The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

The world population will reach 9.1 billion by 2050 according to a U.N. estimate.

February 27 - The Globe and Mail

An academic articles suggests that widespread awareness of sport events among potential tourists emphasizes that sport can be an effective promotional vehicle for cities.

February 27 - Annals Of Tourism Research

A key plank of British transport policy meets with public resistance in Edinburgh.

February 27 - The Guardian Unlimited

A new company matches hometown information technology talent with corporate needs.

February 27 - Dispatch Tribune

The solar tower,a renewable energy plant that pumps out as much power as a small reactor, finds a build location.

February 26 - Wired

Growing acceptance of local self-reliance, "green buildings" and alternative technologies indicates that new economic structures are more effective than protest in promoting environmental protection and social equity.

February 26 - Common Dreams

The Mall of America's management company has unveiled an ambitious $1 billion expansion plan to double the size of the nation's largest retail destination.

February 26 - Retail Traffic

Prince Charles resumes his long-standing argument with architects and planners.

February 26 - The Guardian Unlimited

An upstart pyramid scheme to bring wind power to gusty regions of Kansas is spinning heads in the mid-west.

February 26 - Kansas City Pitch Weekly

A new play in New York examines how one creates public works in a democracy.

February 25 - The New York Times

Canadian cities will get a portion of the Federal gas tax to fund public transportation and other major infrastructure projects.

February 25 - The Globe and Mail

How to refresh streets blighted by aging steel and concrete parking garages?

February 25 - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

An academic article makes the public health case for reforming zoning policy.

February 25 - American Journal Of Preventive Medicine

Denver residents love light rail and they want more of it.

February 25 - Michigan Land Use Institute

Legislators have unveiled a package of proposals being called 'lifestyle bills' aimed at limiting sprawl, reducing traffic and increasing housing.

February 25 - The Los Angeles Times

Study ranks 99 major real estate markets based on how much they are under or overpriced.

February 25 - CNNMoney

Former developer and transit authority chief Richard Ravitch argues against cheap sale of prime real estate to aid city's bid.

February 25 - The Village Voice

New Mexico's Dept. of Transportation (DOT) seeks to complement pending rail service with a transit oriented development (TOD).

February 25 - Albuquerque Journal

First there were malls, then outlet malls. Then came power centers followed by lifestyle and town centers. Now there is a new type: "Hybrid centers" or "power towns"

February 25 - Retail Traffic

The City of Berkeley takes the University of California at Berkeley to court over 15-year growth plan.

February 24 - ABC News