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Smart Growth And Housing Affordability
Anthony Downs explores the tensions between affordable housing and smart growth and outlines how they might be resolved in practice.
Environmentalist Wins U.N. Prize
U.S. Environmentalist Huey Johnson has been awarded the most prestigious environmental award in the world.
Brownfields State Of The State Report
The Northeast-Midwest Institute is releasing an updated review of brownfield initiatives and program impacts in the 50 states.
Construction Threatening Downtown Businesses In Houston
Small businesses that helped revitalize downtown Houston could be threated by construction projects.
Back To The Future Of Architecture
Built fifty years ago in Fairfax County, VA, Holmes Run Acres were designed to appeal to both architects and the general public and were considered to be the future of home architecture. What happened?
Rival Consultants Team Up For New York Study
Seventy management consultants from leading firms collaborated on a pro bono project to prepare a study to help city planners plan New York City's recovery from the Sept. 11 attacks.
A Tale Of Two Bases
Critics of a base reuse plan in Orlando, Florida have begun pointing to Denver's current reuse plan as an example of a more balanced approach.
Bay Area Efforts To Reduce Smog Get Poor Grade
A Sierra Club reportgave the Bay Area a C-minus grade for its efforts to reducesmog through public transit spending. The report found thatresidents of the nine-county Bay Area created as muchpollution per person as did residents of perennially smo
Landmark Housing Measure Approved
The Housing Act of 2001 for the first time would commit a percentage of tax revenue to D.C.'s Housing Production Trust Fund.
Fearful City
A hodge podge of security installations and congestion from street closures, are damaging the local economic and moral health of the nation's capitol.
Saving History
The Christian Science Monitor interviews Richard Moe, president of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
WTC: New 50-story Glass Towers
New York is determined to rebuild downtown -- and one proposal now stands out.
Tech Companies Relocating To Atlanta
High-tech entrepreneurs and venture capitalists are moving to Atlanta, GA, attracted by the lower cost of living and better office space rates.
Ten Cities With The Worst Commute
Which residents have the worst commutes in the nation? New York, Chicago and San Francisco. The Census Bureau publishes the list of cities with the longest commutes.
California Report: Survey On California Land Use Released
The Public Policy Institute of California has released results of a survey on public perceptions and policy preferences related to land use and development.
State Panel Approves Bolsa Chica Restoration Plan
The California Coastal Commission approved a $100 million restoration plan for the Bolsa Chica wetlands in Southern California.
Georgia Aquarium May Be A Go In Atlanta's Midtown
Home Depot chairman's foundation to spend up to $200 million to build Georgia Aquarium near Atlantic Station development.
Are Roundabouts Better Than Traffic Signals?
Roundabouts (circular intersections), new to Florida, are proposed for Jacksonville.
San Jose Achieves Ambitious Recycling Goal
San Jose has become California's only large city to achieve a tough 10-year recycling goal of diverting half its trash from landfills.
Central Florida's New Suburbanism?
Supporters and critics are watching the development of Avalon Park, a traditional neighborhood development on the outskirts of Orlando, FL.
City of Camden Redevelopment Agency
City of Astoria
Transportation Research & Education Center (TREC) at Portland State University
Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada
Toledo-Lucas County Plan Commissions
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