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Chicago's $6 billion expansion plan for O'Hare airport will require an additional $2.8 billion for transportation improvements.

U.S. National Forests -- managed for uses such as logging, ranching and recreation -- are also used for other unusual activities.

Tests in New Jersey confirm that as suburbs expand, nearby lakes and streams degrade dramatically.

Microsoft's Money Central looks at the hidden costs of living in a big city and asks, from an economic standpoint, is it worth it?

Portland is named as one of three top International cities for livability. Is Portland developing civic conceit?

Planned subdivision in Urbana, IL, inspired by New Urbanism, receives mixed reactions from residents.

Washington Post columnist Gene Weingarten is accepting nominations for the "Armpit of America."

This paper finds that the tax benefits associated with owning one's own home are skewed spatially, with a few areas receiving large benefits and most areas receiving small ones.

A weed invasion in the Western U.S. is threatening wildlife, lifestock, and the local economy.

This New York Times editorial examines President Bush'senvironmental policy decisions in the context of recent politicalhistory.

Cleveland's aging communities team up to market postwar era housing.

The question should not be "Can we build an iron Interstate, but, "How quickly can we do it."

Charlotte's University City is a fast-growing university town, with three different development plans in three years.

An attorney provides an insider's look at the Supreme Court case that dramatically alters government's ability to regulate land use.

Eco-terrorists target research to create genetically modified trees that grow thick, tall, and fast and even create their own pesticides.

A NORC describes a place in which half of the residents are over 60 and have decided to spend their last years in their home.

Bush administration plans to open large tracts of the Gulf of Mexico for oil and natural gas have been scaled back under pressure from Florida.

Columnist Karen Hershenson writes about her transformation into a suburbanite.

An op-ed advocates increasing the operating hours for the Bay Area Rapid Transit system.

Urban housing reclaims former HUD Secretary Cisneros with his new company, American CityVista.