The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

In 'Fallen', David Maine's latest novel, he espouses the idea that Cain invented streets and marketplaces before murdering his brother.

September 15 - The Miami Herald

A new report by the United Nations Human Settlements Programme warns that unless governments around the world take action the world faces a massive urban crisis as housing shortages could lead to mega-slums.

September 14 - CommonDreams

What's behind the socio-economic disparity in environmental planning -- and emergency response to environmental disasters? Slow Katrina evacuation fits pattern of injustice during crises.

September 14 - Grist Magazine

The group spearheading the Everglades restoration is seeking input from a variety of sources.

September 14 - Government Technology

San Diego's regional government awards $19 million to 14 'smart growth' projects in an innovative smart growth incentive program.

September 14 - San Diego Union Tribune

A federally sponsored project had simulated the toll a Category 3 hurricane would have on New Orleans well before Katrina hit.

September 14 - CNN News

Restoring Florida's Everglades is the largest environmental project in the world. The team is using an innovative technology to manage public interaction.

September 14 - Government Technology Magazine

Columnist Neal Peirce recommends an individual who, as a federal "super manager," has the ability to forge new understandings in Louisiana while being sensitive to social and racial issues.

September 14 - The Washington Post Writers Group

The former governor of California offers advice about rebuilding to politicians in New Orleans, based on his experience with Los Angeles' 1994 earthquake.

September 14 - The Wall Street Journal

The Poverty and Race Research Action Council uses relief efforts for the 1994 Los Angeles earthquake as a model for HUD action along the Gulf Coast.

September 14 - Poverty and Race Research Action Council

Major data providers are compiling lists of deals connected to properties in the 90,000 square miles ravaged by Katrina.

September 14 - The Slatin Report

Report finds that HOPE VI funds can attract new investment into places where the market was previously absent, creating more viable economically-integrated neighborhoods with access to jobs and services.

September 13 - The Brookings Institution - Metropolitan Policy Program

One of Tokyo's most famous examples of 'pod living' is on the chopping block for demolition.

September 13 - The Independent

Hurricane Katrina devastated historic districts, properties listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and numerous other historicall important buildings.

September 13 - The New York Times

Electronics companies urge Congress to adopt a uniform policy on electronic waste and recycling.

September 13 - CNET News

American love to live on the coast and they won't let nature stop them.

September 13 - The Washington Post

Mark Alan Hughes predicts some of NOLA's poor will be better off in a couple years as a result of forced relocation to more prosperous places.

September 13 - The Philadelphia Daily News

Retailers shape stores to fit urban settings.

September 13 - Michigan Land Use Institute

The award-winning, 28-acre Glenwood Park is a brownfield redevelopment in an infill location that features a mix of well-designed homes and commercial spaces, including a mixed-use "town center."

September 13 - Terrain

Researcher say that the overweight "tend to gravitate" to neighborhoods that are unsuitable for walking.

September 13 - AP