DEVELOPMENT
Top 10 techniques for educating community leaders about placemaking
Extraordinary strides have been made in the advancement of placemaking over the past twenty-five years.
The unintended consequences of housing finance
Federal programs that were created in another era continue to pose barriers to financing mixed-use, compact, sustainable communities—despite lower risk.
A diverse new neighborhood in the city
A beloved amusement park closed in Denver, CO—luckily, Highlands Garden Village was built in its place.
Book Review: The Well-Tempered City
Rose's latest book "is an urgent call to re-evaluate the theory and practice of city-making"
Headlines: Surprising allies
Pinpointing suburban poverty, an argument for gentrification, when residents side with developers, and what 5,000 Americans think of urban design.
Headlines: Who benefits?
Making zoning fair again, a teen's view of gentrification, and New Urbanist communities springing up
Headlines: Design to adapt
How cities meet the challenges of water, a local fight against transit, and new places for new urbanism
Headlines: Urbanism's many shapes and sizes
Urbanism in small cities and suburbs, planning in a global context, and the stamp of retailers on the form of the city.
Headlines: Walking, Wealth and Health
Walking stimulates spending and reduces health risks. So why can't it take center stage in planning?