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Living With Sprawl

The Atlanta Journal Constitution's opinion on the recent study that shows a link between sprawl and ill health.

September 28 - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Sex And The Cities

Is zoning being used to gradually purify New York City and other big cities?

September 28 - Reason Online

Recognition At Last For Transylvanian Heritage

Proposals to list the city of Sibiu/Hermannstadt draw attention to other threats to the heritage of the area

September 28 - INTBAU

Portland, Maine Reverses The Brain Drain

This New England college town continues to develop the winning formula for attracting young professionals working in the 'creative economy'.

September 28 - The Christian Science Monitor

Big Boxes To Replace Steel Graveyard

Cleveland's first suburban-style "power" shopping center will feature big-box stores.

September 28 - The Cleveland Plain Dealer


Report: Sprawl Kills?

A new study by Rand Corporation claims that living in the suburbs takes four years all of your life.

September 28 - Chicago Sun-Times

Climate Change/Hurricane Connection Ignored

The extreme weather ravaging the Carribean and Florida may well be linked to climate change -- but you'd never know it by watching the news.

September 28 - TomDispatch


Mountains of Debate Concerning Bush's Mining Policy

Traces the administration's efforts to allow mountaintop removal mining in Appalachia.

September 28 - The St. Petersburg Times

Bush, Kerry, And The Environment

Comparing the environmental philosophies of George Bush and John Kerry.

September 28 - The Washington Post

How Government Affects Cities

Governance affects the long-term competitiveness of the metropolitan economy.

September 28 - Urban Affairs Review

Homeland Security To Buy Entire Town For Terror Drills

U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security will purchase an entire town to conduct anti-terrorism training.

September 27 - BBC News

Signs That Gentrification Is Just Around The Corner

Travel & Leisure magazine profiles four neighborhoods on the verge of gentrification.

September 27 - Travel And Leisure

Top Cities For E-Government

Survey ranks U.S. cities for delivery of services and information via the Internet.

September 27 - Governing

Car Free Day

Car Free Day has been slow to catch on in the "car-obsessed" U.S.

September 27 - The San Francisco Chronicle

The Hummer Is For Wimps

The Hummer looks like a bicycle next to the International CXT. This new truck that gives seven miles a gallon may be the world's "least eco-friendly production vehicle."

September 27 - BBC News

Iraq's 'Green Zone' Profiled

Baghdad's "International Zone," often known as the Green Zone, is a city unlike any other.

September 27 - Wall St. Journal

A Social, Moral And Environmental Case For Driving More

John Tierney questions prevailing beliefs about urban sprawl, suburbs, and the automobile.

September 27 - The New York Times

Practice What You Teach

Buying a home in a New Urbanist neighborhood in Eugene, Oregon becomes a practical lesson on the line separating academic discussions on New Urbanism and personal lifestyle choices for Professor Sriram Khé.

September 27 - Planetizen

Throwing Cold Water On Global Warming

Neil Collins finds flaws in the stand that global warming is going to be catastrophic and wonders if we should be worrying about global cooling instead.

September 27 - The Daily Telegraph

A Journalist Reviews Anchorage Transit

A reporter chronicles his experience taking Ancorage's People Mover bus system and concludes that, if you have time time, it'a a "great bargain."

September 27 - Anchorage Daily News

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