The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom has proposed a dramatic expansion in the number of housing units by 2010 to alleviate housing affordability problems.

August 5 - San Francisco Examiner

Cartoonist Mark Fiore offers his vision of the future under eminent domain.

August 5 - Mark Fiore

As the real estate boom in Los Angeles continues, many are looking at out of the way towns to settle down.

August 5 - The Los Angeles Times

WSJ columnist Cynthia Crossen looks back at the colorful Florida land rush of the 1920s.

August 5 - Wall St. Journal

BLOG POST

First -- I just loved Ken's post on <a href="http://www.planetizen.com/tech/archives/2005/07/01/298/">GeoTagging</a>. What a great collection of links he's included in his post. We've got a couple projects at UI that could potentially use this type of interface/solution. <br /> <br /> I just got my weekly <a href="http://www.nemertes.com/">Nemertes Impact Analysis</a> (Nemertes specializes in quantifying the business impact of technology) and this one focuses on the growth of Enterprise use of Open Source tools.

August 5 - Chris Steins

Rural New England is being caught up in the real estate boom, and former residents are being priced out of the market.

August 5 - Common Dreams

Officials have are investigating violations by the developer of what was supposed to be "traditional architectural styling" in Clarksburg Town Center.

August 5 - The Washington Post

John Talton believes neglect of passenger rail shows misplaced national priority.

August 5 - The Arizona Republic

The great desert has leaped over the Mediterranean. Is climate change to blame -- or man and his works?

August 5 - Newsweek

The Energy Bill just passed by Congress has just given $15 billion in subsidies to inefficient, economically non-viable and dangerous energy industries.

August 5 - Tom Paine - Common Sense

Los Angeles Magazine profiles environmentalist Joe Edmiston, who may be the most powerful unelected official in the city.

August 5 - Los Angeles Magazine

Jared Diamond, author of the controversial book and PBS series Guns, Germs, and Steel talks about how geography and the environment have influenced the rise and fall of civilizations.

August 4 - Wired

The central district has seen its share of change in architecture, but 'mcmansioning' is a turn for the worse.

August 4 - The Stranger

Idaho's housing boom is expected to survive the end of the so-called housing bubble.

August 4 - The Idaho Statesman

The Port Authorities of New York and New Jersey $100 million to build a new tunnel under New York Harbor. Only problem -- they've never heard of the project.

August 4 - The New York Times

Can housing policies and programs be used more strategically to revitalize weak market cities? A new report shows how to harness market forces for growth while protecting the poor.

August 4 - National Housing Institute

From Amsterdam, to Brazil, to St. Louis, the Project for Public Spaces adds 10 urban locations to its list of Great Public Places.

August 4 - Project For Public Spaces

BLOG POST

Interesting idea under development at the <a href="http://www.eng.cam.ac.uk/news/stories/2005/augmented_maps/">University of Cambridge</a>.<br /> <br /> "Printed maps can be designed and printed to show fine detail and yet remain easy to take in at a glance. They are also simple to use in group discussions. However, a new map needs to be printed whenever information changes. Computer-based maps on a screen can change dynamically to represent a changing situation, but are not as easy to use. Dr Tom Drummond, Dr Gerhard Reitmayr, and Ethan Eade are combining the benefits of printed maps with the benefits of computer based dynamic maps, creating a dynamic high resolution map by augmenting printed maps with digital graphical information.

August 4 - Scott Page

With consumer demand unflagging despite rising prices, home builders are quickening their pace for new homes in Riverside and San Bernardino counties.

August 4 - Press-Enterprise

An unexpected populist backlash against the Supreme Court's eminent domain ruling threatens a variety of projects that depend on the use of eminent domain.

August 4 - Wall St. Journal