Education & Careers
Boise a Case Study for the High-Tech Economy
Idaho policymakers must make necessary investments and attract talent to succeed, according to a new report.
100 Best Cities For Jobs
Salt Lake City, Utah, has been ranked as the best city for jobs in 2008 by Forbes magazine.
New Zealand's Planner Shortage
Young people in New Zealand aren't taking up careers in planning, which is causing problems for many cities, and has developers upset about slow processing times.
Abu Dhabi's Investments In Cultural Development
This article form City Journal looks at the rapidly rising city of Abu Dhabi and its focus on human development.
Leave Planning To Planners
In this column, APA Executive Director Paul Farmer expounds on the other professions that are inappropriately making planning decisions, and discusses how New Urbanists are close to repeating the mistakes of other modernist movements.
Report Examines Flow of Jobs and Workers
This report from The Brookings Institution examined census data for the largest 150 municipalities in the U.S. to determine if and how jobs follow rising populations of workers, and what cities can do to increase access to jobs and workers.
Revival Through the Arts
As the population continues to drop in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, many in the city are looking to the arts as a way to revive and rebuild the community.
What Does An Urban Planner Do?
This follow-up article from U.S. News and World Report gives a basic rundown of what an urban planner does on a typical day at work.
What Is An Urban Planner?
This "executive summary" from U.S. News and World Report describes what it means to be an urban planner -- named one of the 31 best careers.
Workplace Childcare Edges Into Canada
Integrating childcare facilities with the workplace is experiencing a slow but steady start in Canada, where some activists are trying to convince employers of the real economic benefits of bringing the kids to work.
Four Options For Ranking Urban Planning Programs
UCLA urban planning professor Randall Crane offers his observations on the four options that planning schools have for helping applicants decide to which schools they should apply and attend.
College's Makeover Of Downtown Leaves Residents Sour
A $40 million gift from a wealthy alumna helped Wells College transform the small town of Aurora, New York into a postcard perfect setting. But while enrollment is up, residents say the change hasn't been good for them.
Changing Tides In Chinese Planning
Metropolis Magazine talks with Chinese architect and planner Huasheng Sun about how the two fields have changed as the country transitioned from communism to a more capitalist society.
A Young Man Survives His First Planning Conference
CP&DR's Aaron Engstrom's offers his irreverent take on his very first APA conference.
Green School Designs Struggle For Acceptance
The emerging focus on sustainable design has moved into the realm of education, with architects and designers looking at the best ways to create green schools. But while the idea is popular, its implementation is meeting resistance.
Planning Skakeup In Salt Lake City
Responding to pressure from neighborhood residents and a poor grade from a government audit, the city's planning department will be reorganized to ensure proper procedures are followed.
Schools To Be Built Near Freeways Despite Health Threat
Recent studies have shown that locating homes and schools near freeways increases the rate of asthma and other diseases in children, but the Los Angeles Unified School District has plans for 7 more school within 500 feet of freeways.
Assembly-Line Schools Cater To Growth
Fast-paced growth in Loudoun County, Virginia, has created the need for more schools. In the past 11 years 37 have been built, boasting the precision and efficiency of an assembly line. But is faster better?
Short-Changing America's Youth
Columnist William Blackburn laments school trailers and their effect on the psyche of America's youth.
The Arrogance Of Architects
An exploration of the architectural ego, the reasons for its existence, and whether it could be any other way.
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.
Economic & Planning Systems, Inc.
UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies
Mpact (formerly Rail~Volution)
Chaddick Institute at DePaul University
City of Piedmont, CA
Great Falls Development Authority, Inc.
HUDs Office of Policy Development and Research
