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University Commits $75 Million To Turn Its Neighborhood Around
Cincinnati employers hope to raise $100 million more for related projects and job creation.
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Questions About Conservation Software
In recent years, many large conservation plans -- including the plan that led Australia to ban fishing on a third of the Great Barrier Reef -- were produced using a computer program called <a href="http://www.ecology.uq.edu.au/marxan.htm#about">Marxan</a>. <br /> <br /> <img src="http://www.ecology.uq.edu.au/marxan/fig3.jpg" align="right" alt="Marxan image" />Software developer and Australian professor Hugh P. Possingham is now raising questions about the validity of the software in certain circumstances, <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/21/science/earth/21reef.html?8hpib">Second Thoughts for a Designer of Software That Aids Conservation</a>
New Museum On The Mall Blends History And Nature
The National Museum of the American Indian opens in Washington D.C.
Can Eminent Domain Benefit Private Developers?
A case that property rights advocates say may be the most important land use issue in decades goes before the Supreme Court September 27.
Paris' Love-Hate Relationship With The Car
Paris is one of 1,100, most of them in Europe, to observe a "car-free" day.
A Silver Bullet For Downtown Phoenix
Downtown Phoenix will be reshaped if officials purchase $30 million worth of land for a downtown ASU campus.
When Architecture Tells A Story
A review of the new museum on the Washington Mall and a profile of the architect who designed it.
Can Downtowns Survive?
An economist's reading of recent trends suggests the future of the downtown is anything but certain.
Sovereignty Or Scam To Duck Zoning?
Joe Rodriguez says that what may appear to be an issue of Native American sovereignty may actually be a scam to skirt around local zoning laws.
Unsprawl Case Study: Lenox Village, Nashville
The current issue of Terrain profiles Lenox Village, Nashville's first full-scale traditional neighborhood development.
Blueprint For An Oil-Free America
The Rocky Mountain Institute announces the release of "Winning the Oil Endgame: Innovation for Profits, Jobs, and Security", a market-based plan to eliminate oil dependence by 2050.
Oceans 212
A new report paints a dire picture for the future of the nation's lakes and oceans, and offers 212 specific recommendations.
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My Kind of Town? Not So Much.
Today's <em>New York Times</em> has a kinda terrifying <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/21/national/21cameras.html">article</a> (reg. req'd) about Chicago's new network of "smart" surveillance cameras. Don't worry; <del>everything's going to be okay</del> we're all doomed:<br /> <blockquote>Police specialists here can already monitor live footage from about 2,000 surveillance cameras around the city, so the addition of 250 cameras under the mayor's new plan is not a great jump. The way these cameras will be used, however, is an extraordinary technological leap.<br /> <br /> Sophisticated new computer programs will immediately alert the police whenever anyone viewed by any of the cameras placed at buildings and other structures considered terrorist targets wanders aimlessly in circles, lingers outside a public building, pulls a car onto the shoulder of a highway, or leaves a package and walks away from it. Images of those people will be highlighted in color at the city's central monitoring station, allowing dispatchers to send police officers to the scene immediately.</blockquote>
The Twisting Tower Of Venice
The new skyscrapers are unlike anything you may have seen before.
Florida's Irresponsible Growth
Now that Hurricanes Charley and Frances are gone, critics are wondering if it is madness to continue to build (and rebuild) along an eroding shoreline.
Elderly On Scooters Overrun Town
A government-sponsored explosion in the use of scooters by the elderly highlights need for sidewalks.
The Greenest House On The Block
A green housing project in Oregon actually generates more power than it needs.
Blair To Urge U.S. To Take Action On Global Warming
Tony Blair to urge U.S. to sign Kyoto Treaty.
Detroit To Create 'African Town'
A new economic development plan that calls for racial isolation is hotly debated in Detroit.
A Tale Of YIMBYism
Northern Virginia suburbanites to tear down, redevelop their own near-transit neighborhood at higher densities.
City of Moorpark
City of Tustin
Tyler Technologies
City of Astoria
Transportation Research & Education Center (TREC) at Portland State University
Chaddick Institute at DePaul University
Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada
Toledo-Lucas County Plan Commissions
Urban Design for Planners 1: Software Tools
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Planning for Universal Design
Learn the tools for implementing Universal Design in planning regulations.
