Urban Planning

Excerpt: What Houston and Copenhagen Say About Our Urban Future

Two very different places provide two very different models of what a city can be.

Urban Review: Black-White Wealth Gap Myths, Policing Pollution and The Starbucks Problem

This week, a breakdown of the myths behind many of the common explanations and proceed fixes for the black-white wealth gap, a plea for less pollution and more.

Flooding Is Seen As a Regional Problem. What About Its Solutions?

Affected or not by Hurricane Harvey, Houston area residents want action on flooding, but regional approaches are still lacking.

Mitigating Flooding Requires Multiple Strategies

Engineering, green infrastructure and land protections must all be part of the flooding solution.

Houston Versus Chicago: A Reflection

A new sculpture sparked the latest in Houston and Chicago's urban rivalry. But some murkier truths lurk beneath the surface.

Urban Review: Census Concerns, Income Inequality and Unspent Hurricane Ike Money

This week, Southern city planning, Census questions, national trends in income inequality and more.

Sustainable Cities Need More Than Parks, Cafes and a Riverwalk

The Conversation | Green cities and green gentrification are two different things.

How To Build Resilient Cities

Resiliency expert Harriet Tregoning offers insights for the Houston area and other cities.

Houston-Area Officials, Experts Push For Action on Flooding

Six months out from the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Harvey, officials push for more.

Harriet Tregoning, Resiliency and Planning Expert, Offers Insights for Houston

A career in exemplary comprehensive resilience planning can offer guidance to our region in recovery.

Urban Review: Mardi Gras Beads, Transit Gaps and Public Space Programming

This week: recycling beads, mapping transit gaps and rethinking public spaces with a pause on programming.

Q+A: Introducing Houston’s Department of Transformation

No it's not a real city department but the group of community leaders has real neighborhood change as its goal.

Perspective: Hopes, Questions As Community Undergoes Planning Effort

With a draft plan in hand, one of five pilot Complete Communities neighborhoods reflects on the process.

Changes Bigger Than Self-Driving Cars Headed to a City Near You

Governing | Online shopping and the automation of jobs are going to transform cities.

Urban Review: Driverless Cars, Art and Taxes and a Call to Action for the Texas Delegation

A step by step guide to planning for driverless tech, a city that raised taxes to fund art and a call to get moving on Harvey relief.