The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Even as many developed countries are facing population declines, the U.S. population reaches 300 million this month. What does the demographic milestone mean for the nation?

October 9 - Newsweek

<p>HUD claims that Manassas, Virginia, illegally targeted Hispanic households and the city has failed to settle complaints over an ordinance regarding overcrowding. The ordinance has since been repealed.</p>

October 9 - The Washington Post

<p>Can retirement migration be a replacement for former industries?</p>

October 9 - The Charlotte Observer

FEATURE

Planetizen talks with city planning officials to get an insider's perspective on the planning issues facing cities. The first subject of this question-and-answer series is New York City Department of City Planning Director Amanda M. Burden.

October 9 - Nate Berg

<p>With an estimated $50 billion spent by gay men and lesbians on travel in 2005, Atlanta joins a list of other major cities looking to tap into this lucrative market.</p>

October 9 - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Why Chinatowns across North America are becoming less relevant.

October 9 - Maisonneuve

<p>The results of a large scale experiment seem to indicate that better neighborhoods don't actually result in an improvement in academic performance for any age group.</p>

October 8 - National Bureau Of Economic Research

After decades of ill-designed public housing that kept a clear line between the low-income and everyone else, a new movement is collecting momentum for more accurately integrating public housing into neighborhoods while protecting their character.

October 8 - The Providence Journal

The City of Los Angeles has launched a program to plant one million trees over the next several years in an effort to naturally clean the city's air. Due to its smog, L.A. was recently reported as being one of the dirtiest cities in America.

October 8 - The Los Angeles Times

Urbanism critic Trevor Boddy of Toronto's <em>Globe and Mail</em> is upset with the city planners who significantly changed their plans for his neighborhood without public input. He says the town hall meeting before the decision was all fluff.

October 8 - The Globe and Mail

Plans for a new futuristic mode of transport blends maglev technology with an ordinary bus.

October 8 - The Economist

Each of Virginia's governors is required to establish an Economic Development Strategic Plan during the first year in office.

October 7 - State of Virginia, Secretary of Commerce

Vancouver's report card has just been issued, and while the Canadian city has received high marks in such areas as desirability and ethnic diversity, the city is on the verge of failing in terms of its homelessness and housing affordability.

October 7 - The Vancouver Sun

Chongming, a remote island north of Shanghai, is set to become a showcase of sustainable development, but doubts remain about the viability of the plan.

October 7 - The Economist

The new law appears to have been crafted to stop a $1.6 billion power transmission line.

October 7 - The New York Times

Science and technology gurus convened at Wired Magazine's NextFest forum in New York to share startling visions of life -- or not -- in the 22nd century.

October 7 - LiveScience

A model home here that gives Katrina's displaced an alternative to trailer living is starting to take the country by storm.

October 6 - The Christian Science Monitor

Blogger Aaron Donovan attends a recent book talk by Robert Bruegmann provides an irreverent analysis of the author's defense -- and definition -- of sprawl.

October 6 - Streetsblog

A new report has been released that argues for the creation of mixed-income and mixed-race housing in transit-oriented developments.

October 6 - Center for Transit-Oriented Development

When designing a city for the future, rarely do future residents participate. But in Holden, Mass., the voice of the future is being heard as elementary school students are being asked what they want to see in their town in the future.

October 6 - The Landmark