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Jane Jacobs Recognized As One Of The Greatest Innovators
Business Week profiles Jane Jacobs as one of the greatest innovators of the past 75 years.
A Word Accelerates Mountaintop Mining
By changing the word "waste" to "fill" in a regulation covering coal mining, Bush appointees have allowed an increase in the destruction of mountaintops in Appalachia.
Testing The Water Flavor
A team of specialists evaluates Los Angeles' water supply by smell and taste.
Impact Of Global Warming
Amy Goodman interviews David Helvarg and George Monbiot about extreme weather and the effects of global warming.
A Call For A Car Alternative
A columnist issues a call for an alternative to the oil dependent, traffic-inducing automobile.
L.A. Times Challenges Wal-Mart To 'Play The Good Guy'
The Los Angeles Times supports the city's ordinance that requires an analysis of economic impacts for new superstores and challenges Wal-Mart to use its clout for economic development.
Fix-it-First: A Common Sense Planning Approach
Newly conceptualized strategy to focus development expenditures into areas served by existing infrastructure and services shows promise by finding nexus between budget efficiency and quality of life and community development issues.
Fight Sprawl: Eat Locally
A new movement encourages eating local foods as a way to prevent sprawl and development of local agricultural lands.
Modernism And The Midwestern Landscape
An ambitious plan for 120 modernist houses at Mayo Woodlands in Rochester, Minnesota seeks to conserve land and honor the agricultural heritage of the property.
Schwarzenegger Signs Smart-Zoning Bill
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signs a bill that institutionalizes form-based zoning for the first time in California history.
Getting Creative With Concrete
Who knew that concrete could be translucent?
Who Owns The Name, 'Sunset Strip'?
West Hollywood claims that areas outside its jurisdiction have no right to use the 'Sunset Strip' designation.
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Schwarzenegger Signs Smart-Zoning Bill
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signs a bill that institutionalizes form-based zoning for the first time in California history.
A New School Building Teaches Green Ideas
Architects and others engage with city and school district officials, sit on sustainability boards, and advocate change through the American Institue of Architects.
Bush Administration Policies Draining Wetlands
Environmental groups release a report that claims thousands of acres of wetlands have been drained by developers under a policy adopted by the Bush administration.
A Review Of Suburban Nation
A review of "Suburban Nation: The Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream" by Andres Duany, Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, and Jeff Speck, published in 2001.
The Venice Of The East's Canals Threatened
Once known as the "Venice of the East", Bangkok's canals are now a victim of urban sprawl.
Many Definitions Of Sprawl
A selection of opinions about urban sprawl.
New Urbanism And Natural Law
An essay by Phillip Bess on "the moral authority of the urban transect."
A Radical Vision For San Jose, CA
Anticipating the next economic boom, San Jose, CA, embraces New Urbanism for Coyote Valley plan.
City of Moorpark
City of Tustin
Tyler Technologies
City of Camden Redevelopment Agency
City of Astoria
Transportation Research & Education Center (TREC) at Portland State University
Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada
Toledo-Lucas County Plan Commissions
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