The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

The Dutch Bijlmermeer high-rise housing estate located outside Amsterdam has seen more than a lot of trouble. But now, after years of unsuccessful regeneration effort, the Bijlmermeer is finally thriving.

July 23 - Shared Spaces

The Aerogenerator doesn't look like an ordinary turbine -- something that could sway anti-wind farm groups.

July 23 - The Guardian Unlimited

HUD announces the release of its latest analysis of the housing market, based on performance numbers of housingproduction, sales, affordability, and multi-family housing unit production.

July 23 - HUD News

Despite a construction and housing boom, less than 6% of the properties are classified as 'affordable'.

July 22 - The San Francisco Chronicle

France, Poland, Slovenia and Sweden offer feedback about their approach to handling the challenges of high-rise residential housing.

July 22 - Shared Spaces

BLOG POST

I haven't clicked through all the links yet on this <a href="http://www.primidi.com/2005/07/22.html#a1253">fantastic post</a> on research in urban climate from Roland Piquepaille's technology blog. I plan to. As usual, it's a tremendously good aggregation of the state of research in a field. Meteorologists and urban planners, with the help of Earth-sensing satellites, are starting to get a sense of how even small features of cities -- individual skyscrapers -- have an effect on global weather patterns and pollution.

July 22 - Anonymous

Scientists have developed &#147;smart" building materials designed to wash pollutants off the surface and clean the air.

July 22 - The Washington Post

"Raising Less Corn More Hell" asserts that modern farming methods actually are counter-productive to countering world hunger.

July 22 - Salon

Boasting a raft of sustainable design elements, including a heat-reflecting roof, the Hilton Vancouver (WA) is hoping to become the first hotel to receive a LEED certification

July 22 - MetropolisMag.com

Between congressional redistricting and housing migrations, suburban voters are enjoying more governmental power than ever.

July 22 - Governing

Despite opposition from local residents, an eight-year long experiment deliberately pollutes thousands of trees to study the impact of future global warming.

July 22 - The Los Angeles Times

A article in APA's Planning & Environmental Law describes the arguments in APA's Amicus Curiae and the decision written by Justice Stevens.

July 22 - American Planning Association

According to a Stanford University study, wind is the fastest growing source of energy in the world.

July 22 - CNN

Olympia, Washington is facing the challenges of applying the latest wastewater technologies.

July 22 - Planning Magazine

Coca-cola is accused of taking scarce groundwater away from landless laborers, polluting it, and selling poisonous factory waste as fertilizer to poor farmers.

July 21 - International Herald Tribune

Conservationists applauded the measure, but some business groups are worried that it may stop growth.

July 21 - Smart Growth Online

A developer who sits on the City Planning Commission is at the center of a dispute that pits a university's desire for more student housing against a community's desire for open space.

July 21 - The Philadelphia Daily News

Local politicians are taking the fight against global warming past Washington politics and directly to the people.

July 21 - Grist Magazine

The Clearkin Construction Company was given seven days to vacate the property they'd maintained in Philadelphia for over 50 years to make room for housing.

July 21 - The Philadelphia Inquirer

Facing stiff opposition from cable and phone companies, voters in Lafayette, Louisiana approve a municipal fiber to the home network.

July 21 - Daily Advertiser