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The Path To Preserving L.A.'s Industrial Lands
<p>Preserving industrial land in Downtown L.A. is the focus of a broad city report to be released in January. The city recommends classifying specific areas into four land use categories to guide development in the area increasingly sought by investors.</p>
The Year's Best In Livable Streets
<p><em>Streetsblog</em> has announced the winners of its livable streets awards, commending such public works as bike lanes and low emissions policies.</p>
Height Restrictions May Be Lifted In Paris
<p>This report from <em>NPR</em> looks at plans in Paris that could lift building height restrictions and dramatically alter the city's skyline.</p>
House of Cards
<p>A primer on how the economics of housing have been the foundation of not just urban planning but the whole American economy since the 1930s, and why the current housing crisis could have such a far-reaching impact.</p>
Friday Funny: Most Lustful US Cities?
<p>Forbes has published its ranking of the America's 10 Most Lustful Cities. If you're looking for love, start in San Antonio or Cincinnati.</p>
California's Land Use Stories Of The Year
<p>The sudden end to a hot housing market and planners' response to climate change were the top land use stories of 2007, according to California Planning & Development Report.</p>
Cities Think Big Despite Uncertain Development Market
<p>Despite a rocky real estate market, cities across the globe are investing in large-scale development projects.</p>
Designing The Female-Friendly City
<p>As women become a larger segment of the nation's urban population, more planners are recognizing the importance of addressing the concerns of women through urban design.</p>
The Power Of The Threat Of Eminent Domain
<p>In New York, eminent domain is not necessarily the direct work of the government, and often the threat of eminent domain is enough to clear the way for development. This editorial explains how.</p>
Louisiana Rebounds, But Nevada Grows Fastest
<p>More than 50,000 people were added to the population of Louisiana in 2007, where growth has been gradual since more than 250,000 fled after Hurricane Katrina. Nevada has regained its long-held title as the nation's fastest growing state.</p>
Urban Renewal Plan Translates To Job Loss And Gentrification
<p>This editorial from the <em>Orange County Register</em> bemoans the urban renewal process proposed in a new specific plan for the city of Santa Ana that some say will gentrify the city's downtown and eliminate many industrial jobs.</p>
Is LEED Way Behind?
<p>Flaws in LEED's rating system make it much too easy to get certified, which begs the question: Does LEED really succeed in making our buildings any greener?</p>
Ohio Growth Posing Environmental Threats
<p>Growth and urban development are posing significant threats to air quality in Northeast Ohio, and many planners are looking at ways to reduce the threats.</p>
How Temporary Uses Can Revitalize Neighborhoods
<p>Temporary, interim, or intermittent uses are part of a growing trend, evident both in Europe and the U.S., that creatively responds to new planning needs.</p>
Pentagon Looks Toward Space For Solar Power On Earth
<p>The Pentagon and an international consortium are investigating the feasibility of 'beaming back' solar energy from a network of space-based satellites and Pacific island-based antennae that could begin operating as early as 2012.</p>
A Planner's 2008 Planning Wishlist for Pakistan
<p>A Pakistani planner offers an urban planning wish list for the most urbanized country in South Asia.</p>
The Shock Doctrine Comes to New Orleans
<p>Naomi Klein believes that HUD's demolition of public housing in New Orleans isn't just about responding to flood damage: it's a classic example of what she calls "The Shock Doctrine" -- using disasters to restructure and privatize whole economies.</p>
California Experts on 'Establishing a Framework for Equitable Growth'
<p>California's population is not only immense, it's incredibly diverse. Building the infrastructure to serve the state's current residents has proven a difficult task -- one that won't get any easier.</p>
The Property Tax and the Fortunes of Older Industrial Cities
<p>Discontent with one particular type of public levy, the local property tax, is gaining momentum across the country. Disgruntled homeowners are demanding that governors and mayors find alternative methods to raise revenue.</p>
California Growth Slows As Out-Migration Continues
<p>Far more residents left the Golden State than arrived from other states, but births and foreign in-migration kept the state growing to 37,771,431 residents, with 3/4 of total population increase resulting from births alone.</p>
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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.
