The Daily Source of Urban Planning News
U.S. Development Experts Discuss Future Growth
<p>Neal Peirce reports on the Urban Land Institute's Larson Forum, where experts discussed to grow given the projection of 100 million more people by 2043 in the U.S.?</p>
Codes and Plans The Key To New Urbanism
<p>Robert Steuteville comments on the progress The New Urbanism has made in implementing form-based codes and regional plans.</p>
Can Busy Residential Streets Be As Toxic As Freeways?
<p>Findings from a new study on air pollution found that notwithstanding lower traffic volumes, "heavily traveled secondary highways" may be just as toxic as freeways laden with diesel trucks or major railyards.</p>
The Demise Of Miami's Public Housing Czar
<p>Rene Rodriguez, the once highly lauded director of the Miami-Dade Housing Agency, stands accused of taking from the poor to serve developer interests, as well as his own.</p>
Horse-Riding Citizens Fight Grocery Store
<p>In one of few areas in L.A. zoned to allow horses, Burbank horse owners have convinced the local planning board to reject a plan to build a Whole Foods grocery store in their neighborhood. The retailer offered concessions, but the battle continues.</p>
The Modern Streetcar 'Hoax'?
<p>Plans for modern streetcars are becoming more popular across the U.S. as one component of a revitalization plan. Randal O'Toole argues that the connection between streetcars and economic development is a hoax.</p>
Austin, Texas OKs Stricter Guidelines For Big-Box Retail
<p>New rules approved by the Austin City Council require that neighbors be notified of proposed big-box development and that a public hearing be held for the project.</p>
Botswanan Bush People Regain Rights To Ancestral Lands
<p>Bushmen have won a long court case against the Botswanan government for illegally removing them from their ancestral lands. The ruling is expected to set a standard for other indigenous people in the protection of their ancestral lands.</p>
Donald Krueckeberg, Leading Voice In Urban Planning, Dies
<p>Krueckeberg influenced a generation of urban planners with his teaching and writing on land use policy, property theory and history.</p>
Some Funds Approved For San Jose BART Extension
<p>Funding issues are compounding the troubles involved in expanding the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit System (BART) to include San Jose and other areas in Silicon Valley. A recent allocation of funds is keeping the plan moving.</p>
Converting A High School Into Housing
<p>In a creative deal to save a historic structure and also add to the city's desperately needed stock of workforce housing, the school district in Waco, Texas, agreed to sell the old Waco High building to a private developer.</p>
Rain, Rain, Go Away...Naturally
<p>"Low-impact" technologies and natural drainage systems are the latest trend in New Urbanism.</p>
What The Future Holds For Shanghai
<p>Shanghai, already the largest city in China, anticipates a population of 25 million by 2020. A week long series on National Public Radio covers the amazing stories surrounding the city's growth and development.</p>
Bloomberg's New Plan For New York
<p>New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has unveiled a broad plan to re-envision the city. He has recognized three major challenges: a population increase of 1 million residents within 25 years, a crumbling infrastructure, and a need to go green.</p>
A Profile Of Americans, According To The Census
<p>An 'eclectic' portrait of the American people is drawn from over 1,400 tables in the newly-released Census Bureau's 2007 Statistical Abstract of the United States.</p>
Urbanizing India And China Look To Build Green
<p>With populations steadily increasing in India and China, the two countries are looking to green building methods to reduce their energy use as they urbanize and move more closely to Western energy consumption patterns.</p>
Leasing Retail Space In Transit-Oriented Developments
<p>Fruitvale Village in Oakland, California, provides a valuable case study for designing and leasing retail space in transit-oriented development projects.</p>
Measuring Detroit's Vital Signs
<p>Model D uses the new CEO's For Cities report to analyze Detroit's strengths (more than you might think) and its weaknesses.</p>
Is Bellevue a New Brooklyn?
<p>Bellevue, Seattle's largest neighboring city, grapples with Robert Lang's categorization of it as a "boomburb" -- having nearly as many foreign born citizens (32%) as New York's Brooklyn neighborhood (38%).</p>
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