Archives
Welcome to the archives of Better Cities & Towns, a publication founded by Robert Steuteville as New Urban News in 1996. This archive holds two decades of the best news and analysis on compact, mixed-use growth and development, from 1996 to 2015.
In the 24 chapters of Making Healthy Places, some four dozen contributors offer information and advice on a wide variety of health and planning issues.
Americans prefer smart growth to conventional suburbia by a 56 percent to 43 percent margin.
Less than a week after the innovative HUD grants program was eliminated, the 2011 recipients are announced.
A designer of beautiful, subtly surprising buildings that stand up to rough weather will be honored by the Seaside Institute.
Eighty percent want to live green and the two biggest generational cohorts will demand better transit service.
Former Secretary of HUD Henry Cisneros supports CNU’s FHA, Fannie, and Freddie Reform Initiative.
A poll by Monmouth University shows that the public associates smart growth with an improving economy.
The long-awaited book from Stefanos Polyzoides and Chris Wilson is now available!
The demographic demand for urbanism grows each and every day. As the leading organization promoting neighborhood-based development, CNU is responding to this demand by expanding our reach.
A new report from the Urban Institute urges planners and community leaders to include artists and art spaces in their community development strategies.
Sustainable Maryland Certified will assist communities in planning and implementing “green” practices, which may help them cope with tight budgets.
Progress on transit and transit-oriented development in many regions across the US is included in a new report from the Center for Transit-Oriented Development.