RECENT ARTICLES – 2017

Focusing on what connects people to community is one way to navigate the treacherous waters between gentrification and disinvestment.

Walkable places are vital to health and welfare—and contrary to perceptions, they also reduce household costs.

What if the Academic criticisms of New Urbanism are right? What if the idea of fabric and monument buildings is inadequate to build a city?

Each of us sees the city from a slightly different angle. By capturing the perceptions of city dwellers, decision makers will be better equipped to plan cities and respond to urban change.

CNU has a vital toolkit that Christian community workers badly need to provide solutions to the problems they face in cities and neighborhoods.

Please contribute to our effort and let us know about research and topics that are missing.

Park Van Ness has remarkable details—and opens up a view from a major thoroughfare to a major urban park.

A well-known new urban project has begun to reshape the relentless sprawl around it, but communities shouldn't wait for that to happen.

Harvey and Irma point out the need to think deeply about resilience to major storms in the era of climate change.

Plan NoBe in the North Beach neighborhood of Miami Beach sets the stage for higher construction standards to withstand sea-level rise—while strengthening defenses like sea walls, mangrove islands, and barrier beaches.

Citizens have a chance to go beyond business-as-usual to achieve a higher potential through recovery from the historic 2017 hurricane season.