The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

This Sierra Club report extensively documents how the Bush administration's reckless disregard of 9/11 toxic hazards poses long-term threats to rescue and cleanup workers, as well as bystanders present.

September 11 - Sierra Club

The quiet regional university town of Viseu in Portugal is in uproar this week after the University administration apparently moved in Modernist faculty and changed the syllabus of the acclaimed New School of Architecture & Urbanism.

September 11 - INTBAU

U.S. Green Building Council is urged to consider "smart growth" in LEED certification.

September 11 - Michigan Land Use Institute

Four young men spend three days nonstop riding the lengths of every possible line of San Francisco's Muni bus system. They call it 'Municon 2004.'

September 11 - The San Francisco Chronicle

Welcome to the nation's traffic capital. Southern Californians may say that they're for mass transit, but our collective heart isn't in it, writes columnist Steve Lopez.

September 11 - The Los Angeles Times

Miles of secret tunnels and catacombs lie beneath the city of Paris.

September 10 - The Guardian Unlimited

Are the politics of "green technology" overstating the real value? New research takes a hard look at the claims of sustainability.

September 10 - Building Design & Construction

Routemasters - the loveable London red buses introduced in 1954 - are at the end of the road, says Transport for London, despite massive press and passenger protests.

September 10 - INTBAU

FEATURE

Spatial information professionals gather at the 42nd Annual Conference of the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association in Reno, NV.

September 10 - Abhijeet Chavan

A Miami Herald columnist asks if the description of a land boom in Miami eight decades ago is a description of what is happening in the city today.

September 10 - The Miami Herald

The process for long-range land use and transportation planning works with Envision Utah to tie the two together.

September 10 - The Salt Lake Tribune

Despite a concerted effort to keep Wal-Mart out of Los Angeles County, the small city of Rosemead becomes the first to approve a Wal-Mart supercenter.

September 10 - The Los Angeles Times

Renowned Indian architect Charles Correa on why the future of eco-friendly, sustainable architecture lies in learning the lessons of traditional architecture.

September 10 - BBC News

The new issue of Katarxis features an interview with Andres Duany, developer of the urban transect theory and the new 'SmartCode'.

September 10 - Katarxis

The Union of Concerned Scientists has issued a report on the Indian Point nuclear reactor (35 miles upwind from Manhattan) that analyzes "the health and economic impacts of a terrorist attack at Indian Point that results in a core meltdown

September 10 - Union Of Concerned Scientists

How the Omaha metropolitan area can prepare for the next growth wave.

September 10 - Omaha World Herald

Project Rebirth chronicles the rebuilding effort at Ground Zero with spectacular time-lapse photography.

September 9 - The New York Times

London finds roof-top sanctuaries to be cheap, fashionable, and effective.

September 9 - The Independent

Once, these neighborhoods weren't so nice after dark. But things change when districts gentrify.

September 9 - CNNMoney

The Federal government has not fully studied Twin Tower air pollution or treated victims.

September 9 - The New York Times