The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Witold Rybczynski reviews Robert Bruegmann's new book, Sprawl: A Compact History.

November 8 - Slate

A year in the making, an independent academic conference about Wal-Mart provides unprecedented information about the company and offers mixed results.

November 8 - The New York Times

West Palm Beach City Commission selects new firm to revise the City's Downtown Master Plan, based on form driven code authored by Duany-Plater Zyberk in 1996, with new, guideline driven code.

November 8 - Palm Beach Post

Closed 11 years ago, Lowry Air Force Base holds lessons for the latest communities on the BRAC list.

November 8 - The Christian Science Monitor

E. Stewart Williams, an architect whose many works included a home for Frank Sinatra, was a pioneer of the "Desert Modern" style.

November 8 - Abhijeet Chavan

'Structural problems' with France's urban policies, wed with 'long-term neglect of the country's impoverished suburbs,' is being blamed for the gradually intensifying, and now international, riots.

November 8 - BBC

Technology and transportation experts meet in San Francisco for the Intelligent Transport Systems World Congress.

November 7 - The San Francisco Chronicle

China has hired a British engineering firm to design and build several self-sustaining cities.

November 7 - The Observer

Federated Department plans to consolidate Robinsons-May, leavinh Los Angeles without a major department store headquartered in the city for the first time in more than a century.

November 7 - Downtown News

Do planners really have the best interest of the city in mind? Harris Steinberg refutes an Op-Ed by Michael Sklaroff which congratulates planners on their success in the city.

November 7 - The Philadelphia Daily News

As land prices in Colorado mountain resorts spiral ever upward, real estate speculators are discovering old mining claims in nearby national forests are as good as gold.

November 7 - The Denver Post

Laguna Beach is the venue for a popular new MTV teen reality show. The community has been catapulted into national prominence, but perhaps not with the image it wants.

November 7 - The Los Angeles Times

Why express buses are a better commuter solution than heavy rail in Houston.

November 7 - The Houston Chronicle

FEATURE

November 7 - Leonardo Vazquez, AICP/PP

Two new proposals that would give private sectors control of national parks have sparked outrage among

November 7 - The Los Angeles Times

This well-connected industry insider has concluded that some of the world's largest oil beds may be on the verge of production collapse -- and he's willing to bet his much-vaunted career on it.

November 7 - Grist Magazine

The busway -- a unique roadway built like a light rail system -- is causing concern among commuters who say the buses are causing more traffic delays, and accidents.

November 6 - The Los Angeles Times

A collection of environmental, political, and academic leaders share their unique visions for reconstructing the Big Easy post-Katrina.

November 6 - AlterNet

A new documentary, "Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price" examines the effect that governmental subsidies to Wal-Mart have on local communities.

November 6 - Free New Mexican

A new immigration proposal in the House calls for an electronic fence to be built along the Mexico-U.S. border.

November 6 - The Los Angeles Times