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Invisible City: Poverty, Housing, and New Urbanism
Author John I. Gilderbloom draws on case studies in Houston, Louisville, and New Orleans and analyzes census information as well as policy reports in Invisible City, a book that outlines how housing can be remade with a progressive vision.
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Walkable Urbanism Series
The Brookings Institution's Walkable Urbanism topic offers views from around the country on creating pedestrian-friendly communities, and how the desire for more walkable urban spaces is changing the housing market in America's cities as people seek alternatives to driving.
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Green Communities 2008 Action Plan
The Iowa Department of Economic Development has published its Green Communities 2008 Action Plan, a set of services and initiatives that encourage community sustainability.
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Michigan NOW Radio Archives
Michigan NOW explores Michigan through the stories of the state's people, in their own words, through radio journalism. The website offers archives of past stories and content is available in both streaming audio and text formats.
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Local Farms, Healthy Kids
Local Farms -- Healthy Kids is legislation passed by Washington State (HB 2798/SB 6483) that establishes it as a national leader in promoting local food policy. Governor Gregoire signed Local Farms -- Healthy Kids into law on March 27, 2008.
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PLACEmaking Guidebook
PLACEmaking, published annually in England by RUDI Ltd. (Resource for Urban Design Information) with the Academy of Urbanism, is a guidebook that presents a series of contemporary place-making examples and identifies key issues for designers, planners, and developers alike.
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Braking News: Gas Consumption Goes Into Reverse
According to a new report by Seattle-based Sightline Institute, residents of Washington, Oregon, and Idaho have cut back on per capita gasoline consumption by 11 percent from 1999 to 2007, or nearly a gallon a week on average. During that time, weekly gas sales in the Northwest states declined from 8.7 gallons per person to 7.8 gallons.
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Regional Comprehensive Plan: Charting a Course for Southern California's Future
The Regional Comprehensive Plan (RCP) is a problem-solving guidance document that responds to what the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) has learned about the region's challenges through the annual State of the Region report card. Through extensive outreach and input from the RCP Task Force, SCAG's policy committees, subregions, local governments and other key stakeholders, the RCP is a collaborative effort to address our region's challenges and set a path forward.
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Award Winning Green Roof Designs
Award Winning Green Roof Designs from author Steven W. Peck includes more than 100 informative photos of the green roofs technology that is quickly becoming a fundamental element of the emerging practice of living architecture.
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Climate Change and Older Adults
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has developed a web page on Climate Change and Older Adults that provides an overview of world climate change and how it may affect portions of the population.
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International Making Cities Livable Image Sets
Image Sets from International Making Cities Livable (IMCL) are groups of photos that illustrate essential features of livable cities, selected from the IMCL Council’s extensive image library.
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Climate, Energy and Transport
Climate protection is one of the four key goals of the World Resources Institute (WRI), and the Climate, Energy and Transport section of its website deals with the topic of climate change on a global scale.
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Complete the Streets Newsletter
The April 2008 Complete the Streets newsletter provides a roundup of news related to complete streets policies --- policies to ensure that the entire right of way is routinely designed and operated to enable safe access for all users.
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Untangling the Web of Urban Development -- Conference Presentations
Georgia State University's Center for the Comparative Study of Metropolitan Growth has posted audio podcasts, presentations, and photos from the February 29, 2008, Urban Development Conference on its website.
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Climate Change Solutions
The David Suzuki Foundation offers a Solutions page to the Global Warming section of its website -- policy and practice changes that can be made to minimize greenhouse gas emissions.
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Healthy Communities and Environmental Justice
The Conservation Law Foundation's (CLF's) Healthy Communities and Environmental Justice Program works to ensure that New England's communities are vibrant and healthy places for people of all ages, regardless of race, ethnicity, or economic status, today and in future generations.
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Healthy Transportation Network
The Healthy Transportation Network website provides walking and bicycling safety information -- doing it safely, for everyday transportation, and in supportive environments.
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Atlanta's Fifty Forward Initiative
The Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC) has launched an ambitious initiative, called "Fifty Forward: Metro Atlanta Futures Forum," to explore possible future scenarios for metro Atlanta and forge an action plan to ensure future livability, prosperity and sustainability.
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Earth Day TV
Earth Day TV is providing streaming video and topical programming for environmental awareness. Look for feeds and live events in the program guide.
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Sustainability Toolkit: How to Maintain Your Community Improvements
The Center for Civic Partnerships has created a Sustainability Toolkit that outlines ten steps to maintaining your community improvements. Discover how to sustain the improvements you've made in your community's health and/or quality of life. This toolkit takes you through a 10-step process for determining which efforts should be maintained and deciding how to successfully continue them.
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