United States
Debate Rages Over America's Largest Mall
Readers debate a recent Atlantic Monthly article on The Mall of America. Is the scale of development troubling?
Clean Coal And A Hydrogen Future
Can "clean coal" slow down global climate change? The Economist review the latest technologies.
The World's Largest Man-made Island
A consortium in Kuwaiti is planning to construct two distinct palm-shaped islands with residential, commercial and tourism elements.
Amtrak To Lose $1 Billion...Again
For the second year, Amtrak is expected to report an annual loss of $1 billion.
Sustainable Growth And The Environment
How sustainable development and the environment can co-exist.
Census Factoids: 2001 Statistical Abstract
Every day, the U.S. Census Bureau offers a factoid culled from the Statistical Abstract of the United States.
Web Site Gives Easy Access To Land Data
New BLM Web site offers legal and GPS information about land, a valuable tool for GIS projects.
Strip Center Investing: A Bear Market For Dummies
The shopping center sector is entering its third phase of consolidation, with investors gunning for strip centers and B-C malls.
GAO: ANWR Cleanup Costs Not Counted
A report by the General Accounting Office says oil firms haven't earmarked as much a $6 billion in future cleanup costs as a result of drilling near the drilling in the nearby Arctic National Wildlife Refuge park.
Greener Growth With Cleaner Coal
Growth without harming the environment is possible.
Demographic Change In Medium-Sized Cities
This survey looks at 2000 Census data for 100 medium-sized U.S. cities and reveals that they experienced demographic changes similar to their big city peers.
A Tale Of Two Cities
Who sprawls the most? It depends on whose definition you use.
For Whom The Road Tolls
While "free" ways may be endangered, not all road pricing schemes are equal.
Gridlock On The 'Reverse Commute'
With more jobs moving to the suburbs traffic congestion on the reverse commute is getting worse.
What Defines 'Wise Use' Of Public Land?
How do we balance economic values and environmental sensisbilities for public lands?
Coping With Gridlock
One third of the average city's land is devoted to serving the car. Is there a way out?
How Will Technology Affect Cities?
Are the Network and its attendant gadgets driving us apart or bringing us together? Smart City Radio investigates.
A Breakthrough In Solar Energy?
Scientists are developing inexpensive organic solar cells that could be sprayed on roofs.
Planning Theory: Issue 2
The second issue of a journal on Planning Theory is released by Sage Publications.
Escaping Gridlock
In the new millennium, when the futurists said we'd all be wafting to work in sky cars, we're decidedly earthbound.
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
