United States

A new report argues that fully protected marine reserves are an effective tool for restoring and maintaining coastal and marine habitats.

January 18, 2003 - Pew Oceans Commission

The suburbs of major metropolitan areas are aging faster than the nation as a whole.

January 16, 2003 - The Brookings Institution

Cell phones are popular but ugly metal cell towers are not. Cities are requiring that antennas be disguised as trees, rocks, cacti, or church steeples.

January 16, 2003 - Wired

High-speed rail works well in Europe and Japan, so why can't the United States get it right?

January 16, 2003 - IEEE Spectrum

Architects and councillors criticize the plan to revitalize Toronto's waterfront.

January 15, 2003 - The Toronto Star

A new study show that more households with fewer occupants has a strong impact on the environment.

January 15, 2003 - Nature

Auto-makers know their customers well and market SUVs for a certain type of customer -- the "self-centered", "me-first" driver.

January 13, 2003 - National Public Radio

The first of a 3-part series re-evaluates how segregation in major urban cities is measured and publishes an updated index of the most integrated cities.

January 13, 2003 - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Planning can be dangerous. Planning Magazine editor Ruth Knack investigates the increasing danger of plan rage.

January 13, 2003 - Planning Magazine

How often do the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times push a story the same day with the same point of view? It's rare.

January 12, 2003 - Citistates Group

Concentrating the poor is misguided public policy.

January 12, 2003 - Urban Land Magazine

This week's Smart City radio show addresses the issue of livability in cities.

January 12, 2003 - Smart City

Controversial TV ads created by the creator of the "Got Milk" campaign says sport utility vehicles are a threat to national Security.

January 11, 2003 - National Public Radio

The APA website presents questions answered by attorney John Bredin, author of the "Common Problems with Zoning Ordinances."

January 11, 2003 - American Planning Association

The latest online technology games are attempting to create multi-player online cities.

January 10, 2003 - Technology Review

This annual report sizes up the accomplishments and failures in the pursuit of a sustainable world economy.

January 10, 2003 - Worldwatch Institute

An Op-Ed by Bruce Katz in the Baltimore Sun calls on Congress to provide states and cities necessary fiscal relief and to reverse its drift toward unfunded mandates and programmatic inflexibility.

January 10, 2003 - The Brookings Institution

Controversial television campaign links gas-guzzling sport utility vehicles (SUVs) to international terrorism.

January 9, 2003 - CBS News

Jeremy Rifkin writes that the "hydrogen economy" is within our grasp if we are committed to abandoning fossil fuels.

January 9, 2003 - E-The Environmental Magazine

Celebrity architect Rem Koolhaas' unusual design for a skyscraper in Beijing -- his largest project to date -- uses an innovative structural system.

January 9, 2003 - Newsweek