The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

<p>Facing one of the driest years in recent history, the city of Los Angeles is feeling the pinch of the drought. Officials have suggested reconsidering a once-proposed and once-disapproved plan to recycle wastewater back into the groundwater.</p>

August 30 - The Los Angeles Times

<p>Brazil is considering a bold plan to get water to its arid northeast by diverting one of the country's largest and most famous rivers. But many are protesting the plan, saying the water will mainly benefit business, not the rural poor who need it.</p>

August 30 - NPR

<p>Complaints over parking have led the city of Martinez, California, to realize an affordable housing complex built for seniors has been renting at market rates for years.</p>

August 30 - The Contra Costa Times

<p>When it comes to reducing carbon footprints and living sustainably, urban residents perform the best.</p>

August 30 - MSN

<p>Tallinn, the capital city of Estonia, has been widely celebrated in recent years as one of the most historic and, at the same time, most thoroughly high-tech cities in Eastern Europe.</p>

August 30 - Der Spiegel

<p>Despite scientific findings that trees along levees help improve their effectiveness, federal regulations may require that trees lining levees in Central California be removed.</p>

August 30 - The Sacramento Bee

<p>From floating homes to green building to a public housing country club, the city of New Orleans has been pushed to take creative measures towards rebuilding and recovering after Hurricane Katrina.</p>

August 30 - The Los Angeles Times

<p>Public transit ridership saw little or no change in the San Francisco Bay Area earlier this week when transit agencies offered free rides as part of a "Spare the Air" campaign.</p>

August 30 - The San Francisco Chronicle

<p>In looking at both developed and developing countries, this article argues that mobility and transportation infrastructure are essential to successful economic development.</p>

August 29 - The World Business Council for Sustainable Development via Environmental News Network

<p>A severe housing shortage is facing England, but some fear sprawl will result from a government plan to build 3 million homes by 2020.</p>

August 29 - BBC

<p>Facing the possibility of not being able to afford service by county sheriffs, the city of West Park, Florida, is hoping to forfeit its cityhood and join up with neighboring Pembroke Park. But Pembroke Park is less than enthusiastic about a merger.</p>

August 29 - The Miami Herald

<p>With large investments made in refurbishing and emphasizing its waterfront in recent years, Barcelona has set off on a path towards rejuvenation -- bringing in many foreigners and a surge of young, creative professionals.</p>

August 29 - Der Spiegel

<p>Advocates for the homeless offer their advice on dealing with homeless people sleeping in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. They say that, with some caveats, the homeless should be allowed to sleep in the park. Residents feel differently.</p>

August 29 - The San Francisco Chronicle

<p>As thousands of houses continue to foreclose, many homeowners and real estate experts are predicting that abandoned homes will blight neighborhoods across the country and send property values plummeting.</p>

August 29 - The Los Angeles Times

<p>Two planned projects in New Orleans -- a jazz center and a mixed-use park -- reveal ambitious visions for the future of a city still in the process of recovering. But the scale of the projects would require extensive state and federal support.</p>

August 29 - The New York Times

<p>Many world cities are undergoing successful rebirths, but many see the smaller so-called "second cities" as the true hubs for long-term economic success.</p>

August 29 - Der Spiegel

<p>Delays in development and growth in Portland's harbor area could cost the region thousands of jobs and billions of dollars.</p>

August 29 - The Portland Tribune

<p>Politicians in England looking for ways to comply with a nationwide goal of carbon-neutrality by 2050 have proposed a phase-out of gas-fueled cars by the year 2040.</p>

August 29 - The Guardian

<p>The mixed results of an experiment to remove all private auto traffic from the streets of Beijing leads city officials to concede that there are no 'silver bullets' to cope with the city's air pollution during next summer's Olympics.</p>

August 28 - World Watch

<p>Two years after Hurricane Katrina, the state of the city's architectural future remains in flux.</p>

August 28 - New Orleans Times-Picayune