Housing
Fear Factor: War And Real Estate
What is the impact of the Iraq War on U.S. real estate?
Suburbia: An Endangered Species?
James Howard Kunstler discusses suburbia as an endangered species in the light of oil peak and human social needs. [Link corrected.]
The Edgeless City
The Miami region epitomizes America's newest metropolitan form, the 'edgeless city.'
The Largest Development In L.A. County's History
Los Angeles County edges closer to approval of the largest development in the county's history.
Creating Vibrant Neighborhood Centers
Reinventing the urban commercial strip - Fort Worth style.
Shanghai Slides Toward Sprawl
With skyrocketing property values and a population twice the size of New York, Shanghai is on the verge of becoming a sprawling mess.
Current Trends In Downtown Revitalization
A review of several downtown revitalization strategies.
Building A Student Village For 6,000
Need a pizza or cell phone? This new student development will have it all -- including a gondola ride to campus.
Edgeless Cities
A new book probes America's newest metropolitan form by examining the growth and spatial structure of office development in 13 large U.S. markets.
Ten Most Enlightened Suburbs
The Utne Reader offers their list of the ten most 'enlightened' suburbs across the U.S.
World's Most Expensive Office Space
London, Tokyo and Paris beat out New York as the priciest places to lease office space.
U.S. Housing Boom Slowing
The Economist's house-price indices suggest that the U.S. housing boom may be slowing down even as housing markets in some other nations are growing.
Hot Real Estate Markets Are Driving Sprawl
Irrational housing prices are forcing middle class residents out of the city.
Dozens Of Miami Schools Accepted With Flaws
Dozens of schools were accepted with flaws, risks; The school district paid millions to the contractors and architects who turned in shoddy work.
Tearing Down Community Opposition To Teardowns
Builder donates profits on teardown project to homeless charity.
A New Era For Affordable Housing
Competition for tax credits and incentives are turning yesterday's gray, boxy apartment into eye-catching mixed-use facilities.
Cendant Corp. Is Running Scared
The nation's largest real estate franchise, is calling for the National Association of Realtors policing real estate listings on the Internet.
College Towns Act To Discourage Student Slums
Local governments try to make college student be better neighbors in residential neighborhoods.
Don't Abandon HOPE
New Urbanists make a plea for saving HOPE -- a program for converting failed public housing projects to mixed-income developments.
Can Houston Be Retrofit?
Houston has never made small plans. Now the city is developing an ambitious plan to retrofit a city that has been shaped by sprawl.
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.
Ada County Highway District
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
