The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

<p>"Slum tourism" is on the rise in developing countries around the world. Some say the tours help the affluent understand the dire situations faced by the world's poor, but others say it's just a way to help Westerners feel good about themselves.</p>

March 11 - The New York Times

<p>A swath of residential developments are ushering in a more dense and more lively atmosphere into L.A.'s Wilshire corridor. But many are concerned that the new residences will add too much traffic to an already congested area.</p>

March 11 - The Los Angeles Times

<p>Farmland in Central California's San Joaquin County is replaced with development more than any other county in the state -- a wasteful pattern that could create the "next L.A.", according to a new report.</p>

March 11 - The Stockton Record

<p>Urban projects have resulted in the paving over of significant chunks of parkland in Melbourne, Australia -- land set aside more than 150 years ago to act as the city's lungs.</p>

March 11 - The Age

<p>Cities are undergoing major changes in terms of demographics and development patterns. How cities will react to these changes remains up in the air.</p>

March 11 - The Guardian

<p>Proposed housing developments in the urban core of Waco, Texas, have given many in the city high hopes for a denser, more vibrant central city.</p>

March 11 - The Waco Tribune

<p>A look at the similarities between Los Angeles and Mexico City.</p>

March 11 - LA Weekly

<p>Poor planning is allowing uncontrolled and rapid gentrification to destroy Toronto's Liberty Village neighborhood, according to this article from <em>The Toronto Star</em>.</p>

March 11 - The Toronto Star

<p>Universities across the country are reviving their connections to their host cities, participating in urban renewal projects and investing in their cities' futures.</p>

March 11 - The Columbian

<p>A small-scale bike-sharing program is being launched on Capitol Hill for use by employees at the House of Representatives.</p>

March 10 - The Oregonian

<p>Officials in Toronto have announced plans to densify the city's waterfront with a redevelopment effort that stands to create high rises along the lakefront.</p>

March 10 - Toronto Sun

<p>The urban shift in demographics is not just a problem for planners.</p>

March 10 - Business Week

<p>The Southern California region is rich in renewable assets, so the LADWP is attempting to become the nationwide leader in developing and integrating wind power.</p>

March 10 - VerdeXchange News

<p>Residents of San Francisco and Los Angeles like to feel superior to supposedly unsophisticated Sacramento. Yet, Sacramento appears to be ahead of the hip coastal areas when it comes to actually implementing smart growth.</p>

March 10 - California Planning & Development Repot

This report from NPR looks at the impending sale of land on the hillside above the infamous Hollywood sign in Los Angeles, and the local official who's trying to prevent it.

March 10 - NPR

<p>This episode of <em>Smart City</em> includes a discussion about charrettes with Bill Lennertz of the National Charrette Institute.</p>

March 10 - Smart City

<p>New Urbanism sprouts up in Baja California, Mexico.</p>

March 10 - The New York Times

<p>This editorial argues that cities should build transit the way they used to build cathedrals: with a long-term mindset from the start.</p>

March 10 - The Ottawa Citizen

<p>Housing price drops in cities like Miami have "vulture-like" buyers swooping in to snatch up properties.</p>

March 10 - The Wall Street Journal

<p>Boston's nascent bike program turns to Google Maps for inexpensive help.</p>

March 9 - Streetsblog