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<p>One of London's top planners talks about the future of the European capital, as it prepares for a million new residents.</p>

March 29 - Streetsblog

<p>Cyclists in Seattle are looking forward to the upcoming release of the city's Bicycle Master Plan, which will be open for public comment soon. The plan is expected to include more than 200 miles of bike lanes, up from 25 miles currently available.</p>

March 29 - The Seattle Post-Intelligencer

<p>The construction of large, some say garish, homes built by immigrant families in several Southern California communities is prompting officials to tighten zoning restrictions.</p>

March 29 - The Economist

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<p>The American Institute of Architects recently threw its authority behind a list of America&#39;s <a href="http://www.aia150.org/afa150_default.html" target="_blank">&quot;favorite architecture,&quot;</a> ranking three centuries of indigenous design one to 150 specimins. The resulting menu, culled by survey, of buildings, bridges, monuments, and other solid things amounts to a joyous celebration and a remarkable commentary on America&#39;s embrace of beauty. It also reinforces the desperation that arises when aesthetics and nationalism mix.<br />

March 29 - Josh Stephens

<p>Projected growth in British Columbia has many worried about how the region will handle the rise in population and development.</p>

March 29 - The Globe and Mail

<p>New research highlights the connection between locations with high levels of homeownership and above average unemployment.</p>

March 29 - Slate Magazine

<p>In Kansas City, Missouri, voters just elected their former city auditor as their new mayor. One of the unlikely campaign issues: the use of tax increment financing for developers.</p>

March 29 - The Kansas City Star

<p>Spurning options that lead to urban sprawl, academics and politicians in New Zealand are urging the government to address the shortages and to make so-called "social housing" more palatable.</p>

March 29 - Stuff.co.nz

<p>Some cities are imposing restrictions on organizations that feed the homeless.</p>

March 29 - USA Today

<p>British architect Richard Rogers has won architecture's most prestigious award.</p>

March 28 - The New York Times

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<p class="MsoNormal">Every five to seven years, Congress votes to reauthorize one of the largest and most significant legislative measures affecting land use policies in the U.S - the Farm Bill.<span> </span>This year, Congress will debate the omnibus legislation that defines not only America’s agricultural policy, but determines funding priorities for rural development, food and nutrition assistance, energy and environmental issues.<span> </span></p>

March 28 - Lisa Feldstein

<p>A journalist says Burma's new secret capital city uses urban planning as insurance against regime change.</p>

March 28 - The Independent

<p>Amid a new regulation that limits development based on the amount of water municipalities can provide, a city in northern Maryland will receive additional allocations of water to allow new development, ending a 6-month building moratorium.</p>

March 28 - The Baltimore Sun

<p>The Congress For New Urbanism announces the 2007 winners of its annual Charter Awards.</p>

March 28 - Congress For New Urbanism

<p>In an effort to bring a renaissance to its downtown, a city in Idaho has approved creation of a live-work district which encourages development of properties where people can both live and work. City officials are hoping to attract local business.</p>

March 28 - The Idaho Statesman

<p>In an effort to woo the city's NHL team back, Mayor Gavin Newsom announced a planned partnership with Lennar Corp. of Miami to turn a blighted and contaminated part of the city into a new mixed-use community.</p>

March 28 - The San Francisco Chronicle

<p>Praised by many for his bold actions to make London more livable and sustainable, the self-proclaimed practical socialist Ken Livingstone offers his thoughts on transit, housing and immigration policies for the world city.</p>

March 28 - Prospect Magazine

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<p>Two moments in this trip bring home the pace of change here. Sunday morning, 8am, I wake up in the Zhongshan Park section of west-central Shanghai. Head out into the backlanes of the superblock behind the hotel and construction on a high-rise gated apartment building is already at full tilt. Two other construction projects intitimate in my life... a dorm across from our apartment in Manhattan, and a restaurant next to the Institute in Palo Alto, are definitely not on the same aggressive shifts.</p><p>Next moment, Wednesday evening 11:18pm at our hotel in Pudong, I glance out the window before bed and see a line of cement mixers 10-12 deep waiting to unload at the construction site across the street.</p>

March 28 - Anthony Townsend

<p>In 20 short years, the country has become the second largest car market in the world, and is in the midst of a road building bonanza.</p>

March 28 - BBC News

<p>Food grown in neighborhood and backyard farms is catching on with urban residents who are looking for healthy, fresh, locally grown food.</p>

March 28 - AlterNet