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Conservation Under A Military Regime
A military regime's attempt at conservation worries experts.
Judgement Halts Bombay Mills Demolitions
Bombay Environmental Action Group succeeds in court action seeking withdrawal of modifications to planning regulations that favored mill owners.
Flat Earth Award
Dr. Fred Singer offers an acceptance speech after being awarded the flat earth award for denying global warming.
Congressman NIMBY
Congressman Tom Davis (R-VA) is using his position in the Federal Government to fight a proposed TOD near his Northern Virginia home.
The Plex: Versatile, Viable And Urban
Plexes, abundant in Montreal and common in Chicago, Boston and other cities, are a versatile, dense and attractive form of urban housing.
Unveiling The Design For New York's High Line
Plans for reusing New York's abandoned and eclectic elevated rail line are unveiled at MOMA.
Respected Official Addresses 'Troubled Water' Conference
Bureau of Reclamation official delivers tough message to Western Water Conference attendees
Urbanizing The Alpha Edge City
Quintessential edge city Tysons Corner doesn’t want to be one anymore.
Test Your Climate-change Knowledge
Grist environmental columnist Umbra Fisk challenges enviros with a (very) difficult quiz on climate change.
Collaboration Key To Resolving Western Water Conflicts
Finding a solution the water problem in the western U.S. is not going to be easy.
Lights Out For U.S. Traffic Signals
The nation's traffic signals fail in almost every aspect of execution.
Phoenix: A Great Place To Live?
The fastest growing city in the US gets no love from city officials.
Bush-Whack For Amtrak
Amtrak's Acela line "brake-downer" couldn't have come at a worse time forthe company, as Congress considers pulling Federal funds.
A City Is Not A Toy: How SimCity Plays With Urbanism
A detailed account of the relationship between the influential computer game SimCity and urban planning.
Can Active Living Design Curb Obesity?
Fighting America's obesity epidemic will required a myriad of lifestyle changes. Nature Medicine investigates communities that are rising to this challenge.
Performing Arts Latest Casuality In Ground Zero Rebuild
Politics keep post-9/11 rebuilding plans in turmoil.
Biodynamic: Ecosystem Farms
Organic farmers are offering up a set of new labels for organically-grown foods: 'Biodynamic', 'Food Alliance Certified', 'local' and even 'beyond organic'.
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Memory Mapping and Where it Could Take Us…
<img src="http://www.placematters.com/Graphics/Flickr.jpg" alt="Memory Map Example in Flickr" /><br /> <br /> Related to Charles' article about google maps and satellite images…<br /> <br /> The emerging <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/memorymaps/pool/">MemoryMap pool</a> on Flickr, where people annotate maps and photos (frequently taken from google maps) with their memories linked to specific places, takes the Google map service to a new fun level. So why not bring this into the planning process? Maps, <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/antonolsen/8687302/in/pool-memorymaps">like this example here</a>
How Climate Deniers Undermined The Kyoto Treaty
The story of how special interests and psuedoscience undermined the international treaty on global warming.
Most Extreme Backyard Makeovers
50-foot whirligigs, a few hundred sculptures made from concrete and ground glass, or a three-story high adobe mountain.
City of Thousand Oaks
City of Wisconsin Rapids
Harvard University Graduate School of Design
The Architects Foundation
University of Cincinnati Online
Northern Illinois Transit Authority (NITA)
The Pocatello Development Authority
The Urban Renewal Agency of the City of Pocatello
FREE Course: Walkable City 1: Why Walkability?
After describing his path towards focusing on walkability as the essence of good planning, Jeff Speck marches through his five principal reasons for making more walkable places.
Reinventing Malls: Planning Alchemy—Turning Gray Fields Into Gold
The course focuses on the opportunities and imperatives that shape reinvention of mall sites.
