin American arepossible, if risks Are understood.
Climate Change: A Clear And Present Danger
Its time to start a war on climate change.
Conservation Subdivision Design
While conventional environmental wisdom suggests that only draconian government efforts to preserve open space will work, the market is already well ahead of the curve.
America's Water Crisis
America's aging water infrastructure needs a massive upgrade. Very soon.
Combining Architecture And Nature
How can nature be more an intergral part of architecture?
The New Trend: Lake-side Living
A growing number of residents and cities are finding that development adjacent to lakes is a way to dramatically improve the quality of life.
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.
The Big Lie Behind Transit Projects
Nine out of ten transportation projects cost more than projected. There is a new scientific explanation for this: Lying.
BedZed: London's 'Radical Housing Experiment'
The BedZed housing development, the first of its kind in the world, promises a new way of life.
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...
Mixed Blessings: Urban And Suburban Poverty In Census 2000
This paper examines poverty rate trends in the nation's largest metropolitan areas over the 1990s, and finds highly uneven outcomes in a decade of strong economic growth.
Building A 21st Century Transportation System
Transportation is getting increasing attention as the need for congressional reauthorization of key statutes comes closer.
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
