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To Preserve Its Skyline, London May Limit Skyscrapers
<p>Preservationists are calling for buffer zones around the city's heritage sites, which could upset Mayor Ken Livingstone's plans to spur urban regeneration with new high-rise buildings.</p>
How To Design A Good Building
<p>Not all buildings can be great, but good design shouldn't be an afterthought either, argues architecture critic John King.</p>
A Walkable Downtown Los Angeles?
<p>As part of a new set of guiding principles that call on city planners to 'demand a walkable city', Los Angeles may adopt new standards requiring developers to widen sidewalks, not streets.</p>
For Economic Development, Casinos Don't Pay
<p>While more states are approving commercial casinos in hopes of creating jobs and increasing tax revenues, economists are increasing skeptical of the benefits of legalized gambling.</p>
TODs Prove To Be A Boon For Urban Regions
<p>In this special report, the WSJ examines the growing popularity of rail-based TODs, examining their effect on land values as well as the challenges they may face in obtaining approval.</p>
Pigeons: Urban Terrorists?
<p>Cities such as London, Hong Kong and Mumbai now prohibit feeding of pigeons -- but can it help to control the burgeoning urban population of the birds?</p>
A Closer Look At Muni's Meltdown
<p>San Francisco's largest transit agency is reviled by many residents because of its service delays and poor management.</p>
Is Google's 'Street View' Watching You?
<p>Google's new ground-level imaging feature, "Street View", is not just perfect "blog fodder": it's raising serious questions about the nature of privacy and public spaces.</p>
The Housing Bubble and the Baby Boomers
<p>The troubling ratio of mortgage debt to housing value is going to pose a problem for millions of baby boomers, who are set to retire with almost no equity, according to Dean Baker of the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington, D.C.</p>
Building TODs Without The Transit
<p>With pedestrian-friendly urban design increasingly popular, many suburban communities are building urban village-type developments usually designed around transit stations -- except they don't have transit.</p>
A Virtual Stroll Through Ancient Rome?
<p>The public debut of the largest historic city simulation offers an eye-opening example of urban virtualization technology.</p>
World's Only Personal Rapid Transit System May Expand
<p>The only running Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) system has served West Virginia University and Morgantown's downtown for 32 years. Now the university is considering proposals to expand the system to cope with increasing traffic.</p>
More U.S. Cities Make Kyoto Protocol Pledge
<p>More than 500 American cities have signed on to voluntarily comply with the Kyoto Protocol, an international set of standards to reduce greenhouse gas emissions that the U.S. has repeatedly refused to sign.</p>
River Levels In North Carolina At Record Lows In May, USGS Reports
<p>Stream flows were low, particularly in the western part, even after rain at the end of the month.</p>
Affordable Housing Planned For Depressed Suburb
<p>In the depressed Chicago suburb of Robbins, developers have joined forces to provide 800 affordably-priced houses over the next 5 years.</p>
Book That Examines Suburban Lifestyle Inspires Life Changes
<p>The book, "Death by Suburb: How to Keep the Suburbs from Killing Your Soul" is making the rounds among church congregations who find meaning in its message.</p>
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The Myth of The Diverse City
<p class="MsoNormal"> Solve this riddle: New York has an unequaled reputation for diversity in the US, but at the same time ranks as “hyper-segregated” in measures of Black-white racial segregation. How do we unravel this contradiction, and what does it say about what diversity really is?</p> <p class="MsoNormal">The Columbia Encyclopedia provides the prevailing view: “New York City is also famous for its ethnic diversity, manifesting itself in scores of communities representing virtually every nation on earth, each preserving its identity.”</p>
How Aerial Trams Can Play A Role In Urban Transit
<p>Aerial trams are an effective, if idiosyncratic, mode of transportation. Reconnecting America's Jeff Wood reflects on how and when to explore this dramatic transit option.</p>
The Four Drivers Of Kotkin's Opportunity Urbanism
<p>How transportation, density, discretionary income, and limited land-use regulation combine to maximize opportunity zones for upward social and economic mobility.</p>
Transportation Costs Undermine Atlanta's 'Affordable' Label
<p>Metro Atlanta ranked as the second costliest area to live in the U.S. for working families after the region's sky-high transportation costs were considered along with housing costs.</p>
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