Community / Economic Development
Hartford's Descent
With affluent suburbs and declining cities, can Hartford recover?
Trading Off Housing For 'Big-Box' Development
A former city manager and current real estate developer discusses the development trade-offs California cities face stemming from Prop. 13.
Poverty Among Plenty: Connecticut's Urban Failure
Amisdt the nation's wealthiest state, Hartford struggles as one of its worst cities.
The Tale Of Two Oakland Communities
The San Francisco Chronicle examines the challenges facing two communities in Oakland, CA as they try to improve.
Flood Protection For London's Development Areas Will Cost
The fight to stop the Thames flooding -- blamed on rising sea levels -- will cost London £4bn($6bn/E6.3bn).
Atlantic City Transforms Itself... Into Vegas
Faced with strong competition from other gambling venues, Atlantic City is embarking on a massive building boom. Welcome to Vegas East.
From Aging Town To 'Mini-SoHo'
Blight turns old industrial properties into just the right places for visual artists to gather and ignite energy.
Reinvigorating Rochester's 'La Avenida'
City works with community leaders to create vibrant multi-cultural mecca at the heart of Rochester's booming Latino community.
The Perfect Village That Keeps Failing
Westwood Village in West Los Angeles is adjacent to UCLA and the city's most affluent neighborhoods. Yet it can't seem to succeed. Why?
Detroit Stadiums Fail To Invigorate Local Economy
Despite intensive local and national marketing of Detroit's sports and entertainment district, economic pessimism overshadows the opening of the new Ford Field.
Phoenix Seeks Community Input To Develop Proposed Stadium Site
The City of Phoenix hopes to create a culturally mixed, active urban environment from oft vacant, but historic neighborhoods in onetime proposed stadium site.
Pining For A Downtown
Suburban areas without a traditional downtown seek to fill void.
Milwaukee Housing Authority Adopts New Urbanism
The transformed Lapham Park public housing project is an example of what good design based on New Urbanist principles can do.
Lower Manhattan Rebuilding Plans Expanded
Official say plans to rebuild the site of the World Trade Center have been expanded to all of downtown.
A Competitive Vision For Cities
What makes a city competitive? The people of Louisville and Jefferson County are asking that question as they prepare for the nation's largest consolidation in more than 20 years.
A Land Trust To Build Parks
A coalition will focus on using a land trust to create a string of small parts throughout Los Angeles in low-income areas.
Downtown Atlanta Swimming In Good News
$200 million state of the art aquarium to be built next to Centennial Olympic Park
Rejuvenating Alexandra
Johannesburg's Alexandra township, densely populated and economically depressed, is undergoing rejuvenation.
Study Finds Merit In 'Broken Windows' Policing
Targeting minor crimes in a community results in decreases in serious crime.
Reviving Downton: A Chicken-and-egg Problem
The closing of a neighborhood gas station illustrates the problems associated with people moving out of the downtown area, and with attempts to repopulate that area.
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.
Clanton & Associates, Inc.
Jessamine County Fiscal Court
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
