The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Microhomes range in size from a few hundred to a little over one thousand square feet -- much smaller than the U.S. average of 2,400 square feet. While the microhome market is still "tiny", architects say buyer interest is growing significantly.

June 14 - The Wall Street Journal

As the area's tax base dwindles, job growth has also slowed, according to recent census figures that show a reduction in the number of young adults.

June 14 - The New York Times

The battle over how to protect the nation's largest urban garden from redevelopment has gained international attention. It also caused Joan Baez and Daryl Hannah to sit in a tree.

June 14 - Grist

In some of Los Angeles' densest neighborhoods, higher rents and property values have resulted in a drop in school enrollments -- an early indicator that families with children are leaving the urban core.

June 13 - The Los Angeles Times

As a planner for Riverside County, California, John Trichak's monumental task is to approve names for new streets in fast-growing unincorporated Riverside County.

June 13 - The Los Angeles Times

After suffering population loss and poverty for decades, West Virginia recently posted a decline in the unemployment rate, spurred by the resurging coal, tourism, and construction industries.

June 13 - David Gest

Voters in the Central Valley and other parts of California are fed up with traffic and air pollution. Can Angelides tap into that frustration in his race for governor?

June 13 - The Sacramento Bee

A rich married couple from California has bought more than 2 million acres of land in Chile in efforts to preserve a sensitive environment, but the land they own has literally divided the country in two and challenged local farmers' right to harvest.

June 13 - The Los Angeles Times

At an estimated cost of $1 billion dollars, the September 11th memorial is being sent back for a more cost-efficient design.

June 13 - The New York Times

Coal usage is transforming China into an industrial nation at an alarming cost to both the Chinese people and the world. A new coal plant built using antiquated technology goes up almost weekly. [View the video, "China's Dark Cloud".]

June 13 - The New York Times

FEATURE

June 13 - Josh Stephens

After about a decade of planning and litigation, and another six years of construction, the first part of the first of two spans to replace the old Woodrow Wilson Bridge between Prince George's County, Md. and Alexandria, Va. is open to traffic.

June 13 - The Washington Post

The new development in Valencia, Spain, harkens back to a 1,000-year-old way of life, integrating small agricultural lands with housing, using a modern, high-rising twist.

June 13 - The Guardian

New Yorkers are not quite sure who is reponsible for the delayed redevelopment of Ground Zero.

June 12 - The Los Angeles Times

When a sex offender moves into a neighborhood, prices of houses within a one-tenth mile area around the sex offender's home fall.

June 12 - National Bureau Of Economic Research

Writer Elizabeth Kolbert warns that "reckless" delays in countering global warming can be dangerous.

June 12 - The Los Angeles Times

With a teenage pregnancy rate among the nation's highest, Milwaukee business leaders are joining community advocates in taking steps to address the problem and its negative impact on the local workforce.

June 12 - Business Journal of Milwaukee

Why are politicians and the members of the logging industry attacking a graduate student's research paper?

June 12 - The Los Angeles Times

Florida is no longer ground zero for retirees in the United States, as many western states, and even some mid-western ones, have seen an influx of aging boomers.

June 12 - Herald Tribune

Inspired by European biking models, the "Bike 2015 Plan" envisions a city flooded with bicycle commuters using a well-developed infrastructure within 10 years.

June 12 - The Chicago Tribune