The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Offshore outsourcing has created a buzz among architecture and engineering (A/E) firm principals.

November 7 - ArchNewsNow.com

Efforts to revitalize Los Angeles' long-neglected river get a boost as a consultant is sought to design a plan for the waterway.

November 6 - The Los Angeles Times

Chicago has leased the Chicago Skyway to a private toll road company. Could the same privatizaion framework be used for the Chicago Transit Authority, asks Wendell Cox.

November 6 - Chicago Sun-Times

From pool cleaner to actor and now California's environmental protection secretary, Terry Tamminen's unusual background makes him a perfect fit for the job.

November 6 - The Los Angeles Times

Study confirms that smart growth will improve Atlanta's air quality and reduce auto use.

November 6 - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Bush administration opposes recommendations in Arctic climate-change report.

November 6 - The Washington Post

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A color-coded map of how different states voted in the 2004 U.S. presidential election was probably the most common graphic used to convey the election results in a single picture by the news media. The following graphic by CNN uses color to highlight the states that "switched" parties.<br /> <br /> <p align="center" ><br /> <img src="http://www.planetizen.com/tech/files//20041105-cnn-national-change.gif" alt="CNN: 2004 Election Results by State" /><br /> <br /><br /> CNN: <a href="http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2004/pages/results/president/">2004 Election Results by State</a><br /> </p><br /> <br /> The New York Times had a more informative map that took into account population density.

November 5 - Abhijeet Chavan

Could the computer game SimCity have changed the very idea of urban planning?

November 5 - The Next American City

Ethel Lawrence Homes is a case study in the challenged involved in building afforable housing for poor people in an affluent community.

November 5 - The Los Angeles Times

Skateboarders turn into landscape architects to design skateparks that will appeal to fellow skaters.

November 5 - Westways

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In which metropolitan areas did businesses move to adopt the Internet most quickly? <br /> <br /> A July, 2003 research paper from Carnegie Mellon University, co-authored by Chris Forman, Avi Goldfarb and Shane Greenstein, explores the extent of commercial adoption of the Internet in the nation's 50 largest metropolitan areas. <br /> <br /> The paper -- <a href="http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/cforman/research/digitaldispersion--July%2031.pdf"><br /> "How did Location Affect Adoption of the Commercial Internet?-Global Village, Urban Density and Industry Composition"</a> --explores the connection between industry composition and city size in explaining business use of the Internet.

November 5 - Chris Steins

Despite concerns over the economy, most voters agreed to help pay for new rail systems, highways and bus routes.

November 5 - USA Today

MacArthur Foundation President Jonathan Fanton argues that Americans have much to be happy about the current state of U.S. cities.

November 5 - The Washington Post

A highly disputed Wal-Mart store opens within view of the pyramids of Teotihuacan.

November 5 - The San Diego Union-Tribune

Leading environmentalists,thinkers, and others react to the results of the 2004 U.S. election.

November 5 - Grist Magazine

An article in the journal Nature suggests that climate warming is party at fault for massive wildfires in the Western U.S.

November 5 - The Los Angeles Times

Some of Britain's largest cities are being transformed by a increase in the student population.

November 5 - BBC News

An Israeli-born architect shows how the built form can be used for purposes of oppression, and how the contemporary emphasis on urban warfare has given military planners a better understanding of cities than design professionals.

November 5 - Haaretz.com

State's largest utilities will be required to generate 3 percent of electricity from renewable sources by 2007.

November 4 - Renewable Energy Access

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I've been talking about Democratic margins in cities, but check out this exit poll analysis from <a href="http://www.campaigndesk.org/archives/001084.asp">CJR Campaign Desk</a>:<br /> <br /> <blockquote>[T]he category in which Bush showed the most significant gains over the year 2000 was urban voters (who made up 30 percent of all voters), among whom Bush polled 9 percentage points better than in 2000. Bush did even better among voters in the largest cities, picking up 12 points on his 2000 performance.</blockquote><br /> <br /> On the other hand, the New York Times has a bunch of maps on the back page of its special Election section today (which I can't find a link to; sorry) says that Kerry's margins in cities were actually much larger than Bush's margins in rural areas.

November 4 - Anonymous