Exclusives
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Preserving the American Dream By Cost Not Coercion
Freedom of choice in housing, transportation, and lifestyle should be controlled by monetary costs, not inefficient and coercive land use policies.
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London's Big Gamble
How is Central London faring under its new and controversial congestion pricing scheme?
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Behind Enemy Lines at the Anti-Smart Growth Conference
Tips for smart growthers on how to stand your ground against the fine-tuned rhetoric of conservatives and libertarians.
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Smart Growth 2.0
At the 2nd Annual New Partners for Smart Growth Conference, participants discussed how to position smart growth for widespread adoption.
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Top Ten Planning Issues Of 2002
PLANetizen editors outline the top 10 planning issues from 2002 -- from the best places to live to understanding the impact of 9/11 on our cities.
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Myths To Live By: The Jobs-Housing Balance
Is it rational to try to improve the jobs-housing balance in urban areas or should people, not plans, decide where people live and work?
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The Golden Mean
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Deconstructing The Decons: The World Trade Center Project Spotlights The Empire's Newest Clothes
Last month's World Trade Center reconstruction proposals reveal that the architecture profession's avant-garde is hopelessly mired in a failed past.
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New Urbanists, Perplexed, Respond To Mr. Carson
"Reports of our death are greatly exaggerated." Architects, planners and consulting professionals respond to recent claims of New Urbanism's extinction.
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Saintly or Sanctimonious? A Candid Critique Of WTC Reconstruction Proposals
The latest round of World Trade Center reconstruction designs heighten fear and anxiety.
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Assistant Professors: How to Survive
Scholastic obligations, opportunities and pitfalls: Dos and don'ts for the tenure-aspiring academician.
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Conventional Rail vs. 'Gadgetbahnen'
Do "innovative" transportation solutions such as MAGLEV monorail and personal rapid transit offer greater utility than conventional steel wheel and rail technology? Or are they simply clunky and expensive alternatives?
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Smart Technologies Versus Heroic Choices
Can sustainable development be achieved via a technology-oriented or human behavior-oriented path? Or should we be seeking a more integrated solution?
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The Smart Growth Debate: A Prisoner's Dilemma
Who wins and who loses after selfish development decisions are tallied?
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The Art of Planning and Politics
Most planners disdain playing politics. Yet political astuteness was, and continues to be, a predominant characteristic of the field's pioneers and a prerequisite for achieving change.
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Survey of Planning Board Members Enlightening
A questionnaire administered by the Planning Commissioners Journal yields fascinating results concerning the diversity, occupational backgrounds, and selection processes of various planning boards and planning board members nationwide.
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The Mansionization of Downtowns
When it comes to civic gathering places, bigger and newer aren’t always better. A look at L.A.’s disconnected cathedrals, concert halls, museums and malls.
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Smart Growth and its Discontents
Urban legends, edgeless cities, monster homes and other phenomena complicate the perception, application, and inclusion of Smart Growth.
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A Missed Learning Opportunity
The architectural implications of the September 11, 2001 tragedy; Have planners and architects overlooked the moral lesson to practice humane urban design?
Placer County
City of Morganton
HUD's Office of Policy Development and Research
Dongguan Binhaiwan Bay Area Management Committee
City of Waukesha, WI
Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Indiana Borough
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.
