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.
Medium-height, medium-scale buildings, slightly larger than typical Missing Middle housing, are the backbone of great neighborhoods. We need to emphasize this scale more.
The towns along 30A in Walton County, Florida, have inspired many New Urbanist emulators, including Cinnamon Shore in Port Aransas, Texas. Cinnamon Shore is a series of walkable urban developments along State Highway 361 on Mustang Island and is not...
Amid a shift to a new website platform, CNU seeks to establish a comprehensive database of new urbanist developments to be used by academics, professionals, and students.
Features
Streets Five scenarios that make street transformation possible
Why street design has not kept pace with automotive safety improvements, and what you can do about it.
Transit, TOD Ten steps toward autonomous urbanism
Here's a playbook for municipal leaders and citizens on the road to smart city technology.
Better Cities & Towns Archive
A high-density mixed-use infill project began construction in
A high-density mixed-use infill project began construction in Traverse City, Michigan. The 3.2-acre Rivers Edge development rebuilds a brownfield...
Miami Township, Ohio, is planning to convert
Miami Township, Ohio, is planning to convert a mile-long economically depressed suburban commercial corridor to a town center with neighborhoods. The...
Lakewood, a 200-acre new urban, mixed-use community
Lakewood, a 200-acre new urban, mixed-use community in Athens, Georgia, was scheduled to break ground in June (see images below). The project, under...
Humstone directs Institute of Sustainable Communities
After seven years, Elizabeth Humstone has left the Vermont Forum on Sprawl to become director of US Initiatives for the Institute for Sustainable...
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