The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

A new report by the Brookings Institution addresses changing capital markets and their implications for community development finance.

July 19 - The Brookings Institution

Rio Arriba County, N.M., lies along the drug-smuggling route from Mexico to Denver. This is not a particularly useful economic development strategy.

July 19 - The Christian Science Monitor

County planners are advocating land-use designations for the Las Vegas Valley that would help stem the tide of housing and commerical developments.

July 19 - Las Vegas Sun

Time Magazine presents an "interactive report" on the effects of global warming and what you can do to fight it.

July 19 - Time

Residents in Hackensack, NJ, are critical of new development and want to preserve historic buildings.

July 19 - Bergen Record

The Madison Square is now a historic district and buzzing with economic investment.

July 19 - The New York Times

A former toxic dump in Fort has caused cancer in the surrounding community. A golf course is proposed for the site.

July 19 - The Miami Herald

The Brookings Institution responds to Demographia's concerns about the data used for it's analysis of sprawl across the U.S.

July 18 - The Brookings Institution

Lim Lay Ying encourages metropolitan areas in Malayasia to consider "smart growth" strategies to address growth issues by providing examples of efforts in Wyoming and Georgia in the U.S.

July 18 - TheStar.Com.My

The rowing interest in golf -- thanks to the achievements of Tiger Woods -- is making sure that golf course architecture firms are busy with new projects.

July 18 - The Washington Post

Demographia questions the reliability of data used in the Brookings Institution report, Who Sprawl the Most?

July 18 - Demographia

Do NIMBY residents prevent good planning, or serve as the last defense of traditional neighborhoods? A San Francisco Chronicle columnist investigates.

July 18 - The San Francisco Chronicle

Marin Pedersen reviews the book -- "Suburban Nation: The Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream" by New Urbanism pioneers Andres Duany, Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, and Jeff Speck.

July 18 - MetropolisMag.com

An overview of the architecture of Rudolph Michael Schindler whose work was dismissed during his lifetime but continues to inspire a new generation of architects.

July 18 - The Washington Post

Trust for Public Land, a conservation organization, is planning to buy 171,000 acres of forest in New Hampshire to protect it from development.

July 18 - The San Diego Union-Tribune

The challenges of preserving Alban Towers, a 1929 building historically significant for its architecture.

July 18 - The Washington Post

Houston's bid for the 2008 Olympics may rest on how it rehabs the aging Astrodome.

July 18 - The Houston Chronicle

Landscape architect John G. Parsons of the National Park Service is in charge of protecting the Washington Mall.

July 17 - The New York Times

St. Mary County, MD, is updating its land use code to address issues of sprawl and suburbanization of the rural landscape.

July 17 - The Washington Post

Floridians protested against a police surveillance system installed in public areas that scans faces to search for wanted persons.

July 17 - Wired