Chris Stines

The Los Angeles Times architecture critic chastises the massive Los Angeles school district for not using its historic building boom to improve the architecture and planning of new schools.

<img src="http://66.28.40.163/images/NTEN/RegConfLogos/Logo_NTEN_Conferences.gif" align="right" alt="NTEN Conference Logo" />Abhijeet presented last week at the <a href="http://www.nten.org/">Nonprofit Technology Enterprise Network</a> (NTEC) 2005 San Diego Regional Conference on open source content management frameworks for building websites for nonprofit. He published his fabulous presentation online under a creative commons license:<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.urbaninsight.com/~chavan/2005/nten/">Building Websites For Nonprofits With Open Source Content Management Frameworks</a><br /> <br /> He really knows what he's presenting on, since much of his presentation is based on his hands-on experience with a massive project we just completed here at Urban Insight.

A high-powered group of acadedmics and critics join together to consider the positive aspects of sprawl. Are new exurban development getting better?

Traffic simulation models offer significant benefits, but after 35 years of development and application, they still have shortcomings. A new study seeks to fill in the gaps.

Growth of the Boise metro area has created a need for qualified planners. Boise State University responds with a plan to launch an Institute for Urban and Regional Planning degree program.