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An Unlikely Smart Growth Advocate Comes To Power
The Los Angeles Times profiles Rick Cole, one of the nation's best known smart growth advocates, and the new city manager of Ventura, CA.
Mega-Churches: The New Inhabitants Of Sprawl
The new spiritual centers sprouting in the nation's sprawling suburbs are extravagant, extra-large, and controversial.
Touring The World's Largest Public Works Project
The L.A. Times Magazine's editor tours China's Yangtze River to visit the Three Gorges Dam, now two-thirds complete.
Granholm Promotes People-Friendly Road Design
Governor's "context-sensitive" approach could resolve old highway battles.
Encouraging Young People To Think About Their Built Environment
British 'Spacemakers' project offers a thought-provoking approach to inclusive urban planning and design practices.
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In Defense of the Threatened Hope VI Program
Grants dedicated to revitalizing distressed public housing are needed to correct flawed Federal housing policies of the past.
Clearing The Air In California
The Environmental Protection Agency will begin enforcing tougher air quality standards next year. Reason offers a fast-track approach to compliance.
San Francisco's Icon Ghirardelli Square Has Been Sold
Declining retails sales may lead to a change in land uses at the famous commercial complex.
Regional Efficiency At the Expense of the Suburbs?
For many suburban officials in Illinois, the proposed consolidation of two regional planning agencies is a threat to their influence over the disbursement of transportation dollars.
Specialists Challenge Fire Management Strategies in California
Specialists at UC Berkeley 'challenge the basic assumption underlying fire management strategies used to prevent wildfires' like the one that recently ravaged through Southern California.
A Streetcar Named Disaster
The Houston Review takes a hard look at Houston's new MetroRail transit system.
Father Of The Mall
Victor Gruen invented the enclosed mall, and Alfred Taubman "perfected it." What were they thinking?
Are Gated Communities 'Racially Polarizing?'
A county's law to allow gated communities sparks a debate.
The De-malling Of California
California's de-malling movement turns white elephants into urban centers.
Nashville's Cultural Cluster
Nashville civic leaders seek to create a 'cultural cluster' through quality mixed-use infill projects.
Using Markets To Help Clean Waterways
Virginia is taking the advice of economists and using markets to help clean waterways.
Making Inner-Ring Suburbs Redevelopment-Ready
Michigan Suburbs Alliance creating standards to certify inner-ring suburbs as redevelopment-ready.
Take The Stairs
Designing inviting stairways in buildings makes it easier for people to get exercise and lose weight.
Land Use Power: Raising The Stakes
Florida county and its cities fight over land use power.
Public Transit And 'Fractal Stupidity'
British management consultant Peter Cochrane wonders if society's belief that public transit is the answer is in fact, 'fractal stupidity'.
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