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Smart Growth: A Measure Of Sustainability?
As perhaps the most hands on manifestation of sustainability, the green building movement is exploding.
ASLA Announces 2004 Student Awards
The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) has announced the recipients of its 2004 Student Awards.
Does Voluntary Environmentalism Work?
The premise of voluntary environmentalism is that firms become more environmentally enthusiastic when their adoption of regulatory policies comes willingly.
How Sprawl Has Changed Lifestyles
Sprawling suburbs have changed the lifestyle of Americans.
The Car Of The Future Uses Telematics
The Economist examines the car of the future and the implications for transit and travel.
Underground New York
Nowadays, smart growth advocates promote transit to steer growth toward the center city and way from the periphery. But the nation's largest heavy rail system was designed to do just the opposite.
Building Security And Terrorists
Building plans -- including 3-D models and structural evaluations -- are available on the Internet. What are the security implications?
The Maul Of America
A "city within a city" it's not.
The Power Of Land Use And Transportation
The federal government can play a transformative rather than divisive role if it becomes a better partner in land use, housing -- and especially transportation, writes Congressman Earl Blumenauer (OR-3) in this week's Planetizen Op-Ed.
Mini-City Rises On Atlanta Brownfield
Muli-billion-dollar development on prime Atlanta real estate is set to open in stages over the next two decades.
Beset By New Haven's Ills, Yale Revitalizes City
Local officials and the university have successfully bridged the once-traditional 'town-gown' divide.
Online Smart Growth Campaign, Video, And FAQ
Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments launches a website to educate residents about smart growth. It includes a video and list of frequently asked questions about smart growth.
Most Heavily Taxed States
A new study by the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation reports that New York tops the nation in its tax burden.
Utah Wilderness Area Sale Will Yield A Few Weeks' Worth Of Oil
The Bureau of Land Management has auctioned off nearly nearly 40,000 acres of legislatively proposed wilderness in Utah to oil interests -- although studies show the resulting oil would serve the country's needs only for a few weeks.
Economic Development At What Cost?
Amid reports of lung damage in children and cancer-causing chemicals, should the West Coast's largest port be allowed to expand?
Seattle's Fifteen Shortcomings
What Seattle lacks and how it compares with other cities.
The Broker Poet
Los Angeles Commercial real estate broker Ed Rosenthal has gained notice for his unorthodox marketing medium: poetry.
Architecture's Seven Fallacies
Correcting the "Seven Fallacies of Architectural Culture" can save urbanism says, Douglas Kelbaugh FAIA, Dean A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Michigan.
The Creative Class Vs. Sewer Socialism
Cities need a back-to-basics strategy, writes Joel Kotkin. Strategies that cater to the creative class are not going to revitalize cities.
Heads On Parade
Ceramic heads guard the roofline of an historic apartment building off of Kansas City's Country Club Plaza shopping district, but the city's Landmarks Commission now says the heavy heads must come down.
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
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.
