The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

<p>According to a recent National Research Council report, maps of flood danger in the United States are based on data that are decades old. Many are calling for an update.</p>

February 5 - The Boston Globe

FEATURE

Sustainability must become a primary goal of public policy if we want to ensure the long-term health of communities.

February 5 - Edward J. Jepson, Jr., Ph.D., AICP

A recent report has identified a severe housing shortage for senior citizens. Waiting periods for subsidized senior housing can last more than 13 months, according to the report.

February 5 - The Chicago Tribune

<p>Community land trusts are becoming an increasingly popular way to create new housing that is permanently affordable, and interest in the innovative organizations continues to grow.</p>

February 5 - Lincoln Institute of Land Policy

<p>The mayor of Phoenix, Arizona, hopes to lure biomedical researchers and facilities to a proposed biomedical district in his city's downtown. And he's willing to do a lot to see his vision through.</p>

February 5 - The Arizona Republic

<p>A new building in Boston's historic rowhouse laden south end neighborhood looks ahead without disrespecting its traditional context.</p>

February 4 - The Boston Globe

<p>As the community has roundly approved the Unified New Orleans Plan, coordinators of the recovery planning effort have announced that its costs could rise above $14 billion over the next decade. Exact funding sources have yet to be fully identified.</p>

February 4 - The Times-Picayune

<p>With some of the most expensive real estate in the world, chain stores are now dominating the famed Champs-Elysees. Government officials in Paris are developing plans to counter the prevalence of corporate outlets, but some fear it may be too late.</p>

February 4 - The New York Times

<p>A housing rights advocacy group in New York has released a report accusing the city of placing homeless people into substandard housing as part of a rent-subsidy program.</p>

February 4 - The New York Times

<p>Developers and local officials are optimistic about plans to integrate walkability into a proposed mixed use development in suburban Salt Lake City, Utah.</p>

February 4 - The Salt Lake Tribune

<p>A unique regional organization is inviting thousands of today's Central Floridians to determine the future living pattern of 3.5 million new residents projected for the area by 2050.</p>

February 3 - The Orlando Sentinel

<p>Garrett Gruener and Daniel M. Kammen propose letting individual taxpayers decide how to curb global warming.</p>

February 3 - The Los Angeles Times

<p>Last year the City of Spokane was awarded one of four Smart Growth Implementation Assistance awards from the EPA. As a result, a three-day workshop focusing on the city's emerging university district involved the public in shaping the area.</p>

February 3 - The Pacific Northwest Inlander

<p>This article from <em>WorldChanging</em> discusses a new network for architects and designers to share and improve ideas. The network's creators hope this interactivity will help architects to create solutions for slum dwellers.</p>

February 3 - WorldChanging

<p>This article from Utah's <em>Deseret Morning News</em> shows images of a large mixed used development designed by Frank Gehry. This development will include the tallest building in Utah.</p>

February 3 - Deseret Morning News

<p>The Federal Emergency Management Agency and the state of Louisiana recently a ribbon-cutting ceremony to announce the successful end of their cooperative efforts to restore devastated New Orleans back to its pre-hurricane squalor.</p>

February 2 - The Onion

<p>The long awaited master plan for transforming the concrete encased waterway is well received, though its projected cost remains a significant hurdle.</p>

February 2 - The Los Angeles Times

Three NYC exhibits at Columbia University, Museum of the City of New York, and Queens Museum of Art, will soon open featuring the works of Robert Moses that mark the first look at the City’s master builder since Robert Caro's, "The Power Broker".

February 2 - The New York Times

<p>The Washington-based institute has established a new research center to focus on the problem of affordable housing in an effort to prevent further urban sprawl.</p>

February 2 - Sun Herald

<p>A new communications approach proposes how 'new media' can cover issues of regional importance.</p>

February 2 - CitistatesGroup