The Daily Source of Urban Planning News
New Towns Planned In South Korea
<p>The South Korean government has announced plans to create at least one new town and to increase the size of older cities, hoping to decrease the population density and increase the housing supply.</p>
Cities Fear Impacts Of California's Prop 90
<p>Local governments in California weary of losing the ability to 'plan' are speaking out against the initiative's purported goals of reforming eminent domain and the valuation of regulated land.</p>
Military Embraces The New Urbanism
<p>In an effort to simultaneously privatize its housing and make bases more livable, the military is employing the principles of new urbanism.</p>
Forest Fires Ignite Logging Debate
<p>The Bush administration supports commercial logging of dead timber after a forest fire. Environmentalists say dead trees are essential for a forest to regrow.</p>
High Rise Granny Flats Help Families Afford New Condos
<p>Income from rental suites incorporated to a new condominium project in Vancouver offer mortgage help to families and affordable housing for young singles and seniors.</p>
Rock Music Meets Public Transit
<p>A free concert by the rock group The Secret Machines at Los Angeles' Union Station hopes to get more people to consider riding buses and trains.</p>
Boston Considering Ordinance Banning TV Satellite Dishes
<p>Citing a need to preserve historic charm, Boston is the first big city to weigh rules for dishes.</p>
Public Transit's Role In Disaster Planning
<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>
FEATURE
Can The U.S. Learn From The Slow City Movement?
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?
Singapore Giving New Life To Historic Buildings
<p>The city is preserving its historic neighborhoods while adapting buildings for economically productive uses.</p>
Top Ten Most Polluted Spots on Earth
<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>
America's Other 'Ground Zero'
<p>After spending 72 hours in New Orleans, Charles Shaw finds a city in "desperation."</p>
Land Matters: William H. Whyte, Meet Pokemon
<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>
City Clears Out Urban Poor For Sports
<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>
Walking, Not Driving, On Beverly Hills' Rodeo Drive
<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>
The Case For California Prop 90: The Death of Eminent Domain
<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>
Canada's Clean Air Act Delays Action On Emissions
<p>Ottawa's proposed Clean Air Act would repudiate Canada's Kyoto commitments, and not produce results until 2050, writes John Ibbitson.</p>
Rents Rise As Housing Market Cools
<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>
Kit Homes Hit Shelves Of Home Improvement Stores In Gulf Coast
<p>"A decent place to live" may top holiday lists this shopping season.</p>
Proposed Mixed Use Development Rises Too High
<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>
Appalachian Highlands Housing Partners
Gallatin County Department of Planning & Community Development
Heyer Gruel & Associates PA
Mpact (founded as Rail~Volution)
City of Camden Redevelopment Agency
City of Astoria
City of Portland
City of Laramie
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