Environment
Land Conservation Builds Community
Peter Forbes of the Trust for Public Land offers an essay about how land conservation can change a community.
Green Burial Alternatives
Business offer eco-friendly burial alternatives including memorial trees, nature preservers, and artificial reefs.
Maine Town Rebuilds Demolished Downtown
Corinna, Maine, a mill town undergoing a $45 million toxic waste cleanup, is planning to rebuild itself but turning into a quaint New England village."
Wetlands Development Lawsuit Settled
Environmental groups and the U. S. Army Corps Of Engineers have settled a lawsuit over building on wetlands in Viriginia. Can the agreement control sprawl?
EPA To Relax Coal Power Plant Rules
New EPA rules will offer incentives for voluntary reductions in toxic emissions.
Recommendation To Ban Billboards In L.A.
The Planning Commission has recommended to the L.A. City Council that all new billboards be banned.
Saving Florida's Everglades
A brief history of how Florida's Everglades were damaged for decades and a look at the massive government project to save them.
EPA Chief's Growing Influence
EPA chief Christie Whitman, considered to be ineffective a year ago, is beginning to assert her influence with the Bush admninistration.
Michigan's Failure To Wetlands
Is the state of Michigan allowing too much development on wetlands?
A Healthy Urban River
The Rogue River is healthy and full of fish -- and stretches right through several urban areas.
'Killer Algae' Spreads In So. California Lagoon
Scientists try to beat the clock by eradicating the invasive seaweed in the Lagoon before it spreads to the Pacific Ocean.
Superfund At A Crossroads
Superfund cleanup funds are likey to expire in 2004, and Congress has resisted efforts to refund it.
Ten Most Endangered Places In California
A new report focuses on the detrimental effects of urban sprawl, logging and energy exploration on California's wilderness.
Study Links Polluted Urban Areas With Lung Cancer
A new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association finds that long-term exposure to air pollution in metropolitan areas significantly raises the risk of dying from lung cancer.
A Race To Beat Extinction
National Geographic chronicles the tale of scientists trying to save the remaining 50 obscure Attwater prairie-chickens in Texas.
Is Environmental Catastrophe Imminent?
An unnoticed report by the respected US National Academy of Sciences suggests that environmental warming could have a catastrophic impact.
New York's Trash System Is In Trouble
To bring New York's troubled garbage system under control, the city's mayor faces tough choices.
California Environmental Scorecard
The California League of Conservation Voters publishes its overview of environmental legislation for the past year.
California's Obsolete Computers Pollute Asia
An estimated 50 to 80 percent of all electronic waste "recycled" in the U.S. ends up in Asia.
U.S. Exporting E-Waste To Third World
A report titled "Exporting Harm: The High-Tech Trashing of Asia" says the export of electronic waste to third world countries is a "cyber-age nightmare" and is responsible for environmental damage.
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
