The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

According to pollution-oriented indicators compiled from government and university statistics by Knight Ridder, the nation's environment is deteriorating.

November 2 - Duluth News

The spread of commercial chains and mega-stores is changing the character of British towns.

November 2 - The New York Times

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I've been hearing a lot about WiMax, and thi article,<a href="http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/business/technology/personal_technology/10040849.htm">Mobile 'hot spots' push limits</a> from the St. Paul Pioneer Press explains how a Twin Cities tech entrepreneur has retrofitted an old TV-station truck to serve as a roving hot spot for Internet access. His technology firm has blanketed the metropolitan area with WiMax transmitters atop local skyscrapers.<br /> <br /> <blockquote>"DeVaan's modified van performs a similar trick. Its mast communicates with any of the wireless-Internet transceivers Implex.net has put atop Twin Cities skyscrapers, including Wells Fargo Place in downtown St. Paul and several in downtown Minneapolis. Presto! The van is Net-connected. All DeVaan has to do is plug in his Webcam and point it... In addition to serving as a roving eye, the van can provide high-speed wireless Internet access within a 1,500- to 2,000-foot radius."</blockquote>

November 1 - Chris Steins

The outcome of the U.S. presidential election will impact three critical environmental issues.

November 1 - Duke University

The University of New Orleans has increased scholarships to lure new urban planning students from Mississippi, Alabama, Florida and Texas.

November 1 - The Times-Picayune

The Bush administration has dismantled many of the environmental protections put in place by previous Republican presidents including Nixon, Reagan, and the current President Bush's father George H.W. Bush.

November 1 - The Arizona Republic

Nathan Zakheim is Southern California's experct on mural restoration.

November 1 - The Los Angeles Times

An analysis of how George Bush and John Kerry are misleading U.S. voters with promises of energy independence.

November 1 - FactCheck.Org

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An article in the St. Paul Pioneer Press features some <a href="http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/business/technology/personal_technology/10040849.htm?1c">interesting approaches</a> to enhancing a city's WiFi infrastructure. (Via <a href="http://slashdot.org/articles/04/11/01/041206.shtml?tid=193&tid=95&tid=1">Slashdot</a>)<br /> <br /> <blockquote>"WazTempe, a Tempe, Ariz.-based wireless-Internet pro-vider that is turning the city into one big Wi-Fi hot spot, has come up with a clever way to plug gaps in its network: golf carts equipped as Wi-Fi repeaters. The Waz Mobile Units transmit in a roughly one-mile radius and can integrate with the rest of the city's wireless "mesh" infrastructure."</blockquote>

November 1 - Abhijeet Chavan

The Wall Street Journal offers an insider's perspective at the very messy process of funding development of the Freedom Tower complex.

November 1 - Wall St. Journal

A concise overview of the environmental platforms of U.S. presidential candidates John Kerry and George Bush.

November 1 - Johns Hopkins Newsletter

The Fannie Mae Foundation updates growth trends in "boomburbs" in a new Census Note.

November 1 - Fannie Mae Foundation

A decades-long process of promoting pedestrian and bicycle traffic in Central Park - while reducing access to cars - moves forward.

November 1 - The New York Times

Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano plans to create a 'virtual water university' to be world's leader in water research in arid areas.

November 1 - The Arizona Republic

The Council for European Urbanism looks set to establish a new UK-based branch focussing on popularising the urban agenda

October 31 - INTBAU

There are almost 30 million Americans living within 10 miles of military sites slated for Superfund cleanup -- and the Bush Administration is passing the cost to clean up these contaminated bases to the affected communities.

October 31 - Daily Camera

Why does media coverage on American architecture rarely give due credit to the architect?

October 31 - The Washington Post

Some parishioners in Southern California complain that priests should not be involved in fight Wal-Mart's expansion in their communities.

October 31 - The Los Angeles Times

Metropolitan Phoenix has become the top home-building market in the U.S. for the first time.

October 31 - The Arizona Republic

Is Canada's first new, major enclosed shopping facility in 14 years 'Shoppertainment' or bad development?

October 30 - The Globe and Mail