Wolpert championed the use of quantitative approaches to understand the social and behavioral dimensions of geography.

This blog post was authored by Jeff Kuhnhenn, AIA, LEED AP, Director of Architectural Design, Gresham Smith. Over the past 40 years, there has been a slow but radical realignment in how designers and ...

The planning profession is rooted in principles that puts business ahead of people. Some people are beginning to push back. The struggle to save the UC Townhomes revealed to many something ...

It’s no surprise that the challenging and complex practices of urban planning and placemaking require the acquisition and application of knowledge. To facilitate this, we’ve considered how the ...

Gary Thornton explores how current standards and approaches to urban lighting are falling short and argues for a more ...

Barbara Norman is Emeritus Professor at the University of Canberra and has received funding from the Australian Research Council, the Australian and ACT Governments and the Bushfire and Natural ...

The Beacon’s Community Journalism Lab representative, Robert Stone and our local government reporter, Josh Merchant, recently sat down with Urban Planning and Design Students at the University of ...

Many of us agree that design is still not considered for everyone. That is why we must ask ourselves what is truly democratic in the matters of design - in order to define our vision toward a more ...

When students at Hughes STEM High School in Cincinnati were asked back in 2016 what part of their school they’d like to improve, they identified Coy Field – an athletic field they use for baseball, ...

Former Chief Urban Designer of The City of New York Alexandros Washburn joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about city planning. How does the New York City Subway compare to others ...