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Senate's 'State Of Fear' On Climate Change
Reviews of Michael Crichton's appearance before the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works ranged from 'silly' to 'notable for its nuttiness'.
Biloxi's Shattered History
While the core of historical New Orleans remains, the buildings and architecture of Biloxi have been completely destroyed.
Redefining Affordable Housing
Policy makers look for creative ways to retain middle class workers and families in areas afflicted by housing price surges.
NSF's Issues Grants To Learn The Lessons of Katrina
The National Science Foundation is funding research teams to go to the Gulf Coast region to draw as many lessons as possible from the Hurricane Katrina disaster before evidence is lost.
Endangered Species Act Gets Listed
A bill rapidly moving through the House favors land developers over species.
Fort Worth Planner Tapped To Lead New Orleans Planning Advisory Team
Fort Worth City planner Fernando Costa has been tapped to lead an APA-formed team of five planners in advising New Orleans' city staff as they regroup after the devastation of Hurricane Katrina.
Studying What Makes A Neighborhood Walkable
A new King County, WA study shows that residents in the most walkable neighborhoods are over twice as likely to be physically active than people who live in the least walkable neighborhoods.
Rail Could Have Aided Evacuations
Too few buses didn't work for New Orleans, and too many cars didn't work for Houston. Rail is the third way.
Escaping Hurricane Katrina By Bike
Man and his dog leaves New Orleans on foot, and rides the rest of the way on a donated bike.
China's Massive Sustainable Development Experiment
The village of Huangbaiyu will be part of an innovative joint U.S.-China development project to create an ecologically-balanced area. Could this be a model for China's new urbanism?
The Despoiling of Alberta
Famous for its oil wealth and the "prosperity cheques" being handed out to every resident, the Canadian Province of Alberta is actually a classic example of rapacious growth, dangerously poor planning and poor performance on social development indicators.
A Plan To Raise Galveston
The article, which first appeared in 1990, details plans made after the September 8, 1900 hurricane to reshape the city of Galveston to prevent vulnerability to flooding.
University To Demolish Frank Gehry Building
University of California, Irvine administrators cite structural deterioration in their decision to demolish a building designed by famed architect Frank Gehry.
Rebuilding New Orleans Without The Poor
Are developers seeking to rebuild New Orleans planning to develop a new, whiter and richer city?
Developers Replacing Architects As Household Names In San Diego
Since the 1950s, developers have done more to shape the city of San Diego than architects, for better and worse.
Was The Gulf Coast A Result Of Global Warming?
While it may be tempting to blame hurricanes Katrina and Rita on global warming, an MIT climatologist says that it's wrong to blame any single event on long-term climate change. However, the power of tropical storms is increasing.
Los Angeles' Smog: The New Threat to Public Health
Just when it looked like Los Angeles might be win the war on smog, a new and more deadly form of air pollution stalks the region
Highway Capacity: A Public Safety Issue?
In a post-9/11 and post-Katrina world, where mass evacuations mean an exodus in private vehicles, does a lack of appropriate freeway capacity represent a public safety hazard, asks Wendell Cox.
Middleton Hills, a New Urbanism Success Story?
As housing prices continue to rise, Middleton Hills moves further and further away from the reach of the middle class.
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City of Thousand Oaks
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The Architects Foundation
University of Cincinnati Online
Northern Illinois Transit Authority (NITA)
The Pocatello Development Authority
The Urban Renewal Agency of the City of Pocatello
FREE Course: Walkable City 1: Why Walkability?
After describing his path towards focusing on walkability as the essence of good planning, Jeff Speck marches through his five principal reasons for making more walkable places.
Reinventing Malls: Planning Alchemy—Turning Gray Fields Into Gold
The course focuses on the opportunities and imperatives that shape reinvention of mall sites.
