Nevada

Sierra Nevada Drought

Why More than 100 Million Trees Have Died in the Sierra Nevada

Though the drought is ending in much of California, it's too late for the million's of trees that have died due to the ravages of recent water shortages.

February 2, 2017 - The Los Angeles Times

Fremont Street

Las Vegas Tests the Country's First Autonomous Shuttle

The city hopes to alleviate traffic in a popular corner of Downtown Las Vegas with an electric, self-driving shuttle fleet.

January 23, 2017 - Las Vegas Sun

Downtown Project

Five Years Later: Zappos Founder's Downtown Las Vegas Project

Tony Hsieh laid out a grand ambition two create a more dynamic downtown in Las Vegas that would change cities all over the world. Now, after a series of setbacks and with dwindling funds, that vision seems unlikely to be realized.

January 11, 2017 - Quartz

Delivery Drone

Slurpees By Air: Drone Delivery Takes Off in Reno

77 successful drone deliveries were made in the month of November from one 7-Eleven store in Reno, Nevada to customers in the city.

January 4, 2017 - Reno Gazette-Journal

Bears Ears National Monument

Obama Designates Two New National Monuments

Before this week, President Obama added more acreage to national monuments than any previous president. The final 1.35 million acres, designated this week, are a controversial final flourish.

December 29, 2016 - The Washington Post

One of the Most Important Energy Measure on the Ballot on Tuesday

While billed as an "anti-fracking initiative," Measure Z in Monterey County, the 4th-largest oil-producing county in California, does far more. It bans new oil drilling and requires the cleaning of wastewater from current drilling operations.

November 6, 2016 - KSBW

RTC Bike Share Shows Las Vegas' Bike-Friendly Side

An intrepid reporter took a tour of the new RTC Bike Share system in Las Vegas—along the way illustrating the bike-friendly realities of Sin City.

October 30, 2016 - Las Vegas Review-Journal

Reno, Throwing Away Benches to be 'Business Friendly'

Reno's blight initiative drew criticism when it removed 68 benches from a park it was renovating.

October 18, 2016 - NBC News - Reno Nevada

Solar Power

Las Vegas Solar Arrays and the Future of Power Utilities

Casinos are energy intensive and often located in areas with specific resource constraints and surpluses (i.e., Las Vegas), thus they offer a perfect case study for the future of solar energy.

October 9, 2016 - CityLab

Las Vegas, Nevada

West Las Vegas Attempts to Balance Revitalization and Gentrification

As Las Vegas focuses attention on the city's West Las Vegas neighborhood, residents worry about possible displacement.

September 2, 2016 - Landscape Architecture Magazine

Burning Man

Designing the Black Rock City of Burning Man's Dreams

An unofficial, international competition for the Black Rock City master plan applies the imagination inherent to its setting.

September 1, 2016 - Black Rock City Ministry of Urban Planning

Elon Musk Gigafactory

Inside Tesla's $5 Billion, 5.8-Million-Square-Foot Gigafactory

The scale of Tesla's vision for the Gigafactory, already under construction in Storey County, Nevada, is unparalleled.

August 27, 2016 - Architizer

Preserving Las Vegas' Midcentury Residential Neighborhoods

In a region infamous for blowing everything up and starting over again, a growing constituency is interested in preserving the residential neighborhoods of yesteryear.

August 22, 2016 - Las Vegas Sun

Fly Geyser

Burning Man Buys 3,800 Acres in Northwest Nevada

Let the year-round party commence.

August 12, 2016 - The Architect's Newspaper

Reimagining LA

Study: Bureaucracy Restricts Housing Supply

A recent study by Trulia concentrates on elasticity (i.e., the rate at which housing stock grows, relative to demand), and arrives at the conclusion that bureaucracy, not regulation, is responsible for rising housing prices.

July 21, 2016 - Trulia

Lake Powell

Is Glen Canyon Dam Obsolete?

As climate changes in the Rockies and the southwest, Lake Powell is gradually shrinking. The debate over Glen Canyon Dam is on again, and this time environmentalists aren't the only ones against it.

June 23, 2016 - Pacific Standard

Downtown Las Vegas

Las Vegas to Consider New 30-Year Downtown Master Plan

The Las Vegas City Council will consider a new Downtown Las Vegas Master Plan this week.

June 13, 2016 - KSNV

Clear-Sky Flood

Welcome to a Changed Climate: It Even Floods When it's Sunny

A new report by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration documents the increasing frequency of nuisance floods and "clear-sky flooding."

June 11, 2016 - USA Today

China Railway Drops Out of L.A. to Las Vegas High-Speed Rail Project

China Railway, which had agreed to put up $100 million for XpressWest to build a 230-mile, 190 mph train from Victorville, Calif. to Las Vegas last September, withdrew from their agreement, primarily due to the inability to use their own trains.

June 10, 2016 - Los Angeles Times

Las Vegas Strip At Night

Plans to Create a Community of Start-Ups in Las Vegas Hits Speed Bumps

The Downtown Project was envisioned as a five-year plan to develop a hub of start-ups, small businesses, and cultural attractions in Downtown Las Vegas, but things haven't gone according to schedule.

May 24, 2016 - Quartz

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.

Top Books

An annual review of books related to planning.

Top Schools

The definitive ranking of graduate planning programs.

100 Most Influential Urbanists

The who's who of urbanism, according to Planetizen readers.

Urban Planning Creators You Should Know

A short list of voices on social, video, and podcasting platforms.