Planning & Growth

Are Peak Oil, the subprime mortgage mess and generational shifts ending Americans' love affair with the suburbs? That's what some high-profile urban planning types are postulating.

Lately the term "green infastructure" has gotten more specific as many cities seek more robust and cost-effective stormwater management.

This fall the US Green Building Council expects to launch its rating system for residential construction.

If you cover transportation or urban sprawl, keep an eye out for this year's Texas Transportation Institute mobility study.

Key resources of studies and statistics for human angles on environmental stories.

Disasters create hundreds of thousands of environmental refugees in U.S and the World.

E-refugees grow in numbers, reflect threats to safety, security.

Green Building Council releases its green building rating system for new and remodeled houses.

New report examines links between climate change and U.S. transportation.