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A new analysis of Census data using new geographic definitions finds that the bulk of large central cities added population so far this decade.

September 6 - The Brookings Institution

BLOG POST

Two stories in the <em>New York Times'</em> science section today relevant to our game here. First, Dennis Overbye takes a historical trip to cities that died, <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/06/science/06lost.html">here</a>. Good bits:<br /> <br /> <blockquote>"Cities rise and fall depending on what made them go in the first place," said Peirce Lewis, an expert on the history of New Orleans and an emeritus professor of geography at Pennsylvania State University.<br /> <br /> Changes in climate can make a friendly place less welcoming. Catastrophes like volcanoes or giant earthquakes can kill a city quickly. Political or economic shifts can strand what was once a thriving metropolis in a slow death of irrelevance. After the Mississippi River flood of 1993, the residents of Valmeyer, Ill., voted to move their entire town two miles east to higher ground.<br /> <br /> What will happen to New Orleans now, in the wake of floods and death and violence, is hard to know. But watching the city fill up like a bathtub, with half a million people forced to leave, it has been hard not to think of other places that have fallen to time and the inconstant earth.</blockquote>

September 6 - Anonymous

A modernist masterpiece by architect Mies van der Rohe's reopens after the most radical restoration of its 50 year history. A photo essay on the restoration includes a discussion of its legacy.

September 6 - Chicago Reader

Columnist John King examines the lessons about rebuilding a city that can be learned from the San Francisco earthquake and fire of 1906.

September 6 - The San Francisco Chronicle

George Friedman outlines the role of New Orleans in the global economy. The US fought wars over the site and it remains essential and irreplaceable.

September 6 - Stratfor Intelligence Brief

The success of urban recovery depends most on how a city was doing before the disaster struck. New Orleans had been declining for years, according to Newsweek's Jonathan Alter.

September 6 - Newsweek

Several New York Times columnists criticize the political leadership's response to Hurricane Katrina.

September 6 - The New York Times

While disasters bring out the best in people, long-term reconstruction often brings out the worst. How will New Orleans handle its reconstruction?

September 6 - Chicago Tribue

The section of New Orleans' 17th Street levee that was breached was recently upgraded. Why did it fail?

September 6 - New York Times

FEATURE

September 6 - John Renne

Cities, it turns out, tend to get rebuilt no matter what. But what will the new New Orleans look like? Will it be the same city?

September 5 - The Boston Globe

The real cause of the tragedy in New Orleans was the lack of automobiles for evacuees, argues Randall O'Toole.

September 5 - The Thoreau Institute

The aftermath of Hurrican Katrina exposes a festering secret Louisiana has hidden well -- its failure to help its neediest citizens.

September 5 - The Los Angeles Times

NASA offers simulated views of the effects of storm surge flooding on Lake Pontchartrain and the New Orleans area.

September 5 - NASA

<p>Can city taxes be used to encourage sustainability?</p>

September 5 - Now Magazine

Hurricane Katrinia was an 'unnatural disaster' if ever there was one, says Theodore Steinberg, an environmental historian.

September 4 - Wall St. Journal

The Planning Commissioner's Journal offers free access to an article about the devastating flood that hit theGrand Forks metro area in 1997 and local recovery efforts.

September 4 - Planning Commissioners Journal

Fast-food restaurants are concentrated within a short walking distance of schools, exposing children to "poor quality food environments" on a daily basis.

September 4 - American Journal Of Public Health

Accusations and lawsuits between designers and airport officials may delay the redesign of Georgia's international airport terminal by years.

September 4 - Atlanta Business Chronicle

A contest sponsored by the Chicago Chapter of the AIA is hoping to make recycling hip in Chicago again.

September 4 - Repeat