United States
Book Reviews: 'City Lights' And 'Architecture Of The Night'
Rediscover the magic of electric light, and its impact upon urbanization.
Trash Dumping Could Lead To International Crisis
Toronto and other Ontario towns' practice of dumping waste in the U.S. has already lead to grave border security concerns.
Tax Policy As Housing Policy
The Earned Income Tax Credit could improve housing affordability more effectively than federal housing programs.
Disconnected Urbanism
Paul Goldberger on the damaging impact of cell phones on our sense of place.
America's Most Literate Cities
A new study conducts a 'literacy profile' of America's 64 largest cities.
The Hybrids Are Coming
Japan's newest models of the fuel-efficient vehicles are poised to take the American car industry by storm.
Paris Grows Up
Paris will lift its 30-year-old ban on high-rise construction.
America At Odds With Its Land?
An Indian columnist offers his perspective on California's fires and city-slicking deer.
Planetizen Special Report: ASLA 2003, New Orleans
Landscape architects gather in New Orleans to participate in the 2003 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA).
Automobile Manufacturers Marketing To Preschools
It's never too early to market the automobile-centric lifestyle.
Cities Facing Major Wastewater Challenges
Cities across the nation are collectively facing hundreds of billions of dollars in desperately needed repairs and upgrades to storm and wastewater systems.
China's Three Gorges Dam
The massive engineering project has permanently altered the country's landscape while forcing 700,000 people to relocate.
Dublin: Public Housing Project To Be Demolished
Many question the motives behind plans to raze Ireland's most infamous housing project.
How Transportation Changed America
Travel back in time and experience how transportation shaped America in the Smithsonian National Museum of American History huge new exhibit: "America on the Move."
Presidential Candidate on Importance of Urban Planning
Presidential candidate Dennis J. Kucinich discusses the importance of planning in addressing urban sprawl.
Architects Are Responsible For Much Global Warming
A veteran of green design has studied global warming and sees its cause -- and possible solution -- coming from the same unlikely source: architects.
Aucklanders Rebel Against Growth Strategy
Local opposition to poorly designed apartments threatens the "compact city" growth strategy for Auckland region.
Top 25 Safest Cars
Consumer Reports lists the safest cars.
New Urbanism Does Not Promote Crime
A recent report linking New Urbanism to increased crime portrays New Urbanism inaccurately, and implies a grim world in which crime prevention is our top planning priority.
The World's Largest Park
A proposal for a vast nature park in America's Great Plains could help revive economies in 10 states.
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
