Market trends favor NU
As national real estate sales slow, demographic and preference trends make smart growth and New Urbanism a good bet.
Commentary: Foreclosures a sign of deeper troubles for sprawl
Foreclosures appear to be highest where suburban sprawl is rampant and large-lot houses are dangerously oversupplied.
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Charter Awards focus on Katrina recovery, infill
Winners of the 2007 Charter Awards, including four designs promoting Gulf-Coast recovery.
Public benefit of new urban community questioned
Redevelopment of Naval center in San Diego is successful as a walkable neighborhood but a media report shows it generates no anticipated profits for the city. Developer cites increased tax revenues.
Study of TNDs' impact on values raises eyebrows
There are several reasons to question the conclusions of a study published in the winter issue of the Journal of the American Planning Association, which tried to determine the effect exerted by three different kinds of developments on housing values in low-income areas of Chicago.
Bringing the school to the sidewalk
The Walker Creek Elementary School helps define an important corner in what will be a mixed-use town center in a North Richland Hills, Texas TND.
A sanctuary with schools and nature
Mt Laurel, a new development in the fastest growing county in Alabama, offers something different from most new communities in the South.
Mashpee Commons grows, Cape Cod sprawls
As Cape Cod's population increases, existing zoning thwarts plans for mixed-use, mixed-income, higher density development. But by using unusual procedures, developers Buff Chace and Douglas Storrs are being welcomed to break new ground. |
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