The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

<p>Despite assurances by Pepsi and other conglomerates that their new inner-city strategies are driven by good intentions, critics say profit is an even bigger motive.</p>

October 11 - The Wall Street Journal

<p>The last, and only time I.M. Pei worked in his native China was in 1982 when he designed a Beijing luxury hotel. Disappointed in that work, Pei jumped at the chance to return to China once again to design the Suzhou Museum.</p>

October 11 - The New York Times

<p>A new transportation museum celebrating the streetcar has opened in San Francisco, fittingly opposite the ferry building where they once took commuters from the East and North Bay ferries down Market Street.</p>

October 11 - The San Francisco Chronicle

<p>More Katrina evacuees went to Texas than any other state except Louisiana. A year later, many of them are in limbo.</p>

October 11 - Shelterforce Magazine

<p>At a Phoenix hospital, thoughtful building design creates a healing environment for patients.</p>

October 11 - Newsweek

<p>The effects of development on New Hampshire watersheds are examined in this first part of a three-part series.</p>

October 11 - Exeter News-Letter

<p>The Baltimore City Council is pushing forward on a comprehensive plan for the city to create more affordable housing.</p>

October 11 - The Baltimore Sun

<p>As one of Europe's fastest growing regions, the burgeoning City of Inverness is grappling with its growth issues by contemplating the benefits of New Urbanism.</p>

October 10 - The Times

<p>Researchers calculate We calculate a 'sprawl index' for all metropolitan areas and then examine the reasons why sprawl differs across space.</p>

October 10 - The Quarterly Journal of Economics

<p>Using data from the Census and the federal Office of Refugee Resettlement, this report examines where refugees come fromâ"documenting significant region-specific flows tied to various overseas conflicts" and where they land, finding that refugee destinati</p>

October 10 - The Brookings Institution

<p>Shenzhen and Pudong (near Hong Kong and Shanghai respectively) were developed as Special Economic Zones (SEZs). Now India's plans to fast-tract and focus such development into designated areas have run into opposition from diverse sectors like India's left.</p>

October 10 - BBC News

Legendary journalist Bill Moyers on the growing environmental consciousness of conservative evangelical Christians.

October 10 - Grist Magazine

<p>Miami residents and developers alike are discovering the advantage of mixed-use development.</p>

October 10 - The Miami Herald

<p>Omaha, Nebraska, may be leading the way for cities around the country to integrate urban design with their master plans. Omaha's far-reaching urban design standards could be law by the year's end.</p>

October 10 - Metropolis Magazine

<p>Despite a cooling real estate market, developers and city officals are moving forward on plans to develop a new neighborhood along Portland's eastern waterfront.</p>

October 10 - Portland Press Herald

<p>Eleven states have initiatives on their ballots this fall that could go against 2005's Supreme Court eminent domain decision in the case of Kelo v. New London.</p>

October 9 - USA Today

<p>A planned public library in Sarasota County, Florida, has a garden-topped future ahead of it, as county officials plan to use the library's green roof as a test-run to determine if green roofs are a solution to Florida's stormwater runoff problems.</p>

October 9 - Sarasota Herald-Tribune

A small New York hotel goes for a really big price.

October 9 - The Slatiin Report

Could a severe housing market slowdown projected for more than 100 US metropolitan areas lead to a country-wide recession?

October 9 - Yahoo News

<p>Bold action can help the state of Maine reach sustainable prosperity.</p>

October 9 - The Brookings Institution