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Review of Intelligent Cities, edited by Susan C. Piedmont-Palladino, National Building Museum, 2011, 120 pp., $25 paperbound.

Review of Designing Healthy Communities, by Richard J. Jackson with Stacy Sinclair, Jossey-Bass, 2011, 261 pp., $50 hardcover.

As communities seek to fix broken real estate economies, new building prototypes that can both repair damaged urban fabric and garner financing are needed.

Vancouver, British Columbia, could eventually have up to 60,000 small dwellings along lanes — if people can afford $300 a square foot.

As urban planners and architects, we are focused on “health, safety and welfare” — but our solutions have not always put human nature at the forefront.

What would cities be like if Americans started occupying remnants of the global shipping system?

Installation of streetcars, and the use of special assessment districts to support them, have been inspired by the phenomenal success of the Portland Streetcar.

Rental options will drive the early phases of residential construction as value is built for for-sale opportunities in the future.

Bristol Rising in Connecticut is one of the most comprehensive small city redevelopment plans in the US.

As money to build rail lines and transit-oriented development falls short, advocates search for new revenue sources.