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Ikea Builds Russia's Biggest Mega-mall

Russia's biggest mall is being constructed on the Moscow outskirts by Ikea.

July 11 - BBC News

Smart Growth Advocated At NAACP Convention

Sociologist Robert Bullard advocated Smart Growth at National Association for the Advancement of Colored People's national convention.

July 10 - The Houston Chronicle

Recreational Trails And Property Rights

The government is edging for control of a popular recreation trail through rural Massachusetts, and part of a 200-mile network.

July 10 - The Boston Globe

Census Factoids: 2001 Statistical Abstract

Every day, the U.S. Census Bureau offers a factoid culled from the Statistical Abstract of the United States.

July 10 - U.S. Census Bureau

Web Site Gives Easy Access To Land Data

New BLM Web site offers legal and GPS information about land, a valuable tool for GIS projects.

July 10 - GeoPlace


Preserving Revolutionary War Sites

$10 million initiative introduced to protect Revolutionary War sites in New Jersey.

July 10 - Bergen Record

Candidates Debate Sensible Growth Issues

Illinois candidates answer questions about how they'll address local and regional growth as governor.

July 10 - Campaign For Sensible Growth


The Ugly Side Of Preferential Parking Districts

Preferential parking districts are a popular planning tool, but do they do the districts create "parking have-nots?"

July 10 - The Los Angeles Times

New Cities Raise Taxes, Pay Alimony

A decade after the passage of the "revenue neutrality" law, the incorporation of new cities appears to be back as a major planning issue in California.

July 10 - California Planning and Development Report

Senate Approves Nevada Nuclear Waste Site

Nevada's Yucca Mountain has won the dubious distinction as the nation's dumping site for nuclear waste. Lawsuits are planned.

July 10 - The Los Angeles Times

Strip Center Investing: A Bear Market For Dummies

The shopping center sector is entering its third phase of consolidation, with investors gunning for strip centers and B-C malls.

July 10 - REIS

Revitalization And They Don't Even Know It

Commercial project in the 'gateway' to the upscale Hamptons gets new urban features through half dozen hearings and 12 site plan revisions.

July 9 - Newsday

New Urbanism Arrives In Indianapolis

Feeling that suburban growth was too impersonal, residents of Indianapolis are embracing New Urbanist developments.

July 9 - The Indianapolis Star

GAO: ANWR Cleanup Costs Not Counted

A report by the General Accounting Office says oil firms haven't earmarked as much a $6 billion in future cleanup costs as a result of drilling near the drilling in the nearby Arctic National Wildlife Refuge park.

July 9 - The Kansas City Star

Greener Growth With Cleaner Coal

Growth without harming the environment is possible.

July 9 - The Economist

After Ikea: Neighborhood's Future Uncertain

After pressuring Ikea to abandon plans for a superstore, a neighborhood's future is still uncertain.

July 9 - The New York Times

Can $50 Million Fix Traffic In Redmond?

The City of Redmond has unveiled their $50 million Downtown Transportation Masterplan, developed by

July 9 - The Seattle Times

Demographic Change In Medium-Sized Cities

This survey looks at 2000 Census data for 100 medium-sized U.S. cities and reveals that they experienced demographic changes similar to their big city peers.

July 9 - The Brookings Institution

'Anti-Urban' City: The End of Suburban Dreams?

The 'suburban frontier' is rapidly closing for the nation's first suburban city.

July 9 - The New York Times

Have Housing Prices Risen Faster In Portland Than Elsewhere?

An urban growth boundary can exert upward pressure on the rate of increase of housing prices.

July 9 - Fannie Mae Foundation

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