Asia-Pacific
China, Japan, other South East Asian countries, Australia, New Zealand, and Pacific Islands countries.
An Urban Planning Crisis in Australia?
House prices in most capital cities in Australias have doubled, putting them out of reach for young Australian families.
Global Warming Displaces Pacific Islanders
U.N. scientific panel reports on what it says may be the first example of people being formally displaced due to rising sea levels caused by global warming.
Carmaker Encourages Employees To Walk To Work
Mazda is recommending employees walk rather than drive to work.
Harbin Chemical Spill: One More Cost of Low Prices
Joshua Muldavin writes that the massive chemical contamination of China's Songhua River is but a symptom of an unsustainable global economy in which rural areas bear the environmental costs of global industrialization and consumption.
Melbourne's Growing Revolt Against The City's Development Plan
Is Melbourne experiencing a populist revolt against the city's smart growth Melbourne 2030 development plan?
China Considers Ending Urban Residency Permit System
Millions of rural Chinese have moved to the largest cities, seeking jobs, but without formal access or rights to services. Chinese officials are concerned that the unequal treatment of urban and rural residents may lead to social instability.
The Quality of Sprawl
Bob Day, president of the Australian Housing Industry Association, challenges the idea that sprawl is bad, and suggests that policies that promote urban density are the foundation of the country's housing affordability crisis.
Calculating China's 'Green GDP': Incentivizing Green Development
Political leaders in China are hard at work devising incentives to make local leaders more environmentally conscious with development projects.
Stranded In Melbourne
Residents in a suburb north of Melbourne are still waiting for a promised transit extension.
The China Syndrome: Booming Economy, Global Environmental Catastrophe
The impact of China's industrial growth on its own lands, waters and peoples has been recognized; now we are seeing its effects on the rest of the world.
China To Scrap 'Growth At Any Cost' Plan
Chinese government officials are developing the the '11th Five-Year Plan' to redirect policy from growth for growth's sake to a more sustainable model that would emphasize an 'all-around well-off society'.
China's Massive Sustainable Development Experiment
The village of Huangbaiyu will be part of an innovative joint U.S.-China development project to create an ecologically-balanced area. Could this be a model for China's new urbanism?
Smart Growth Isn't The Answer For Sydney
An opinion columnist argues that smart growth techniques will only hurt Sydney in the long run, turning it into a 'rat's nest.'
Green Belt Strategy Fails In Sydney
An editorial lists all of the ways that the Australian government failed in not implementing the strategy in two Sydney neighborhoods.
Nagakin Capsule Tower 'Pod Living' A Failure
One of Tokyo's most famous examples of 'pod living' is on the chopping block for demolition.
World's Leading Energy-Efficient Nation
Having already made "tremendous achievements" in energy efficiency, the country with the world's second largest economy, is embarking on a new phase.
Tsunami Victims Get Help From Phoenix Builders
Efforts to rebuild village of Meulaboh, devestated in the Tsunami, get help from Phoenix developers.
Demand For Oil In Asia Soaring
With increasing car use in India and China will come a surge in their need for oil. The potential volatility from such aggressive oil politics could bring China and India into conflict with Western, Japanese and other regional interests.
Manila's Urban Planning Disaster
'To just right things would probably take a generation using all the government clout and political will available.'
Planners, Architects Help WIth Tsunami Reconstruction
Architects, planners, and environmentalists assista a community to recover from the devastating impact of the Asian tsunami.
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.
Caltrans
Smith Gee Studio
Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS)
City of Grandview
Harvard GSD Executive Education
Toledo-Lucas County Plan Commissions
Salt Lake City
NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service
