Community / Economic Development
Blade Runner Goes Back to the Future
Los Angeles appears in Blade Runner 2049 in name only. But the film still provides an arresting vision of a high-density future and is a reminder of the eternal ambiguity that surrounds Los Angeles.
How People Talk About Blight and Vacancies
The kinds of words and arguments people use to describe blight, foreclosure, and eviction reveals a lot of society's biases.
Is Miami's Brickell City Centre the Mall of the Future?
Miami's Brickell City Centre represents the evolution of the shopping mall as a mixed-use social gathering place.
Obesity Tied to Suburban Life
London-based study ties obesity to sprawl and finds that suburbs have a bigger obesity problem than rural areas.
Ranking the Safest Cities in the World—Tokyo Leads the List
The Economist's Intelligence Unit has released its 2017 Safe Cities Index.
Obama's Presidential Center Raises Displacement Concerns
As the former president seeks to distinguish the Obama Presidential Center from for-profit development, many locals still want to see a binding community benefits agreement.
Boston Plans Park Network for Resilience and Revitalization
The city hopes to accelerate development and mitigate flood risk along the industrial Fort Point Channel with a string of new parks.
Startup Allows People To Invest In Affordable Housing
New tool empowers neighbors to invest in their forgotten neighborhoods, and create wealth while doing so.
Nine Charts That Explain Wealth Inequality
Any way you slice it: the rich get richer, and the poor get poorer.
Another Philadelphia Developer Tries to Rebrand a Whole Neighborhood
It turns out that locals don't like self-interested, unilateral decisions that erase the place names of the past.
Adaptive Brew-Use
The Associated Press explores the trend of churches rebuilt as breweries.
Columbus Leads the 'Hottest Hipster Markets' in the U.S.
A list to probably take with a grain of salt…artisanal salt served by a man with a perfectly waxed handlebar mustache.
Washington's Not-So-Green Marijuana Industry
After Washington legalized marijuana in 2012, an indoor cultivation industry has grown to a sizable presence in the state's environmental footprint.
San Francisco Sets Five-Year Plan to Drastically Reduce Homelessness
A new plan in San Francisco aims to reduce the city's chronically homeless population 50 percent by December 2022. Other goals include ending family homelessness and eliminating large, long-term tent encampments.
Craft Beer and Small Towns—A Perfect Pairing
NPR has identified a cultural phenomenon in rural America: craft beer is economic development—and a draw for young people.
450,000 People Live in Food Deserts in the Cleveland Area
A new map reveals the scale of the food desert challenge in Cleveland and environs.
Study Touts the Public Health Benefits of Dense, Urban Living
A study of British cities find people living in dense urban cores are less likely to struggle with obesity and more likely to exercise—signs of higher quality of life—than their counterparts in suburban environments.
What's Behind the Removal of Public-Private Partnerships from Trump's Infrastructure Plan?
Partnering with the private sector carries risks. Witness the mess that followed the selection of a private firm to build an interstate in Indiana in 2014 that Vice President Mike Pence should have prevented in his prior position as governor.
Whole Foods and Amazon: Lessons from Walmart
The question of whether Amazon's ownership of Whole Foods will make opportunities, or take them away, is still up for debate.
High Speed Rail Transforming California's Housing, TOD Conversation
The California Legislature took steps to address the state's housing crisis this year, but housing activists might look to the Governor's High Speed Rail project to provide a link to affordable housing in the Central Valley.
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.
Heyer Gruel & Associates PA
Ada County Highway District
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
