The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

<p>An investor from Dubai is looking to replicate -- in close detail -- the French city of Lyon in the Arab Emirate.</p>

January 25 - International Herald Tribune

<p>New York City parks officials have announced plans to generate extra revenue by selling off naming rights for some of the city's public park attractions.</p>

January 25 - New York Post

<p>A Washington D.C. developer is seeking feedback about possible redevelopment options through the social netowrking website facebook.com.</p>

January 25 - Washington (D.C.) Business Journal

<p>A San Francisco supervisor has proposed several changes in parking regulations that will result in reduced new housing costs, and potentially reduced car ownership and operation. It requires the approval of the Board of Supervisors.</p>

January 25 - San Francisco Examiner

<p>A recent report from the Federation of Canadian Municipalities is calling on the federal government to keep up tis funding of housing and shelter programs after they expire in 2009.</p>

January 25 - The Vancouver Sun

<p>The European Union has announced plans to make a significant cutback in its carbon emissions. Some say the plans are too ambitious and will hurt the Union's growth and competitiveness, but others argue they don't go far enough.</p>

January 25 - The Christian Science Monitor

<p>Construction of a new university bookstore in downtown Baltimore is seen as a critical piece of the downtown's rebirth. City officials are looking at offering tax incentives to ensure the bookstore deals comes through.</p>

January 25 - The Baltimore Sun

<p>This article examines the "Safe Harbor" agreements between landowners and the federal government that look to protect the habitats of endangered species on private land.</p>

January 25 - Audubon

<p>If 'peak oil' makes oil-intensive industrial agriculture economically unfeasible, will suburbanites need to turn their lawns into farming plots?</p>

January 25 - Common Dreams

<p>Cities across the world are stressing the importance of tourism in supporting local economies. In this article, Susan Fainstein wonders if globalization will result in an overall reduction in the type and variety of urban places and attractions.</p>

January 24 - Urban Reinventors

<p>This article from <em>Governing</em> looks at the state tax system and examines how states are taking steps to restructure their systems to ensure long-term viability.</p>

January 24 - Governing

<p>Big-name architects have appropriately big plans for the rapidly developing United Arab Emirates. Creating a new cultural capital is appealing to them, but not as much as the fact that getting it done will be easier than anywhere else in the world.</p>

January 24 - Conde Nast Traveler

<p>A broad cleanup and revitalization project in the oldest parts of Kabul, Afghanistan, are bringing new life to the war-ravaged city.</p>

January 24 - Associated Press

<p>The Salt Lake City Planning Commission has approved a controversial plan to build a sky bridge for pedestrians as part of a new mixed use development.</p>

January 24 - The Salt Lake Tribune

<p>Heavy tourist traffic downtown is being cited by city officials in a proposal to move the world-famous sculpture to the edge of town.</p>

January 24 - CBC

<p>With booming homelessness since Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans is looking to unconventional approaches to handling the issue. But things aren't quite working out as planned.</p>

January 24 - NPR

<p>New York's Cambodian population has seen a sharp drop over the last two decades, but other American cities have absorbed these communities to form their own "Little Cambodias".</p>

January 24 - The New York Times

<p>A pro-transit section, written by noted conservative Paul Weyrich, was excised from the final report, despite being approved by 9-3 majority vote of the National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission.</p>

January 24 - The National Corridors Initiative Press Release

<p>Rural communities being "discovered" by investors is turning out to be a mixed blessing for some small towns.</p>

January 24 - The Wall Street Journal

<p>Flint, Michigan, has undergone a significant depression in recent years, and the proof is in the hundreds of foreclosed and abandoned properties sprinkled throughout the city. But one man is leading the redevelopment of the struggling city.</p>

January 23 - Governing