The Daily Source of Urban Planning News
Sprawl Vs. High-Density Housing
A survey shows that overcrowding in San Francisco has made residents more open to innovative housing concepts.
New Fenway Park Hits Roadblocks
After an acrimonious hearing, a proposed $600 million new Fenway Park in Boston looks unlikely.
Does Smart Growth Fit Digital Places?
Today's digital environments are fast, urban, tribal, universal, radical and ethical. And smart growth fits into this model.
Preventing Crime With Design
A good building or community design can dramatically reduce the possibility of crime. Detroit offers several examples.
Jane Jacobs Still Shaping Cities
CNN features an in-depth discussion of the impact Jane Jacobs' books have had on the debate about urban sprawl.
Seattle's Homeless Tent City
Seattle has vowed to close Tent City; residents say they won't leave.
Dual-purpose Depots
Chicago's oldest suburbs face an "unprecedented train-station building boom."
Regional Summit on Traffic Congestion, Land Use
Official from Franklin County as well as surrounding counties will meet to discuss regional growth, traffic congestion and land use problems.
City Seeking To Lure Builders
Housing developers are shunning Philadelphia; here's what the city needs to do to bring them back.
CRA Mishandled 7 Real Estate Deals
An audit discovered that the Los Angeles Community Redevelopment Agency paid $1.57 million more than appraisals for land.
New Urbanism: A Better Suburbia?
Is New Urbanism--a reaction to featureless sprawl--the "cure for suburbia's ills?"
Support For New Guggenheim
City will donate land and money for the proposed new Guggenheim museum in lower Manhattan expected to cost $678 million and to be designed by Frank O. Gehry.
Appalachia's War: Poorest Struggle Back
First part of a three-part series about the rebirth of Appalachia.
Appalachia: The Region's Status
Appalachia is 200,000-square-mile region that spans 13 states and is home to 22 million people.
An Ocean Of Renewable Energy
World's first commercial power station that generates electricity from ocean waves has been connected to Britain's national grid.
No Hothouse Deal
The failure of the U.N. climate talks at The Hague to reach a consensus on global warming makes further international action on global warming unlikely and may also worsen the problems the talks were intended to tackle.
Saving History
The Los Angeles Conservancy's Modern Committee fights to save 1950s "Googie" architecture scorned by traditionalists.
Waste Waterworld
The "Ewww!" factor and the $600 million Groundwater Replenishment System project to turn sewage into drinking water.
Utah Monument Leaves Residents Bitter
New tourist monuments don't always have the desired effect. In Utah, the new monument resulted in lost jobs.
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.
