United States
Few mixed-use communities nationwide are close enough to each other to reduce the need to drive between them.
Urban Land Institute
None of America's traditional middle class workers would qualify to purchase a median priced home based on median income according to a report by the National Housing Conference.
National Housing Conference
The General Accounting Office concludes that congestion pricing could work in the U.S.
Associated Press
Neal Peirce comments on an alarming report from the National Housing Conference and worries about the impact of the housing crisis on the economy.
Citistates Group
As more churches in Britain fall silent, their empty edifices are finding new life as nightclubs, bagpipe training centers, theaters, pubs, and museums.
The Christian Science Monitor
Accordint to a report by an affordable housing coalition, housing cost are still too expensive despite wage increases.
The Kansas City Star
When it comes to U.S. architecture, international 'starchitects' are becoming more popular that their U.S. counterparts.
Engineering News Record
Ending half-century old obsolete U.S. restrictions on tolls could finance much of the nation's new roads.
The Heritage Foundation
Conservation groups challenge the Bush Administration's abandonment of wilderness protections.
Earthjustice
By using the Internet, local police departments are able to communicate with the community much more effectively.
The Christian Science Monitor
Late on a Friday evening, the Bush administration quietly announced a fundamental reversal of four decades of federal wilderness policy.
The New York Times
Rio de Janeiro signed a contract last week to build a Guggenheim museum. But the urban revival plan is assailed.
The Christian Science Monitor
The destruction of the Mesopotamian Marshlands is considered one of the worst environmental disasters in history.
National Geographic
Lyme disease is linked to suburban development. Rapid urban growth makes the world's cities more vulnerable to SARS and other pandemics.
Newsweek
In a "real life version of Sim City", Sydney Australia plans its growth.
The Sydney Morning Herald
Roger K. Lewis reviews the General Services Administration 2002 national design awards for federal architecture, historic preservation, interior design, engineering, graphic design and construction excellence.
The Washington Post
The Reason Public Policy Institute offers four questions reporters should ask about the ALA's "State of the Air" Report.
Reason Public Policy Institute
After the death of urban modernism, what kinds of city await us?
New Left Review
As government funds to support environmental R&D dry up, corporate American is finding it worthwhile to pick up the bill.
Business Week
Study finds the water sources of major cities such as Los Angeles, Phoenix, and Las Vegas have been contaminated with a component of missile fuel and poses health risks to 20 million people.
Environmental Working Group
