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Demand More On Election Year Earth Day
Americans should demand more than the same old photo-ops from the presidential candidates.
Leaving New Orleans For The Suburbs
Famed gothic writer Anne Rice is selling her New Orleans house and moving the suburbs. New Orleans is 'aghast'.
This Earth Day Is Sponsored By...
What do "petroleum powers, big-box developers, old-growth loggers and chemically dependent coffee companies" have to do with Earth Day?
Offshore Location Attractiveness Index
The Wharton Business School publishes a report on the world's top locations for outsourcing and why.
Earth Day: 34 Years Later, What Went Wrong?
Mike Dombeck reviews the progress made in 34 years since the first Earth Day.
Traffic: Third Leading Cause Of Death?
A new report calls for strong global measures to counter traffic deaths, which will soon be the the third-leading cause of death.
Guilty Of Vinyl Siding?
The city council of Carmel, IN, backtracks on a ban on vinyl siding that was criticized as being elitist.
In Maine, A Shipyard That Endures
As Bath Iron Works struggles, the city clings to its way of life.
Mobility Needs Of Older Americans Need To Be Addressed
Existing transportation system is unable to meet the needs of the nation's aging population.
Should Regional Policies Try To Promote Clustering?
Swedish regional policies try to create a dynamic and creative economy through the encouragement of clusters.
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Grist Magazine: Control-Alt-Recycle
Grist Magazine offers <a href="http://www.gristmagazine.com/possessions/possessions040604.asp?source=rss">tips for environment-friendly computing</a>.<br /> <br /> <blockquote>U.S. consumers are being cheated out of the chance to buy the greenest possible computers, according to the Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition and other environmental groups that have joined forces on the Computer TakeBack Campaign. </blockquote>
Chasing Taxes
Arizona's tax structure leads cities to battle across borders for residents and revenues, and to push coordinated development decisions aside.
NASA Satellite Data Used To Predict Growth
NASA has published remarkable satellite images of projected growth in for the Baltimore/Washington Metropolitan Area.
Trade Center Plans Are Taking Shape
Amid enormous attention and design changes, New York's World Trade Center site plan is finally coming into its own.
Solar-Hydrogen Eco-house
The first fully self-sustainable house in the world runs entirely on hydrogen.
Anatomy of a Downtown Revitalization Plan
Since Los Angeles's Bunker Hill was blighted and cleared 50 years ago, developers and architects have attempted to bring life back to the area, with Grand Avenue as its core.
New Study Refutes Rail Transit Criticism
A report by the Victoria Transport Policy Institute finds that cities with rail transit Systems have significantly less traffic congestion.
Orange County Builders Are Filling Up Space
Much of the coastal 42-mile stretch from San Clemente to Seal Beach is already occupied but O.C. developers continue to build
First Suburban Research Center Launched
Kingston University in Surrey, England sets up the world's first research institute to study suburban life.
Weapons Vs. Wildlife: An Uneasy Truce
The Rocky Mountain Arsenal, 27-square-mile chemical weapons complex scarred with pollution becomes the nation's newest wildlife refugde.
Tyler Technologies
New York City School Construction Authority
Village of Glen Ellyn
Transportation Research & Education Center (TREC) at Portland State University
Chaddick Institute at DePaul University
Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS)
Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada
Toledo-Lucas County Plan Commissions
Urban Design for Planners 1: Software Tools
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Planning for Universal Design
Learn the tools for implementing Universal Design in planning regulations.
