Environment

Dealing with environmental issues

What to do about parking

A new book, and the New York Times architecture critic, ponder how to make better use of some of the 500 million parking spaces in America.

Decoding Shanghai, gently

Gordon Price compiles a fascinating photos-and-words essay on the amazing contradictions of the booming Chinese city.

Thinking about the New York grid

One exhibition plumbs the intriguing history of the Manhattan street grid. Another presents "innovative" proposals for its future.

Washington's mayor seeks a greener city

The "Sustainable DC" initiative would reduce reliance on fossil fuels, encourage urban farming, and go big on solar panels. Some are skeptical.

Vancouver: city of green aspirations

The British Columbia city is working to reduce solid waste by half, cut residents' carbon footprints by a third, and greatly boost transit, walking, and biking.

As funds vanish, New England looks at how to pursue sustainability

Boosting the proportion of development along transit networks is one goal of smart growth advocates in the region.

Posted by Philip Langdon on 05 Dec 2011

CNU's Rainwater initiative

CNU’s new website for the Rainwater-in-Context Initiative works to institute rainwater management practices that strengthen and fully complement New Urbanism at all scales.

Posted by Robert Steuteville on 01 Dec 2011

Envisioning forests in the sky

For a number of architects across the globe, a "green" building is a tower that sprouts trees.

Sustainability is the strongest defense, military experts say

A professor with a bold plan to prepare an Ohio college town for peak oil and global warming has captured the interest of some military experts.

Website tells Floridians 'the price of sprawl'

An information campaign reflects continuing turmoil over the state's excessive development—and over the inability of governments to rein it in.

Posted by Philip Langdon on 02 Nov 2011