The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

The one way to find out how well a job was done, or not done, is to perform a survey of those who live with the results.

August 20 - The New York Times

New 'smart bricks' are wired to signal buildings' structural problems.

August 20 - The Christian Science Monitor

New federal data illustrates the gap in safety between sport utility vehicles and passenger cars.

August 19 - The New York Times

Modernist, factory-built housing is inexpensive, stylish, eco-friendly, easy to construct, and is becoming popular.

August 19 - The Los Angeles Times

New Jersey's Highlands bill will encourage sprawl and cause pollution.

August 19 - The Philadelphia Inquirer

99 percent of the world's population growth through 2050 will take place in developing countries.

August 19 - The Guardian Unlimited

Several big cities across the nation are making serious commitments to sustainable energy.

August 19 - The Washington Post Writers Group

In light of Hurricane Charley, should policymakers prohibit development on the riskiest lands?

August 19 - The Christian Science Monitor

Readers respond to Washington Post's three-day article series on urban sprawl.

August 19 - The Washington Post

A new study examines why it is so hard for so many of us to find our way around cities.

August 19 - Nature

Believed to be the first of its kind in North America, a project in Toronto will use frigid water from deep in Lake Ontario to cool buildings downtown then treat it for drinking water.

August 19 - The Globe and Mail

On average, poor populations in urban centers have greater spatial access to social services than poor populations living in suburban areas, according to a new Brookings report.

August 19 - The Brookings Institution

"South Korea is the latest country to decide that it needs to build a new capital city. It has some good reasons for doing so, but history suggests it may not be such a great idea"

August 18 - The Economist

Are urban casinos the new trend for California cities?

August 18 - The Los Angeles Times

The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) and the National Trust for Historic Preservation have announced that the Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania will receive the 2004 Landmark Award during the ASLA Annual Meet

August 18 - American Society Of Landscape Architects

Great cities do not necessarily have impressive skylines, but 'streets, plazas and parks where people gather to shop, play.'

August 18 - The Kansas City Star

Washington D.C's economic boom does not benefit poor.

August 18 - The Washington Post

Nevada seeks to begin selling 87,000 acres of desert lands to spur private development. Opponents see it as a giveaway.

August 18 - The Los Angeles Times

Seattle city council earmarks $2 million in state grants for streetcar design.

August 18 - The Seattle Times

Business Week profiles Jane Jacobs as one of the greatest innovators of the past 75 years.

August 18 - Business Week