United States
U.S. Buys Exclusive Rights To Afghanistan Satellite Images
The Pentagon buys exclusive rights to satellite images of Afghanistan taken by "he world's most powerful commercial imaging satellite."
Racing To Map Afghanistan
Cartographers at the National Geographic Society race to create new map of Afghanistan to meet intense demand.
High-Tech Skyscraper Additions
An array of new high-tech solutions to escape from high rises are on the market.
Conduct A Park Safety Audit
Fear of crime is just as damaging as actual crime in a park or other public place: Both keep people away.
Mexico's New Airport On A Soggy Lakebed
Despite concerns by planners, Mexico is proceeding with a plan to build it's new central international airport in a swamp.
Suburban 'Telco Hotels' May Increase In Popularity
In the aftermath of the World Trade Center attacks businesses are interested in suburban telecommunications hubs as data centers.
Architects Can't Design Affordable Housing
An architect and professor chastises her profession for failing to understand how to design truly affordable housing.
Can U.S. Cities Learn From Bogota, Colombia?
Bogota's Mayor used planning to fight urban devestation, drug cartels, and pollution. Can U.S. cities learn from the example?
Cities Must Spread Out
Joel Kotkin argues that in this post-terrorism era, cities must change if they are to survive.
U.S. Cities Are Strong And Will Survive
Neal Peirce writes that mayors, corporate leaders, and university presidents are concerned about the federal government's approach to fighting terrorism and its impact on cities.
Low Densities Are No Answer To Terrorism
The sprawling 1950's postwar urban pattern has made us extremely vulnerable in an age of international terrorism.
The Safer Skyscraper
A UC Berkeley professor outlines an engineering vision for the ultimate safe skyscraper. But at what aesthetic cost?
The End Of The Skyscraper Era?
Neal Peirce comments on the prediction that the Sept. 11th attack signals the end of the skyscraper era and discusses how planning errors of the past can be avoided
Measuring A Building's Environmental Friendliness
U.S. Green Building Council has developed a rating system for evaluating the sustainabilty and environmental friendliness of buildings.
How To Get Great Streets
Great Streets. You want them, but to get them you have to be able to negotiate with your state department of transportation.
Will Terrorism Trigger An Urban Decline?
Clarence Page points out that suburbs grew during the Cold War under the threat of nuclear war. He wonders if the threat of terrorism could cause an urban decline.
Carfree Times
The November, 2001 issue of Carfree Times includes a feature article on one of the few car-free communities in the U.S.
Market Forces Can Help The Environment
The impossibly-lofy "command and control" approach to environmentalism will never work. But the market can help.
To Fight Monster Homes, Think Small
Following a growing backlash against "McMansions," some developers across the nation are discovering that smaller-scale houses such as 1,000-sqare-foot cottages are not only visually attractive and socially responsible but also marketable.
Supporting Passenger Rail Is In The National Interest
Dick Williams says supporting passenger rail is in the national interests and presents a proposal for a "travel czar."
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
