Urban Planning

City planners will need to focus on equity and flexibility, while refusing to buckle to venture capital.

Forest managers in cities need more data on climate change, pests, and other factors, and they spend much of their time and funding on invasive species.

Many citizens pushed back against a government-backed urban greening program due to an abiding mistrust of the city and its officials.

The process turns the human body into nutrient-rich soil naturally in about 30 days, and it could soon be legalized in Washington State.

In Austin, Texas, and King County, Washington, private companies can now offset their carbon emissions by funding tree-planting in their local cityscape.

From scooter start-ups to public-health issues, sidewalks have long been a dumping ground for all kinds of policy failures.

Hudson Yards, the largest private real estate development in U.S. history, is being built during a time when New Yorkers worry about the burdensome cost of housing. Will the megaproject alleviate the city's housing pressure?

A conversation with urban anthropologist Adonia Lugo about the lack of diversity in bike advocacy, urban infrastructure, and how laws to prevent crashes can adversely affect communities of color.

In South Korea's high-tech metropolis, human connections are few and far between.

In his new book, Building and Dwelling: Ethics for the City, designer-scholar Richard Sennett asks a pretty simple and pressing question: How do we live together now?

We're losing about 36 million trees every year, according to a new study.

A new report shows that FEMA's flood hazard maps may be dangerously outdated.

New York City could soon be the first American urban center to implement this strategy to ease congestion and speed up commute times.

Many issues are exacerbated by light pollution, and new research suggests the spread of West Nile virus may be another one.

Sea-level rise is often a primary concern for communities coping with climate change, but in Long Beach the government is worried more about the heat.

A conversation with Michelle Joan Wilkinson about the exhibit she curated for the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture.

Here are three policies that officials should adopt to help the sprawling city keep housing affordable after a terrible storm.

We have a pretty good idea of why some structures are more vulnerable to fire than others, but will those in power act on that information?

Many have attempted, and failed, to integrate technology into urban planning. and now Sidewalk Labs is trying it again in Toronto.

Recent extreme weather events show how the outdated and imperfect information systems used by cities exacerbates the devastation.

The Zero Waste Guidelines are aimed at helping the city reach its goal of sending no garbage to landfills by 2030.

A new report assesses how Tokyo's infrastructure affects residents' emotional well-being, offering lessons for other cities.

"If I can one day visit a place and say that I helped make it a more livable and beautiful place, I'll be happy," says Chen, who's on our list of this year's most exciting young thinkers.

Fighting sprawl in Albuquerque’s South Valley.