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Thirsty For A 'Green' Lifestyle? Drink Tap Water
<p>A recent survey show that tap water outperforms bottled water, which bodes well for cities and citizens concerned about the environmental impacts of the billion dollar bottled water industry.</p>
Local Measures Downsize McMansions
<p>Cities across the country are passing measures to limit the size of new homes -- an attack on the much-derided "McMansionization" of America. Restrictions range from outright bans to innovative cap-and-trade schemes.</p>
L.A. OKs Sidewalk Sleeping
<p>City officials in Los Angeles have come to a settlement with homeless advocates that will allow anyone to sleep on the sidewalk until the city builds 1,250 affordable housing units, which could take up to five years.</p>
Hudson Yards Development Will Bring Big Things To New York
As design proposals come in for the Hudson Yards development site in Manhattan, Peter Slatin writes that this project more than any other has the potential to bolster the economic power of New York City in a huge way.
A Discussion With Open Architecture Network Founder
<p>In this short video, <em>Wired</em>'s Adam Rogers talks with Cameron Sinclair of the Open Architecture Network.</p>
Floating Ice, Sinking Cities?
<p>The unexpectedly rapid melting of glacier ice in Greenland has scientists worried that it may be only years -- not centuries -- before rising sea levels begin to affect coastal cities like New York.</p>
New York To Build Affordable Housing For Educators
<p>The development of more than 200 units of affordable housing intended for teachers and public school officials has been announced in the South Bronx.</p>
Innovative Playground Design Responds To Tough Canadian Regulations
<p>Winnipeg is the first Canadian city to get an Evos climbing structure, which keeps kids challenged while satisfying strict Canadian safety regulations.</p>
Is Community-Based Planning On The Rise In Manhattan?
<p>Opposition to Columbia University's 17-acre expansion plan reveals the good and bad about the city's community planning movement.</p>
Affordable Housing Bill May Face Veto
<p>A Bill advocating the formation of an affordable housing trust fund will likely be vetoed by the Bush White House, which believes the program is unnecessary.</p>
Japan's Development Pace Threatens Environment
<p>Rapid building and public works projects are destroying much of the natural environment in Japan, a country that lays 25 to 30 times more concrete than the U.S.</p>
Better Transportation Requires More Than Congestion Pricing
<p>The Reason Foundation's Sam Staley offers ideas for improving the way roads work, placing emphasis on improved tolling and mapping.</p>
Locals Displaced By Tourism In Mayan Riviera
<p>The tourism industry is booming along the Mayan Riviera on Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula. Many are worried that the ever-increasing supply of hotels and the flood of tourists will displace most of the area's local residents and hurt the environment.</p>
Why Biking Doesn't Mean Dying
<p>This blog post from <em>Grist</em> looks at the often unjustifiable fear associated with biking. Author Alan Durning discusses injury rates and offers advice on how cyclists can pedal their way through cities without being killed.</p>
Freeways Hard To Avoid As L.A. Builds Schools
<p>This report form <em>NPR</em> looks at the threats associated with building schools near freeways, and how those threats are not easy to avoid in Los Angeles.</p>
Staten Island Sees Flood Of Hipsters
<p>As more of the "creative class" moves to Staten Island, the area enjoys a boost in hipness.</p>
A Working Class Neighborhood Battle With Foreclosure
<p>In the struggling city of Lawrence, Massachusetts, sub-prime mortgage foreclosures are threatening the community's stability and the longterm viability of the city's minority and working class neighborhoods.</p>
A Young Man Survives His First Planning Conference
<p>CP&DR's Aaron Engstrom's offers his irreverent take on his very first APA conference.</p>
Little Mosque In The Suburbs
<p>Urban ethnic enclaves are nothing new. But Peace Village, just north of Toronto, is: it's Canada's first all-Muslim subdivision, where houses feature separate rooms for men and women, and the streets are filled with pedestrians.</p>
Affordable Housing In Ikea Town
<p>Swedish retailer Ikea has announced the availability of 90 pre-fabricated eco-freindly homes, complete with a plot of land in the English town of Gateshead. The house-land combos start at $200,000, and preference is given to low-income buyers.</p>
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