Barney Frank’s impending exit from Congress is a milestone not just for him, but also for the remarkable set of civic leaders who came of…
A Review of “Grotton Revisited…Planning in Crisis?â€
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I strongly doubt that President Obama has a secret agenda to increase American oil consumption, but anyone who looks at his highway-heavy…
In 1941, the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor ended American isolationism and brought our country into a global war that resulted in a…
Crime, congestion and pollution mar all cities, from Los Angeles to Mumbai. But another force trumps the drawbacks of urban living: cities…
Technological changes and improved electronic communications seem, paradoxically, to be making cities more, rather than less, important.…
Mumbai's Dharavi slum is the most entrepreneurial place I've ever been. In one dark room--open to the street--there are two men recycling…
One approach to urban areas emphasizes the existence of certain immutable relationships, such as Zipf’s or Gibrat’s Law. An alternative…
America is an urban nation. More than two thirds of us live on the 3 percent of land that contains our cities. Yet cities get a bad rap:…