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The Silicon Valley Of Green Building
The Northwest is home to several prominent environmentally friendly architecture and development firms that are paving the way for a 'green' renaissance.
NPR On Public Housing And The French Riots
Did public housing play a role in the recent French riots?
New San Francisco Muni Chief To Make Over $300K
The top candidate to run San Francisco's Municipal Transportation Agency would make $322,450 per year, slightly less than the national average.
Planning Denver's Civic Center
Several 'starchitects' are clamoring to build Denver's new Civic Center -- but the city shouldn't forget about the important principles of 'public' and 'place'.
Modernizing Los Angeles International Airport
With the shelving of the proposed LAX improvement plan, the city of Los Angeles is now free to consider feasible ideas to modernize the airport.
New Orleans is Doomed Without Restored Coastal Wetlands
If the Bush Administration continues to refuse to fund coastal wetland restoration, then New Orleans is doomed and should be abandoned, argues Mike Tidwell.
Las Vegas Vs. Los Angeles
Las Vegas hospitality industry lure away Los Angeles' luxury market.
The Case For Subsidizing Car Ownership
To be a fully functioning citizen in this country today, a car is a virtual necessity; so the federal government should subsidize a set of wheels and the commute to work.
Carmaker Encourages Employees To Walk To Work
Mazda is recommending employees walk rather than drive to work.
The Condo Conversion Craze
New data suggest that condo converters are buying apartments with near-religious fervor. The Slatin Report rundowns the top 20 markets.
Nations Seek Financial Rewards To Preserve Forests
At a U.N. climate conference in Montreal, nations seek to earn carbon credits for projects that avoid deforestation.
New Markets Tax Credit Comes Of Age
Are 'New Markets Tax Credits' the vehicle to improve community and economic development in ways America has never seen?
Wal-Mart, Costco, And America's Future
Neil Pierce writes about a struggle that may shape the nation's economy for a century.
Northern California's Most Despised Roadways
The San Jose Mercury News compiles a list of the 'worst of the worst' rodas in Northern California, according to it readers.
Media Criticized For Gloomy Environmental Coverage
The world's media is criticized for negative coverage of environmental issues.
APA's New Orleans Team Releases Rebuilding Report
A special six-member team of planners assembled by the APA put published its report, "Charting the Course for Rebuilding a Great American City," which includes short-and long-term recommendations for improving the city's planning.
Was France A Victim Of Architecture?
In the wake of the deadly French Riots, many are now claiming that architects like Le Corbusier are at fault for fostering the high-rise, low-income apartment complexes.
Scenario Planners Predicted The New Orleans Disaster
Scenario planning can work and save lives. But only if we heed the warnings.
Harbin Chemical Spill: One More Cost of Low Prices
Joshua Muldavin writes that the massive chemical contamination of China's Songhua River is but a symptom of an unsustainable global economy in which rural areas bear the environmental costs of global industrialization and consumption.
The Secret International Voluntary Sustainable Principles
In what may prove to be a fundamental shift in sustainable resources, a new international coalition is poised to direct trillions of dollars into markets linked to climate change, clean technology and sustainable use of natural resources.
Caltrans
City of Fort Worth
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Mpact (founded as Rail~Volution)
City of Camden Redevelopment Agency
City of Portland
City of Laramie
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