Each place puts its own spin on the problems and solutions, but there is a universality to the big, intractable struggles in American cities.

A new field guide takes listeners on a walk along one of the country’s most polluted waterways, where unexpected nature mingles with relics of industry.

Environmental and social resilience should go hand in hand: improving neighborhoods, spreading equity and taming water during catastrophes.

Can the banks along the notoriously polluted Gowanus Canal become a glittering new park attracting visitors from across the city?

Stark boundaries—rich vs. poor, black and brown vs. white—begin to break down as people share parks, trails, libraries, nature centers, and other gathering places.

The six-lane Innerbelt connector obliterated downtown Akron in the 1970s. Next summer, it’s going to be covered in trees.

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s downtown development plan allows developers to build taller and denser in Chicago’s downtown areas in exchange for payments into a pool of funding he calls the Neighborhood Opportunity Fund.

Sims Bayou, one of nine bayous being transformed under the Bayou Greenways 2020 initiative, celebrated its ribbon cutting for the Sims Bayou Greenway on June 12.

A proposed urban beach project on Detroit’s Riverfront has been chosen as a winning idea in a national grant competition.

The city will make a decision on the proposed QueensWay in the upcoming months, according to Mayor Bill de Blasio.