The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Baseball team owners are having less and less success marketing their teams in new cities, or generating public funding for stadium construction. What gives?

March 10 - Governing

As one of the "oldest" states in terms of the average age of its inhabitants, Iowa and its small cities are turning their marketing campaigns toward women, in an attempt to stop "brain drain".

March 10 - USA Today

Even though Southern California has a reputation for being a concrete jungle, the vast urban region is also home to one of the nation's most diverse bird populations.

March 9 - Abhijeet Chavan

A rise of new money and power groups in China has widened the gap between rich and poor, urban and rural.

March 9 - The Christian Science Monitor

Lagging in other sectors, public financing of state roads and other infrastructure services has increased.

March 9 - Governing

Many Houston residents are none too excited about recent neighborhood development trends, and feel that the consequences could be dire for historically black neighborhoods.

March 9 - Governing

TND -- often previously relegated to suburban communities like Celebration and Seaside -- is reappearing in inner cities, with positive results.

March 9 - Wall Street Journal via Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Orion Online offers up James Howard Kunstler's 5-part video series on 'peak oil' based on his book 'The Long Emergency.'

March 9 - Orion Online

India's Supreme Court has approved the controversial sale of prime government-owned land in the heart of the financial capital, Mumbai.

March 9 - BBC News

According to the gasoline giant, 'Contrary to the theory, oil production shows no signs of a peak.'

March 9 - Exxon Mobil

The executive editor of the magazine of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers has some bright ideas about how to improve electricity provision in Iraq.

March 9 - The New York Times

In Philadelphia alone, $250 million in unpaid traffic tickets could be put to use; new collection techniques are now beginning in earnest.

March 9 - The Philadelphia Inquirer

The four living former state governors call on policymakers to draft a bond initiative to pay for the state's critical infrastructure needs, including its trade transportation infrastructure, and levees in Northern California.

March 8 - The Metro Investment Report

Several states are eyeing moves to cap tax growth after property values have soared.

March 8 - The Christian Science Monitor

Washington Post columnist Roger K. Lewis argues that antiquated zoning laws, often written by lawyers instead of planners or designers, need an extensive makeover.

March 8 - The Washington Post

Bentonville, Ark., is the home of Wal-Mart and an "A-list destination for top executives." The economic power of of the County is belied by its rural history, although that is changing as it hurtles "rapidly toward an urban renaissance."

March 8 - The Wall Street Journal

L.A.'s South Central Farm, hailed as a model for sustainable living, faces destruction in the face of questionable motives.

March 8 - From the Wilderness

The police chief and criminologist-theorist argue that the crime-prevention theory really works, despite recent criticism.

March 8 - National Review

Property rights advocates clash with those who seek to preserve open space over some of Los Angeles last undeveloped land.

March 8 - The Los Angeles Times

Searching for fast disappearing skateboard space in Seattle, two activists took matters into their own hands and created a fully functioning park before the city caught on.

March 8 - The Seattle Stranger