The Connected City
The Connected City explores how thinking about networks helps make sense of modern cities: what they are, how they work, and where they are headed. Cities and urban life can be examined as networks. At one extreme, micro-urban networks focus on the netw… more »
Becoming What We Can Be: Stories of Community Development in Washington, DC
Like many cities whose central neighborhoods were once written off as lost causes, Washington, DC, has seen astonishing recovery and new vitality in places that had long been devastated by riots and capital flight. This new book tells the story of how p… more »
Livability Literature Review: A Synthesis of Current Practice
This comprehensive report by the National Association of Regional Councils (NARC) describes how livability is understood, provides examples of livable communities in practice, and adds clarity to several concepts. This new report will help local governm… more »
Asset-Based Economic Development/Building Sustainable Rural Communities
This series of three ICMA briefing papers showcase how small communities are tackling sustainability and smart growth through asset-based economic development. The first paper defines asset-based economic development and provides several case studies on… more »
Investment Ready Places: A Guide to Community Building in the New American Frontier
Investment Ready Places are mid-sized towns that are well positioned to respond to retooling. These communities have unique factors, including a demand for mixed-use environments that have transportation options and the need for housing that accommodate… more »
Rural Sprawl in Metropolitan Portland
The greater metro Portland area straddles Oregon and Washington, offering an intriguing natural experiment for gauging the effects of different growth management laws. This report examines trends in Portland-area development using census data from the l… more »
Urban Street Design Guidebook
Produced by the National Organization of City Transportation Officials, this new guide to urban street design is an accessible introduction to the fundamentals of new ideas in urban planning.
For more information: http://americancity.org/daily/entry/a-… more »
Losing Ground: The Struggle of Moderate-Income Households to Afford the Rising Costs of Housing and Transportation
This new report from the Center for Neighborhood Technology finds that for the average family in the 25 largest U.S. metro areas, any income gains made in the last decade have been erased by the skyrocketing cost burden of housing and transportation com… more »
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