United States
Economic Lessons For American Cities
Pennsylvania and California -- one old economy, one new economy. But both are seriously threatened by the dramatic changes taking place in the American economy.
National Survey Of Feelings
A quarterly survey objectively measures how Australian’s feel about a range of personal and national issues. Those results have been grouped to produce a ranking of capital cities.
Preserve, Re-use Or Tear Down That Old Country Barn?
The Barn Saver, a business started by John High, salvages entire barns or their component parts for reconstruction on other sites or re-use in homes, furniture and crafts.
Can The 'Creative Class' Drive An Urban Renewal?
Is innovation the only important factor in a successful urban strategy?
How The Interstate Highway System Changed Business
Fortune Magazine examines how the Interstate Highway System reshaped the Fortune 500 and the economy.
Labor Supply And The 'Brain Drain'
A new analysis of the location and migration patterns of younger and older workers, especially those with college degrees, counters some commonly held notions about "brain drain" and examines policies to address the impacts of these locat
Wireless Street Lamps For Traffic Monitoring
A UK effort to provide wireless Internet access may end up being used to control traffic.
10 Most Endangered National Parks
A conservation group releases its annual list of the nations 10 most endangered national parks.
Sprawl Makes Oregonians Fat
Portland's weekly magazine reports on the link between sprawl and obesity in Oregon.
How The Dutch Made Suburbia Cool
Cool meets canal in Ypenburg, the Netherlands.
The World's Fastest Train
Next week China launches the world's fastest train, which uses magnetic levitation technology and runs at 430kph.
Does African-American Architecture Exist?
I decided to organize Black Boxes: Enigmas of Space and Race after a professor claimed that African-American architecture was an oxymoron.
Kick-starting Edmonton's Downtown
Edmonton developer has ambitious dreams to open up the central core of the city's sprawling river valley to appropriate mixed used development.
Anti-Sprawl Strategies Good For Construction Jobs
Study finds that smart growth policies are good for construction jobs.
A Truck-sized Loophole
Will all sedans eventually morph into light trucks and SUVs?
The New American Home Project
National Association of Home Builders is promoting a new form of home: 'Loft living in the suburbs.'
New Light Makes Street Look Cleaner
The Trafalgar Pole cleans up cluttered streetscapes, consolidating utility boxes in the base of a street light.
Growth Imperils Australia's Fragile Coast
A sharp increase in building permit approvals for second homes in Victoria's coastal towns are raising questions about appropriate forms of development and the adequacy of local planning.
'Smart Growth' Puts Land Use Before Transportation
The link between transportation and land development potential has long been recognized, but the treatment of land use and site design options as transportation strategies is a key element of smart growth.
Main Street Is Alive And Well
Neal Peirce utilizes the arrival of Wal-mart in Plymouth, NH to illustrate how independent retailers and 'main streets' survive in the face of big-box retailing.
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
