The impact of urbanism on day-to-day life may be the strongest argument for change.
Let the ride begin: An image shows how West Palm Beach is a different place three decades after a master plan and code.
Esmeralda Land Company has options on a former lumber mill in Cloverdale, with plans for an educational and cultural community.
A Necessary Response: The Climate Action Handbook for Urbanists is an impassioned and technically useful guide to taking action at the community level.
The Painted Babies show how well-designed micro-homes can make a statement at the right price.
Most of these cities are built on a grid, an important point, according to the CNU founder and internationally known planner.

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Name change from “Sunrise,” to "Daybreak"

The name has changed — from “Sunrise,” to “Daybreak” — but the plan for Kennecott Land’s new urban community on 4,300 acres of former mining land in...

A run-down alley is transformed with micro-shops

The conversion of an alley to utilitarian shopfronts is "dragging civilization westward a block" in downtown Ithaca, the developer says.

Recapping the Denver congress

CNU’s annual Congress proved to be just what urbanists in the hard-hit fields of planning and community design and development needed.

Transit struggle: Holding onto affordable housing

As rail and rapid bus service expands, rising prices along transit routes pose a threat to inexpensive housing.