The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

In the second part of a three-part series on global warming, Elizabeth Kolbert looks at the impact of climate change on sophisticated cultures in the past.

May 5 - The New Yorker

Business 2.0 provides an overview of leading-edge broadband implementers across the US.

May 5 - Business 2.0

John Foote is considered to be Virginia's "shrewdest, most effective advocate" for landowners. Opponents say he undermines local government.

May 5 - The Washington Post

San Francisco urban affairs columnist John King visits Minneapolis and concludes that the city confirms everything he knows about cities.

May 5 - The San Francisco Chronicle

The oil industry faces significant challenges in the future.

May 5 - The Economist

New security questions about the siting and design of Freedom Towerprovide a valuable opportunity to weigh what it's all about.

May 5 - The Slatin Report

Research shows that urban planning needs to take an holistic, systems-based approach in order to create safe, healthy living environments.

May 4 - Environmental Health Perspectives

Quebec City, one of North America's oldest cities, turns 400 in 2008.

May 4 - The Globe and Mail

Microgeneration is the local production renewable power by individuals and small communities.

May 4 - Time

Automakers are betting that hybrid cars will grow from a niche market to the next line of "must-have" vehicles.

May 4 - U.S. News And World Report

The American Enterprise Institute's Joel Schwartz offers his annual column explaining why ALA's 'State of the Air' report is misleading again in 2005.

May 4 - Tech Central Station

The American Lung Association publishes its annual report on the state of the nation's air.

May 4 - American Lung Association

Thirteen points of pedestrian oriented development as presented by the planning firms Duany Plater-Zyberk & Company.

May 4 - CoolTown Studios

A new paper evaluates public policy options for responding to rising fuel prices.

May 4 - Victoria Transport Policy Institute

Bob Hunter, described as he "creative force" of Greenpeace, helped spur a global ecological movement.

May 4 - The Washington Post

Across the nation, neighbors are learning that banding together to create a new park can leave a community with a lot more than new swing sets and picnic tables.

May 4 - The Trust for Public Land

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<img src='http://www.planetizen.com/tech/files//20050503csusmap.gif' align="right" alt='muni map' /> <a href="http://www.broadbandreports.com/shownews/63145">Broadband Reports</a> reports on CNET's <a href="http://news.com.com/Municipal+broadband+and+wireless+projects+map/2009-1034_3-5690287.html">national map</a> which offers a state-by-state summary of developing fiber or Wi-Fi projects, and the legal barriers states are are facing in implementing these projects.<br /> <br /> From a <a href="http://news.com.com/Cities+brace+for+broadband+war/2009-1034_3-5680305.html">CNET article</a>

May 3 - Chris Steins

Combining elements of the traditional main s street with retail, new "lifestyle centers" springing up in affluent neighborhoods, are gaining back the ground lost by shopping malls in recent years.

May 3 - The San Francisco Chronicle

So how does government help build stronger neighborhoods? Start by building community anchors: schools, libraries, parks and police and fire stations.

May 3 - The Planning Report

A master plan for the St. Louis riverfront will begin shortly to improve connections with the Mississippi River and downtown St. Louis.

May 3 - The Kansas City Star