The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

<p>A plan is being pushed to create a 24-acre park in Hollywood by enclosing a half-mile stretch of freeway that runs below the street level.</p>

November 3 - The Los Angeles Times

<p>A new study challenges the growing body of research linking suburban living to obesity -- citing that people's eating and exercise habits more likely dictate where they live, not vice versa.</p>

November 2 - Ottawa Citizen via Canada.com

<p>Doug Giuliano recounts his adventures in the FEMA wonderland after heading to the Gulf Coast to help with hurricane recovery. What started as noble intentions ended mired in the muck of bureaucracy.</p>

November 2 - The Next American City

<p>Responding to a report by British economist Nicholas Stern, a recent article in the Guardian outlines a 10 point plan for taking action on climate change without "bringing civilization crashing down."</p>

November 2 - The Guardian

<p>Archaeologist Bill Kelso has given America new insight into 17th century Jamestown, Virginia, the first permanent English settlement in the United States, which for many decades had been thought to be washed away by the James River.</p>

November 2 - Style Weekly

<p>Faced with low unemployment rates and worker shortages in certain high-skill sectors, Irish companies are increasingly looking to other countries - especially the U.S. - for employees.</p>

November 2 - The Wall Street Journal

<p>This article from <em>Grist</em> raises the question of what would happen to the economic viability of Midwest farms if they kept their neighbors as customers and dropped the far-off corporations that currently keep them afloat.</p>

November 2 - Grist

<p>In Boston, labor unions and community groups are joining forces to win victories for affordable housing.</p>

November 2 - Shelterforce Magazine

<p>Idaho's Proposition 2 asks voters to decide whether the state should compensate property owners when land-use laws reduce their property values. The voters must also decide if they want their state to prohibit the use of eminent domain.</p>

November 2 - Idaho Mountain Express

<p>Two North Carolina communities are grappling over whether they should extend their county's planning boundary to include both jurisdictions. Some residents are opposed due to fears of conforming to undesired development standards.</p>

November 2 - The Daily Reflector

<p>In an unusual twist in California's sprawling Central Valley, environmental and public health advocates have joined forces with the local air quality district - an agency they have sued in the past for not doing enough to clean the air.</p>

November 2 - The Fresno Bee

<p>With 90,000 residents and growing, Davie, Florida is struggling to move beyond its rural roots.</p>

November 1 - The Miami Herald

<p>When it comes to real estate, the mantra has always been "location, location, location". But now, as congestion and sprawling development increase rapidly, that mantra is being modified to include "accessibility".</p>

November 1 - Business Day

<p>Indiana University, South Bend, is considering joining an ever-growing group of universities that are embracing green building techniques and environmentally sustainable development.</p>

November 1 - South Bend Tribune

<p>A new report released by the American Institute of Architects has found that implementing green building techniques in schools has benefits beyond the environment. Test scores and student health have also been shown to increase.</p>

November 1 - The American Institute of Architects

<p>Supervisors in San Francisco have called on the city to impose the affordable housing standards included in the master plan, a move many in the city's planning department fear will bring development in the city's eastern areas to a halt.</p>

November 1 - The San Francisco Bay Guardian

<p>An Australian housing industry body has made the claim that people who can't afford to buy their own homes are contributing to the lack of affordable housing.</p>

November 1 - The Australian

<p>High school students in Northern California step into the shoes of city planners this fall, as they redesign a fictional neighborhood in a decaying town.</p>

November 1 - The Contra Costa Times

<p>Officials in Nevada have made plans to pump water in from a remote and untouched location near the state's border with Utah. Ranchers and environmentalists in Utah are not too happy about it.</p>

November 1 - Salt Lake City Weekly

<p>With a new 20-year master plan, public officials in the Philippines look to create a new tourist hotspot in Alaminos City, which houses 100 small islands.</p>

November 1 - Manila Standard Today