United States
Inventive And Unusual Homes
A film popular at the 2001 Sundance Film Festival showcases five inventive homes.
Obesity And Sprawl
Neal Peirce makes the connection between urban sprawl and increased obesity.
Largest U.S. Cities Lose White Residents
The 2000 Census numbers show that in half of the nation's largest cities, whites are in minority.
EPA Chief Faces Tough Challenges
Newsweek's Howard Fineman reviews the career of EPA head Christine Todd Whitman and the challenges she faces.
Is New Urbanism The Next Internet?
The Internet and New Urbanism seem to have similar origins. Will New Urbanism take off as the Internet has?
Deconstructing Suburbia
The living arrangement Americans think of as normal is bankrupting the country economically, socially, ecologically, and spiritually.
Repairing The Damage In Urban Places
After a half century of abuse, the first real glimmer of hope has appeared for traditional urban places.
When Urban Planners Were 'Power Players'
Archeologists have identified the oldest city in the Americas.
Building Green Homes
One family in Palo Alto is part of a growing trend towards sustainable, "green" homes.
Bush May Oppose Logging Ban
President Bush may oppose a Clinton administration rule protecting national forests from logging and road-building.
Africa's Shrinking Lake
Africa's largest freshwater lake has shrunk down to one-twentieth of its 1963 size. Scientists blame human factors.
HUD Looks At Deconstruction
A study recently released by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development examines the feasibility of deconstruction as practiced by four urban communities.
Washington May Fund Brownfield Clean Ups
New legislation that would provide as much as $250 million a year in funding has the approval of both President Bush and the Senate.
Senate Approves Brownfields Cleanup Measure
Measure will increase spending for cleanup of contabminated industrial sites. Advocates say it could revitalize communities in industrial areas.
Ancient University, Avant-Garde Architecture
University of Utrecht, Netherlands, is 365 years old and inventing the architecture of tomorrow.
Cities and Economic Growth
Paul Grogan, co-author of "Comeback Cities" has formed "CEOs For Cities", a group to focus attention on cities and how the affect economic growth.
Public Support For Open Space Varied
A survey by the National Association of Realtors shows that voters’ support for preserving open space in their communities depends upon the costs to taxpayers.
New Markets Tax Credit Program
The U.S. Treasury publishes details about a significant new community development program -- the New Markets Tax Credit Program.
Homeowners Starting To Look At Zoning
More and more homeowners are learning the hard way that it pays to look at zoned land uses around their home to protect themselves from potential nuisances next door.
The World In A Zip Code
The Greater Washington region has become one of the top immigrant destinations in the country
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
