Tom Hanson is a national investigative correspondent for CBS News and Stations. His in-depth reports air across all platforms and programs. He is a member of CBS News and Stations Medical, Health, and ...

Urban sprawl is not just unsightly. It could also be impeding intergenerational mobility for low-income residents and reinforcing racial inequality, according to a series of recent studies led by a ...

The rural character of Clark County is under assault by developers. I conduct raptor surveys annually in Clark County and notice large areas of land being converted from farmland and forest to ...

A Minnesota court and law has dealt a major blow this month to the latest trend in urban planning theory — densification and the elimination of single-family zoning. The implications of this decision ...

A National Geographic special issue examines the way we've been building cities. "Rethinking Cities" is part of National Geographic’s special-edition, single-topic issue on "Cities: Ideas for a ...

As the Midwest's risk of wildfire increases, the Kansas Forest Service continues to facilitate prescribed burns, which help keep habitat healthy and make wildfires less dangerous. Kansas grasslands ...

RALEIGH, N.C. - Wendell Falls will be the very definition of sprawl. The 4,000-home subdivision will rise on a rural patch southwest of Wendell, just off the new U.S. 64/264 bypass, miles from ...

Wildfires are becoming more frequent and deadly, especially in areas where development meets the natural landscape. In this video, we explore how poor urban planning—like building in wildfire-prone ...