The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

<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>

October 24 - The Dong-A Ilbo

<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>

October 23 - The Planning Report

<p>In an effort to simultaneously privatize its housing and make bases more livable, the military is employing the principles of new urbanism.</p>

October 23 - The Washington Post

<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>

October 23 - The Los Angeles Times

<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>

October 23 - Canada.com

<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>

October 23 - LA Daily 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