The Daily Source of Urban Planning News
Anaheim, Garden Grove Duel Over Hotels
Anaheim has been slow to react to a Disney expansion, but neighboring Garden Grove has moved quickly to meet the need for new hotels.
Defining Sustainability
Is there a problem with sustainability? Why we are facing a need to change on a planetary scale, and what we must do to survive.
Rents Soar in Silicon Valley
Up to 40 percent increase in apartment rents hits the Silicon Valley.
Fresno's Parking Lot Boom
Fresno County has 443,000 licensed drivers -- and almost as many parking spaces. Is it time to change zoning codes?
California Cities Helen Putnam Award Winners
This prestigious award program recognizes cities' outstanding achievements and innovations.
The New Urban Demographics
The familiar distinctions between central cities and suburbs are being complicated by new demographic trends which will have important effects on urban America.
The Three Laws of Growth
Demographic data support the three Laws of Growth, which are helpful in understanding the character of rapid suburbanization and successful policy responses.
Impacts of Supportive Housing
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has conducted an analysis of the impacts of supportive housing programs on neighborhood property values and crime rates.
Santa Clara Property Value Up 9.74%
Assessed value of all real property in Santa Clara County, CA, grew 9.74 percentlast year.
Headwaters Environmentalists Get Extension
Judge gives environmental groups more time to get fundsto prevent logging in California's "Headwaters" case.
Beach City Toxic Dump Cleanup Unlikely
Huntington Beach's toxic dumpsite may be one of California's mostdangerous.
Cities and the Telecommunications Revolution
The stakes for cities is significant -- fiber optic cables run under city streets -- and could change the face and social fabric of local communities.
Waste Not, Want Not
The Arcada, California water filtration facility is a miracle of wastemanagement.
Golden Gate's New Electronic Toll System
The new system promises to speed up traffic by automatically deducting tolls from prepaid accounts. Now if only people would use the system...
Planners Tour SeaWorld
Members of the San Diego Planning Commission tour San Diego's SeaWorld to investigate proposedrides.
Fighting Beach Bacteria with Sand
Puzzled by fluctuating bacteria levels at Huntington Beach, CA, officials have come up with a plan.
Cisco Negotiates Campus Plan
Cisco Systems is negotiating with conservation groups over its plan for a 20,000 worker campus in California's pristine Coyote valley.
A New Airport for Las Vegas
Senate approves a bill to allow construction of a new airport in the Mojave Desert outside of Las Vegas.
Norco Ridge Ok'd
Norco Planning Commission recommends subdivision of the 978-acre site in Norco Hills into 588 residential lots.
How Green is Our Valley?
Technology and transformation are happening along the Ventura Freeway Corridor.
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
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.
