United States
'Character Development' For Subdivisions
To attract buyers, developers are spending vast sums of money to give new subdivisions a sense of place and community.
Hydrogen And The End Of The Oil Era
Energy independence is possible if we can launch an Apollo-style effort to harness the power of hydrogen.
GM Abandons Electric Car
General Motors is abandoning the EV1 electric vehicle.
Generation X Home Buying Trends
Generation Xers are traditional after all -- they buy homes like the ones they grew up in.
Profile Of Joy Grant: International Environmentalism
Joy Grant is helping the Nature Conservancy to become a global environmental organization.
Fear The Forests
Tree farming in Chile has dire economic and social impacts on the indigenous people.
Smart Growth Is On The Right Track
Outdated building and zoning codes present challenges for smart growth.
The World's Tallest Buildings Could Survive Terrorist Attack
Engineer claims the world's tallest buildings could withstand a 9/11-style attack.
Car Collision-Avoidance System Being Developed
MIT is developing a collision-avoidance system for cars.
U.S. Housing Boom Slowing
The Economist's house-price indices suggest that the U.S. housing boom may be slowing down even as housing markets in some other nations are growing.
The Next American City
A new quarterly magazine asks "epic questions."
How To Make Sprawl Worse
Some anti-sprawl measures result in unintended consequences such as "Gucci Sprawl."
London's Big Gamble
PLANetizen presents eyewitness reports from Central London on the city's new and controversial congestion pricing scheme.
Decentralizing Big Universities
Many universities are trying to counteract impersonal campuses through the establishment of decentralized residential colleges.
American Institute Of Architecture Students
Zach Borders offers an update on the student's FORUM 2003 conference in Chicago, which drew 1,300 architecture students, educators and professionals.
A New Era For Affordable Housing
Competition for tax credits and incentives are turning yesterday's gray, boxy apartment into eye-catching mixed-use facilities.
Small Towns Confront An Urban Problem
Homelessness is on the rise in America's rural areas.
White House Announces Historic Preservation Initiative
Text from First Lady Laura Bush's speech to the National Association of Counties.
Real Environmental Racism
That the world's poor cause environmental destruction is a disturbing tenet propounded by many environmentalists.
The SmartCode: A Weapon To Fight The Sprawl War
'The SmartCode', published by urban design firm DPZ is now available as an alternative to conventional zoning regulations.
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
