The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Recent reports show sharp rise in home inventories, along with a decline in new orders across the U.S.

February 12 - The Wall Street Journal

How will Torino capitalize on the international attention to revive its fading industrial economy?

February 12 - International Herald Tribune

A housing market slowdown has many worried that the Fort Myers condo market is not all that it was cracked up to be.

February 11 - The New York Times

I don't know how long my family's printing company can survive, since Wal-Mart moved into my town and displaced most of the local businesses, writes Kat Smyth.

February 11 - Campus Progress via Alternet

Experts estimate that foreign investors can expect to reap over four times more profit in India than in the U.S. or Europe.

February 11 - The Wall Street Journal

Steve Holt of the Brookings Institution reviews research on the first 30 years of the EITC, documenting how it supports work, reduces poverty, and helps families and communities.

February 11 - The Brookings Institution

The scheme for Ho Chi Minh City is designed to alleviate overcrowding and other socioeconomic problems.

February 11 - Viet Nam News

It's a shame when a Mom n' Pop parking lot falls victim to another 'Area' Wal-Mart.

February 10 - The Onion

A developer wants to transform a bank into a shopper's delight. Could this be the development that transforms the area into a 24/7 urban CBD?

February 10 - The Slatin Report

Readers respond to President Bush's statement that the nation is addicted to oil.

February 10 - Wisconsin State Journal

National Geographic explores the disconcerting spread of Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13, a relatively new and violent Los Angeles-based gang.

February 10 - The Christian Science Monitor

Michael Mills is not what you might expect out of Wal-Mart's southern spokesman.

February 10 - Creative Loafing Atlanta

New Jersey's Newark Museum is world class, but middle-class fear and suburban sprawl have left it underused.

February 10 - The Wall Street Journal

The region's transportation network is beginning to buckle under the strain of auto-dependence, write Neal Peirce and Curtis Johnson.

February 10 - New England Futures

While the abatement can be a 'wealth magnet' for the city by generating market value from tax-free properties, the real benefit may be limited to the developers who cash in.

February 10 - The Philadelphia Daily News

Alan Berube of the Brookings Institution examines how receipt of the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) expanded nationwide from 2000 to 2003 in response to a weakened economy.

February 10 - The Brookings Institution

The two planners who oversaw highly successful growth in Vancouver for 20 years are calling it quits.

February 10 - The Vancouver Sun

Readers respond to President Bush's statement that the nation is addicted to oil.

February 9 - The Oregonian

Historian Larry Gerckens outlines the ten successes that have shaped the modern American City -- from sewage systems to integrated transportation.

February 9 - Planning Commissioners Journal

Eighty-five evangelical Christian leaders urge religious conservatives to combat global warming.

February 9 - The Washington Post