Growth

San Francisco's New PD Talks About City's Challenges

Architect Magazine talks with San Francisco's new planning director, John Rahaim, about the urban planning challenges and issues in the city.

29 March 2008 - 7:00am

Architect Magazine

Review Halted for Major L.A. Housing Project

Review of a project that would have added more than 5,500 homes to the fringes of Los Angeles has been halted after a recent City Council vote. Many expect this to be the death knell for the project.

25 March 2008 - 7:00am

The Los Angeles Times

Slowdown Offers Chance to Rethink Growth

The economic slowdown has caused a slowdown in growth, even in the Salt Lake City area -- recently one of the nation's fastest growing regions. This editorial calls on officials to use the slowdown as a chance to reconsider the area's growth pattern.

24 March 2008 - 9:00am

The Salt Lake Tribune

States Respond to Growth With Dam Plans

Growth and rising populations have many Western states reconsidering dams.

8 March 2008 - 11:00am

Associated Press

James S. Russell

City of the Future: Houston?

Thu, 06/28/2007 - 11:44

Thanks to Planetizen, I found “Opportunity Urbanism,” a report that posits Houston as “an emerging paradigm for the 21st century.” (There's a related op-ed here.) The report, regrettably, is a manifesto as empty as the title -- which Kotkin clearly hopes will become a catchphrase. So why is it important?

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