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Chamber Sues City Over Land Use Restrictions
The Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce has sued the City of Santa Monica for restricting parking in a commercial shopping district.
Delegates Fault U.S. Stand On Pollution
The U.S. is under increasing pressure on its stand on pollution at the U.N. summit on global climate change.
City Won't Take Mall Stores
Huntington Beach City Council blocks the use of eminent domain to makeover aging mall.
Revival For Ventura Harbor
Channel Islands Harbor is struggling. Developers are proposing to revamp a major hotel and restaurant.
HUD Upgrades E-Maps
HUD has launched an upgraded version of HUD E-Maps, a website providing environmental mapping.
Digital Dublin
High-tech office campuses proposed for Alameda County are likely to be incorporated into a new Digital Dublin.
Bulletin To Stop Chain Store Development
A new bimonthly bulletin is dedicated to reporting on efforts nationwide to stop chain store proliferation and support locally owned businesses.
Global Warming Threatens Small Island Countries
Small island nations threatened by rising sea levels due to global warming are dismayed with the slow pace of U.S. climate talks.
Who Should Run The Housing Voucher Program?
The Brookings Institution presents a proposal to reform the Section 8 housing voucher program.
Houston Light Rail Approved
The Houston City Council approved a controversial, 7.5-mile, $300 million light rail line that would run on city streets.
Urban Rail: Less To Lease Cars For New Riders
The Public Purpose ranks urban transit projects by cost, and suggests that it would be less expensive to buy a new car for each rider.
Wildlife Agency Played Out
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has stopped putting new species on its endangered and threatened list.
Best Places To Live 2000
Money Magazine publishes its ranking of the best places to live. The magazine considers urban sprawl in its rankings.
Voters Take Action On Urban Sprawl
Voters across the country are using the ballot box to decide how they want their communities and cities to grow.
Can LA Save Billions In Congestion Costs?
Could emissions and congestion charges of 10-30-cents per peak-traffic mile produce smog reductions worth more than $200 million a year?
Seattle's Light Rail Halted
After seven years and $25 million, progress on Seattle's 4.5-mile light rail tunnel have crashed to a halt.
U.S. Global-emissions Proposal Criticized
Environmentalists at U.N. Climate Conference say U.S. offer to existing forests and armland to meet their targets to reduce greenhouse gasemissions as "cheating."
2002 Olympics To Jam Roads, Critics Say
Salt Lake City's Olympic organizers are planning on 95 percent of spectators to travel to Olympic venues in the own vehicles or rental cars.
A Different World
Editorial discusses how the listing of the Puget Sound chinook salmon as an endangered species will affect land use and the economy in the Seattle area.
Restoring Olmsted's Emerald Necklace
After years of neglect, a multi-million dollar effort is underway to restore Boston's Emerald Necklace -- the oldest park system in the country -- in keeping with the original vision of its designer the famed landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted.
City of Thousand Oaks
City of Wisconsin Rapids
Harvard University Graduate School of Design
The Architects Foundation
University of Cincinnati Online
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.
