By Doris Byeon Songdo International City The South Korean government envisioned South Korea as a Northeast Asia business hub of knowledge and service-oriented economy with high technology. The Korean Ministry of Finance and Economy, in 2002, published a document to … Continue reading →

By Younghoon Lee Pangyo, one of the districts of the satellite city of Seoul is a home of 8 million populations in South Korea. The district is planned and constructed by the Korean government and the department of construction and … Continue reading →

By Russell Glynn In urban and regional planning practice, sustainability takes on an ever-expanding meaning, in some ways removing itself from the connotations of environmentalism and ecological stewardship. While these tenants of the term still ring true through the morphing … Continue reading →

By Diane Frances Luebs Mixed-use development is one strategy that cities can use to decrease their carbon footprint.  This strategy involves creating neighborhoods that have homes, businesses, and commercial buildings in the same area.  In some cases, this could even … Continue reading →

By Shuo Cheng Part I: Battery Park City I: Public/Private Development of Battery Park The dichotomy of public versus private spaces presents interesting patterns in modern redeveloped waterfronts. In Battery Park City, public spaces consist of wide swaths of park space … Continue reading →

By Garrett Craig-Lucas Located at the confluence of land and water, urban waterfronts possess unique characteristics due to ecology, economic histories, and associated development patterns. While many urban waterfronts suffer from economic and physical decline as industrial uses recede, exciting … Continue reading →

By Emma Langston The history of Camden, New Jersey is similar to those of many cities in the eastern United States; a rich, fruitful past left way to a current situation of uncertainty and dread. Now considered “the poorest city … Continue reading →

By Imani Robin Jasper In the past century in the rich history of public housing, planners and political officials have struggled to implement effective planning schemes to improve the living condition of the residents of public housing (Hoffman, 2009). Reforms in … Continue reading →

By Minh Le Do Part I: The misty history of the Maldives Modernity is a very complicated term used to determine the difference between the past, present, and future. Generally, it entails the meeting of processes of political, scientific, technological, economic … Continue reading →

By Paige Roosa I. A brief history of urban agriculture Urban agriculture has been an important element of the city landscape since the origins of urbanization, yet it is a land use frequently ignored in policy legislation or planning schemes. … Continue reading →