Urban Planning

What Downtown Plano’s Rebirth Can Teach Other Mid-Sized Cities

Things are going well for downtown Plano.

Suburban Sprawl and Poor Preparation Worsened Flood Damage in Louisiana

Craig E. Colten | September 6, 2016 If there is one lesson we have learned about floods, it is that records are made to be broken.

Weekly Roundup: How Parking Became One of Urban Planners' Biggest Enemies

More than 30 percent of the area in many downtown cores is taken up by parked vehicles. Today, many planners are hellbent on doing something about it.

The Houston Townhouse: An Appreciation

Love or hate them, densely packed townhouses play a key role in the increasing the size of Houston's housing supply.

What the Latest Version of Google Maps Tells Us About Cities

Google's efforts to highlight "areas of interest" reveals much about the development of Houston. It also says something about the way Google portrays urban life.