The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

The Twin Cities Metropolitan Council of local governments publishes a web-based "Local Planning Handbook" to guide planners in the seven-county metropolitan area through the preparation and updating of their city and county comprehensive plans.

October 11 - Metropolitan Council DIRECTIONS

Thus far, modern architecture hasn't taken advantage of modern prefab technology -- but an architect in Missouri is looking to change that with a low-cost, modern manufactured house.

October 11 - The New Yorker

The the next five years, the oldest members of the baby boom generation will turn 65, causing alarms in some quarters about a "retirement tsunami." Will this demographic shift be as dramatic as doomsayers claim?

October 11 - Stateline

The government in The Netherlands has voted to reduce the speed limit on its busiest highways to help the air quality in the country.

October 11 - Shared Spaces

A group of environmentalists calling itself Les Dégonflés are waging a war on Parisian SUVs -- and their campaign is gaining support across the city.

October 11 - The Los Angeles Times

How local government policy -- as opposed to state and federal policies -- contributed to Atlanta's sprawl.

October 11 - Social Science Research Network/Ecology Law Quarterly

American buyers -- usually from California -- are using equity in their US homes to buy vacation homes in southern half of the Baja Peninsula, causing the Baja housing market to sizzle.

October 11 - The Los Angeles Times

The neighborhood preservation movement has arrived in New York City, and residents are pushing back against ever-increasing density.

October 11 - The New York Times

The American Planning Association offers a workbook about hazards and how they affect communities.

October 11 - Smart Growth Online

Is Oregon's urban growth boundary (UGB) program -- the most stringent anti-sprawl measure adopted by any U.S. state -- constitutional? Has it saved Portland from effects of sprawl?

October 10 - Utah Law Review, Social Science Research Network

Hollywood, California, is finding new life, new residents, and new business thanks to ambitious redevelopment plans.

October 10 - Urban Land Magazine

Cities account for 75% of the world's enegry use. A few successful strategies to reduce emissions could cause massive changes in the environment.

October 10 - Nature

Columnist Neal Peirce offers the hard truth about the economic realities of gas prices and road taxes.

October 10 - Denver Post / Neal Peirce

The Seattle Monorail was supposed to represent the future of transportation. Now the monorail proposal is "a smoldering wreck." What happened?

October 10 - The Weekly Standard

Thanks to new Neighborhood Entreprise Zone designations, loft development is becoming more viable in Detroit.

October 10 - The Detroit Free Press

One chain increasingly tailors its stores to the urban market by including two levels, escalators, and structured parking.

October 10 - New Urban News

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October 10 - Sriram Khé

James Howard Kustler offers his vision of the looming permanent world-wide energy crisis and its shocking implications at the PetroCollapse Conference in New York.

October 10 - James Howard Kunstler

The informal Las Vegas 'urban growth boundary' just keeps getting pushed further back.

October 10 - Las Vegas Sun

Florida realtors believe that the strong economy in Central Florida, along with an influx of retirees and foreign home buyers, will sustain their record-breaking housing prices.

October 9 - The Orlando Sentinel