The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Yale and Columbia based the rankings on an Environmental Sustainability Index, gauging each nation's rate of success in meeting a set of critical environmental goals.

January 27 - The New York Times

The palatial urban masterpiece is finally back, but its art collection has been called into question by international critics.

January 27 - The Guardian Unlimited

In The New Yorker, Tad Friend discusses the city's weird relationship with the crime and television phenomenon, highlighting some 'classic', 'fondly remembered' chases.

January 27 - The New Yorker

Former Massachusetts Transportation Secretary Fred Salvucci defends the Big Dig and calls for the State to honor its transit commitments.

January 27 - The Boston Globe

As student enrollment spikes in the UK, university cities are scrambling to find new and better ways of planning for the up and downsides of waves of students moving into near-campus areas.

January 27 - The Guardian

Residents of New Jersey are migrating to Atlanta, Florida, and even the Bronx in search of affordable housing choices.

January 26 - The New York Times

Grassroots groups, developers, bankers and others are sharing knowledge and collaborating on campaigns to change state and local community development policies.

January 26 - Shelterforce Magazine

China's chemical plants threaten its famous rivers which flow through major population centers.

January 26 - The Los Angeles Times

Tired of stalemate, weekend warriors, conservationists, and ranchers are starting to support compromise solutions in the West's land battles.

January 26 - The Christian Science Monitor

At 1,300 acres, the Orange County Great Park, to be built over the ruins of the El Toro Marine base, may bring greater identity to the sprawling region.

January 26 - The Los Angeles Times

Eleven towns are weighing the costs and benefits of recent plans tailored to each community, with the option to pick and choose among the various proposals.

January 26 - Biloxi Sun Herald

Strategists take note as Virginia’s new governor tackles sprawl. Could "smart growth" tip the next presidential election?

January 26 - Michigan Land Use Institute

The country is dominated by an unhealthy and chaotic system dominated by the car, argues a local planning professor.

January 26 - The Age

The Prime Minister's claim that the 21st century will be India's century seems doubtful given the 'squalid' rural village conditions and 'urban hellholes.'

January 26 - The Indian Express

Topics include linking development, infrastructure, and drinking water policies; protection of water resources with higher-density development; and smart growth and stormwater management.

January 26 - Environmental Protection Agency

The state supreme court is reviewing a similar case, with the opportunity to reduce the eminent domain power provided to local governments in Kelo, in this commentary.

January 25 - Reason.org

Sir Peter Hall discusses the transformative potential of PRT as part of a National Building Museum/APA exhibit and speech.

January 25 - APA / National Building Museum

Neal Peirce sees hope for New Orleans as citizens play a central role in planning the wounded city's recovery.

January 25 - The Washington Post Writers Group

After years of false starts, a plan is unveiled to expand New York's Jacob Javits Convention Center.

January 25 - The Slatin Report

Despite a drop in Men's Fitness magazine's standings, Portlanders have their chin up about exercise.

January 25 - Willamette Week