The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

<p>Citing a need to preserve historic charm, Boston is the first big city to weigh rules for dishes.</p>

October 23 - The Christian Science Monitor

<p>As both a major target of terrorism and a valuable evacuation tool, disaster planning officials are taking a closer look at the vulnerabilities and possibilities for mass transit.</p>

October 23 - The Contra Costa Times

FEATURE

With its emphasis on good food, sustainable living, and local community, the Slow City movement is spreading across Europe. But what potential is there for the movement to make the jump across the Atlantic?

October 23 - Heike Mayer, Paul L. Knox

<p>The city is preserving its historic neighborhoods while adapting buildings for economically productive uses.</p>

October 23 - Canoe.ca

<p>The Blacksmith Institute has released a list of the 10 most polluted spots on earth. Three of the hotspots are in Russia, with the remainder in various countries.</p>

October 23 - BBC News

<p>After spending 72 hours in New Orleans, Charles Shaw finds a city in "desperation."</p>

October 22 - Scoop

<p>In a preview of the November Land Matters column, Landscape Architecture magazine editor Bill Thompson, FASLA, asks, how far is too far when it comes to commercial activities in public parks?</p>

October 22 - Landscape Architecture Magazine

<p>The Government of Delhi clears several slums on the banks of the Yamuna river to make way for the athletes housing for the 2010 commonwealth games.</p>

October 22 - BBC News

<p>Rodeo Drive could change its name to Rodeo Promenade as Beverly Hills considers designating one block of the famous shopping street for pedestrians only.</p>

October 22 - The Los Angeles Times

<p>Leonard Gilroy, AICP, makes the case for why Californians should support Proposition 90, which he suggests will block eminent domain abuses and limit regulatory takings.</p>

October 22 - Reason Foundation

<p>Ottawa's proposed Clean Air Act would repudiate Canada's Kyoto commitments, and not produce results until 2050, writes John Ibbitson.</p>

October 21 - The Globe and Mail

<p>While all eyes are on the potential housing bubble bursting, apartment rents are rising, over ten times more rapidly than home prices are falling in the Bay Area.</p>

October 21 - The San Francisco Chronicle

<p>"A decent place to live" may top holiday lists this shopping season.</p>

October 21 - New Urban News

<p>A $1.5 billion dollar mixed use development proposed along the banks of the Mississippi River in St. Paul, Minnesota, has been voted down by the city's planning commission after it refused to approve a zoning variance for 30 story condos.</p>

October 21 - St. Paul Pioneer Press

<p>The planning process in Cape Town, South Africa, is struggling with major delays as changes in the decision-making structure have left planning officials with little or no authority to approve plans.</p>

October 21 - Cape Times

<p>The Onion reports on how an 'insane' California intersection is the most likely site of 'awesome' car crashes.</p>

October 20 - The Onion

<p>The business of making loans to poor people in underdeveloped countries is entering a critical period of development. Foundations and other non-governmental groups have shown the private sector that money can be made by lending to these populations.</p>

October 20 - Knowledge at Wharton

<p>Americans are buying second homes in Paris.</p>

October 20 - The New York Times

<p>As post-war development reaches 50 years of age, preservationists and local officials in Arlington, Texas, grapple with the question of what to preserve.</p>

October 20 - Governing

<p>A trio of young but idealistic Oberlin College students are developing a new mixed use project on a vacant downtown lot.</p>

October 20 - The New York Times