The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

<p>Chesterfield County, Virginia, debates how it will provide needed services to a new 4,886-unit subdivision. Earlier rezoning without cash proffers presents problems for funding adequate school facilities and infrastructure to serve future residents.</p>

October 31 - Richmond Times Dispatch

<p>The controlled growth initiative in Solano County, California, is one of many currently on the ballot in the Bay Area which aim to promote smart growth.</p>

October 31 - The Contra Costa Times

<p>Columbus, Ohio's New Village Place -- winner of the 2006 James B. Recchie Award for Urban Design -- seamlessly marries market-rate and affordable housing with striking designs that respect the historic character and fabric of the neighborhood.</p>

October 31 - The Columbus Dispatch

<p>A new poll of Londoners shows the majority backing a proposal to grant the city's mayor increased power to intervene in the planning process.</p>

October 31 - Ealing Times

<p>A classic Art Deco building in Downtown Baltimore that stood vacant for 15 years has been renovated and updated into one of the area's most extensive uses of green building techniques.</p>

October 31 - E, The Environmental Magazine

<p>In cities across the country, the trend of downtown housing development is booming. Prices per square-foot have more than doubled since last year in some cities.</p>

October 31 - The Denver Post via Chicago Tribune

<p>Experts warn that existing green alternatives are not enough to meeting the world's growing energy demands. But government and private investment in energy research has fallen.</p>

October 31 - The New York Times

<p>A list of the least and most dangerous cities in the United States as ranked by the research and publishing company Morgan Quitno Press.</p>

October 30 - FOX News

<p>Britain calls for urgent action on climate change after the publication of an alarming report by World Bank's chief economist on the impact of global warming.</p>

October 30 - The Financial Times

<p>While many residents agree that the city should intensity, NIMBYism still percolates up in the neighborhoods.</p>

October 30 - The Toronto Star

<p>A wave of gentrification has revived part of the city's riverfront into a hip, urban neighborhood.</p>

October 30 - The Washington Post

<p>High overhead costs are taking up more than half of the budget for reconstruction efforts in Iraq, severely limiting the construction of infrastructure such as water and electricity lines.</p>

October 30 - The New York Times via International Herald Tribune

<p>This opinion piece from the <em>Baltimore Sun</em> calls on the province to shift its planning priorities to include all of its residents, not just the humans.</p>

October 30 - The Baltimore Sun

<p>The amount of oxygen-deprived marine areas has increase by more than 30% over the last two years, an increase that is rapidly decreasing the global food supply -- especially in developing countries.</p>

October 30 - Science

FEATURE

Steven E. Polzin presents some lighthearted observations on Americans' heavyset figures, while examining the relationship between our increasing waistlines and the nation's demand for energy.

October 30 - Steven E. Polzin

<p>The Virginia Department of Transportation is looking to change its rules on creating new bicycle and pedestrian lanes to increase the state's walk- and bike-ability.</p>

October 30 - The Roanoke Times

<p>Halting the environmentally destructive mountain-top removal of coal mining in Appalachia has long been a goal for environmentalists. Now members of the Mennonite and other Christian denominations have joined the movement.</p>

October 30 - The New York Times

<p>The median price of a new home dropped nearly 10% in September, 2006 -- the largest one-year decline since 1970. Home builders reduce prices to clear inventory.</p>

October 29 - Business Week

<p>The number of permits issued for new home construction has taken a major downturn in California, where the amount of new home permits has fallen 47% since last year.</p>

October 29 - The San Francisco Chronicle

<p>Why do Torontonians loathe tall buildings, and how can they get past this fear?</p>

October 29 - The Toronto Star