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Reuters The country's almost laboratory-like conditions are a perfect place to measure the effect of human urban development on temperature.
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Hold on Tom Friedman … Resource-Rich Places Can Be Smart, Too
What the New York Times columnist got wrong in his recent look at the relationship between natural resources and knowledge-based development.
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How One Man Built His City a Fiber Optic Network
Software entrepreneur Patrick Kennedy is bringing faster internet to San Leandro, thanks to infrastructure put in place by BART and city officials.
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Urban Wonk
How Amazon Got the Urban Campus Right
The company's new Seattle facility is a paragon of walkable, high-density development.
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Charts
Chart of the Day: The Most Livable Cities
New York tops the Economist's new list of competitive cities.
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America's Most Optimistic Communities
Despite lower economic confidence nationwide, a majority of Americans say they are satisfied with the places they call home.
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Are Satellite Cities the Key to the Future?
In a lot of cases, they may be the best way for metros to grow without succumbing to sprawl.
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The Historical Roots of Detroit's Ruin
In Detroit: A Biography, journalist Scott Martelle finds the answers behind today's Motor City buried deep in its past.
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Urban Wonk
Reinventing the Big Box Store
Two designers imagine a vacant Los Angeles store front as a community hub.
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Maps
What March Madness Can Teach Us About the Economic Geography of Sports
College towns dominate when it comes to sports employment.
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Cool Combination of the Day: Austin + Apple
The company will build a swank new tech campus in the city, bringing in 3,600 new jobs.
