The Daily Source of Urban Planning News
China Continuing One-Child Policy
<p>China's officials say its controversial population-control measure is still crucial for the welfare of the nation, where 800 million rural residents still live in poverty.</p>
Farmers Agree To Flood Their Land For Wildlife
<p>In an unusual victory for both property rights and wildlife, the Nature Conservancy has entered into a unique arrangement with three Skagit County, Washington farmers to rent and flood 210 acres of cropland on behalf of migrating waterfowl.</p>
Reality TV Goes Green
<p>New reality show takes the viewer into the world of a Hollywood actress and her environmentally-extreme husband.</p>
Richmond Learns To Grow Smaller, Smarter
<p>Richmond, Virginia is one of many cities using innovative strategies to deal with the consequences of a shrinking population.</p>
Reforming Toward Prosperity: 2006 In Review
<p>The Brookings Institution's Metropolitan Policy Program provides a review of its work in 2006, along with a list of the ten most noteworthy trends.</p>
Do Poor Neighborhoods Keep People Poor?
<p>Studies tracking subjects in HUD's Moving to Opportunity program have shown surprising results. While girls thrive and adults feel safer after moving to more affluent neighborhoods, boys actually fare worse. And incomes don't rise.</p>
Top 10 Sustainable Stories of 2006
<p>Warren Karlenzig sums up 2006 from the perspective of sustainability in state and local government.</p>
Smaller House Equals Smaller Price
<p>Several cities in the Pacific Northwest are encouraging the construction of smaller homes to help deal with the shortage of affordable housing.</p>
Rethinking Seattle's Alaskan Way Viaduct
<p>A new paper questions the planning assumptions regarding the replacement of Seattle's Alaskan Way Viaduct.</p>
Dry Days: Water Shortage In Mumbai
<p>With officials deciding to shutdown the city's water system for 24 hours to make repairs, Mumbaikars creatively meet the challenges of daily life without running water for a day.</p>
FEATURE
Best of the Worst for 2006
Keeping track of the weird things that occur in the planning and government world -- from Barry Manilow to brothels -- isn't really necessary. But someone should do it anyways.
Protests Over Preservation Plan In Miami
<p>Marjory Stoneman Douglas saved Florida's Everglades, but was impoverished, blind and deaf in old age. Friends seeking to help persuaded the state to buy her property for a museum, letting her stay till she died; now the state wants to sell the land.</p>
Suburban Inflatable Santas: Derisive To Some, Loved By Others
<p>2006 officially marks the year where blown-up Santa and Homer Simpson lawn decorations have spread to suburbs across the United States. Is this a good thing?</p>
Veiled Racism Or Just A Property Rights Feud?
<p>Some residents believe plans to build a mosque in their neighborhood would bring down property values.</p>
Could Car Sharing Go Mainstream?
<p>Alan Durning decides to live car free for one year. He envisions a market for 'off-duty' cars, in which anyone could put his car up for rent when it was not in use. If you could, would you rent your car when you weren't using it?</p>
Commercial Space Shortage Hampers India's Boom
<p>New Delhi is cracking down on businesses that operate in areas not zoned for commercial use. But businesses have nowhere to go in a booming city that suffers from a severe shortage of commercial real estate.</p>
The Battle To Help Baghdad Bloom
<p>The city's parks supervisor has made it his mission to beautify the city even has continuing war destroys Baghdad's once opulent gardens.</p>
How To Advocate For Historic Preservation
<p>A new book offers a practical introduction to the politics of preservation for activists hoping to save their community's historic charm.</p>
The Fight Over Public Housing In New Orleans
<p>Concerned that promised replacement housing will never materialize, displaced residents and low-income housing advocates are fighting the planned demolition of the city's public housing projects.</p>
Branding With Buildings
<p>One Los Angeles-based architecture firm is helping cities and organizations communicate their brand identity through buildings.</p>
Tyler Technologies
New York City School Construction Authority
Village of Glen Ellyn
Transportation Research & Education Center (TREC) at Portland State University
Chaddick Institute at DePaul University
Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS)
Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada
Toledo-Lucas County Plan Commissions
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