The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Author and commentator Joel Kotkin and consulting firm, The Planning Center, team up to produce what they are calling 'A Realist's Guide to The American Future.'

November 2 - The Planning Center / Joel Kotkin

Environmentalists worry about the long and short-term effects of using the swamps as a landfill for waste from Hurricane Katrina.

November 2 - CNN

Philadelphia's Mayor proposes to include the director of the city's planning commission in his cabinent.

November 2 - The Philadelphia Inquirer

Environmentalists in D.C. have spent the last 24 hours digging through Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito's extensive paper trail for clues as to how he might vote on environmental cases were he confirmed as a U.S. Supreme Court justice.

November 2 - Grist Magazine

Christopher Alexander's new series of books, 'The Nature Of Order', explores the patterns of how culture and learning dictate the architecture of buildings and community. But beware: it's very, very long.

November 2 - Science & Theology News

Prince Charles granted CBS News' Steve Kroft an interview featuring the village of Poundbury - a New Urbanist enclave that demonstrates real-world implementation of a walkable community.

November 2 - CBS News

Cold War City, Britain -- a subterranean complex built during the height of the Cold War -- is on the market along with the military base above.

November 2 - London Times

U.S. Census Bureau has released first-ever estimates of cities' daytime population changes.

November 2 - The Washington Post

As housing prices continue to skyrocket, prefabricated homes -- often stylishly designed by respected architects -- are quite a deal, and selling well. [Includes a slide show.]

November 2 - Business Week

While Sierra Club and Greenbelt Alliance battle developers in the East Bay, the scene is the opposite in the South Bay community of Cupertino, home to Apple Computer. Here, they hold hands opposing 3 restrictive land use measures.

November 1 - San Jose Mercury News

Forty-three years ago, Rachel Carson became the unlikely founder of the radical ecology movement. Her message is even more powerful today, writes columnist John Burnside.

November 1 - AlterNet

After the flood waters have receeded, Odd decisions by the Bush administration reagarding the rebuilding effort will make Katrina hurt again, say Neil Peirce.

November 1 - AlterNet

Fans of both 'extreme' breeds defend their choice in vehicle as war rages on in Washington DC over oil prices and HOV lane usage. Both

November 1 - The Washington Post

For the first time since 1910, when they were exterminated by a state bounty, wolves have returned to Michigan’s Lower Peninsula thanks to the Endangered Species Act.

November 1 - Michigan Land Use Institute

A science columnist reflects on a city made possible and made vulnerable by reliance on technology.

November 1 - American Scientist

The newly opened park, a ground-breaking achievement, is a model for all other cities in terms of both design and operations.

November 1 - The Boston Globe

Frank Gehry is designing a skyscraper for Related's Grand Avenue project in downtown Los Angeles. Critics are concerned his work will be a modernist monstrosity in the middle of a walkable downtown.

November 1 - The Slatin Report

An architect known for his unconventional choice of building materials -- sand, beer crates, even paper -- may be headed for superstardom.

November 1 - The Guardian

In Livermore, California, a developer spends $3 million to convince voters to pass a bond measure that would enable the developer to build on 1,400 acres of grassland adjacent to the city.

November 1 - The Los Angeles Times

Calthorpe Associates has been hired to develop an updated downtown plan for one of the USA's quintessential college towns.

October 31 - Crain's Detroit Business