• Curridabat Master Plan Curridabat suburban retrofit

    Curridabat Master Plan

    A Costa Rican City Adopts New Urbanism
    Developing countries are experiencing urbanization at a much faster rate than cities in North America, and funds for planning efforts are generally scarce. On the outskirts of the Costa Rican capital San José, however, in a town called Curridabat, Mayor Édgar Mora Altamirano and the local...Read more
  • CincinnatiFBC Cincinnati neighborhood framework

    Cincinnati Citywide Form-based Code

    A Landmark in Form-Based Coding
    Codes don’t happen in a void. Cincinnati Vice Mayor Roxanne Qualls and Planning Director Charles Graves put their weight behind the creation of a form-based code to inspire the revitalization of their urban neighborhoods. A Community Challenge Planning Grant from The Department of Housing and Urban...Read more
  • Luhe City Center Luhe proposed park

    Luhe City Center

    A Model for More Sustainable Growth in China
    No place on Earth is urbanizing more rapidly than China. In Luhe, one of the country’s new urban expansion areas, Nanjing Urban Planning Bureau proposed to expand the city by developing a 60-mile corridor for 4.5 million people. The plan would have consumed vital land along Luhe’s stretch of the...Read more
  • Plan El Paso El Paso plaza

    Plan El Paso

    Laying the Groundwork for a Healthier City and Region
    The City of El Paso grew up around rail and the streetcar but, like most American cities, it was remade for the automobile and sprawled far into the countryside in the 20th Century. Now, new developments are focused on people while the city is reoriented toward transit, walking, public places, and...Read more