The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

<p>A Wall Street Journal writer shares her family's experience in a neighborhood quickly being dominated by McMansions.</p>

July 29 - The Wall Street Journal

<p>Demographic trends are shifting all over the world, leading scientists to believe that the global population may soon peak and decline. Demographers argue that how countries and regions handle the decline will be critical in the long-term.</p>

July 28 - The Economist

<p>As urbanization increases, the importance of ecologically-considerate city building techniques has become more pronounced. Several examples of planned "eco-cities" are laying the foundation for embracing this model of growth and development.</p>

July 28 - GLOBE-Net

<p>With expansion of nearby O'Hare Airport planned and moving forward, the suburban Chicago community of Bensenville is being slowly drained of residents and buildings to make way for the project. But some residents aren't going without a fight.</p>

July 28 - The Chicago Tribune

<p>A new collection of research shows that people who have access to affordable housing don't just have a better place to live, but more easily improve their health and education level.</p>

July 28 - Center for Housing Policy

<p>Such a move would set a new legal precedent and might encourage other prosecutors to bring similar charges in structural failures.</p>

July 28 - The Christian Science Monitor

<p>The Onion reports on the tragic loss of two cities in a senseless pileup.</p>

July 27 - The Onion

<p>A technologist who focuses on pointing out problems with poorly designed computer software and websites takes aim at a confusing flashing yellow arrow at an intersection.</p>

July 27 - Missing Features Blog

<p>The landfill on the island of Pulau Semakau is designed to store the waste from the city-state of Singapore while preserving the ecological health of the surrounding environment.</p>

July 27 - CNN

<p>Feeling undercut by Census 2006 population figures, county officials in Ohio are gathering support amongst the 49 municipalities concerned to issue a formal challenge to the Census Bureau.</p>

July 27 - The Enquirer

<p>This year's budget dispute is colored by the state's effort to force local governments to reign in sprawl and stop global warming.</p>

July 27 - AP via Forbes

<p>The once "model city" that promised good jobs and inexpensive housing now offers clog roads, poor schools and rising crime.</p>

July 27 - The Economist

<p>Trying to make the most of a real estate deal gone bad, a school district in North Carolina is building a new 88 home subdivision next to a new school.</p>

July 27 - Charlottle Observer

<p>As governments consider more moon exploration, a space heritage archaeologist is calling on policy makers to think about how to protect historic sites on the moon -- such as the Tranquility Base landing site of the 1969 moon walk.</p>

July 27 - Discovery

<p>California is full of various plans to solve congestion with toll roads and congestion pricing. But Bill Fulton suggests that none of the plans is radical enough to make a real difference.</p>

July 27 - California Planning & Development Report

<p>With environmental issues increasingly center stage in the public consciousness, the demand for 'green' jobs -- such as urban planners -- is growing quickly.</p>

July 27 - Newsweek

BLOG POST

<p><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">In my last <a href="/node/24234" target="_blank">blog post</a>, I talked about some of the challenges and growth pressures coastal communities are facing.<span>  </span>W<span>ithin 10 years, the coastal population is expected to grow by 12 million people—or by 3,600 people per day.<span>  </span>This growth poses unique opportunities—and challenges—to coastal communities. The issue facing these communities becomes one of balance: how to maximize the opportunities waterfront development can provide to a community and, at the same time, meet the often significant challenges. </span><span> </span></font></font></p>

July 26 - Anonymous

<p>An observer comments on the French capital's success at making alternate modes of transportation easier and accessible.</p>

July 26 - The New York Times

<p>In the face of a proposal that would lighten planning controls over some new development in England, a recent report says that making more land available for development will not lower housing prices and will lead to sprawl.</p>

July 26 - BBC

<p>It's time to remove the fare box and watch how fare-free transit can transform society, writes Dave Olsen.</p>

July 26 - AlterNet