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Mangrove forests -- coastal trees and shrubs -- saved hundreds by absorbing the impact of the tsunami.

January 13 - The Christian Science Monitor

Prince George's County officials put the brakes on unchecked residential growth.

January 13 - The Washington Post

By running cars, buses, trucks, and ships on hydrogen, a country aims to be entirely oil-free by 2050.

January 13 - Yahoo! Newswire

Grove/Atlantic publishers offers a summary of James Howard Kunstler's new book, "The Long Emergency", to be published in May, 2005.

January 13 - Grove Atlantic Publishers

Will the East Village's innovative make-over hurt the city's poor?

January 13 - Maisonneuve

Sprawl could spell extinction for nearly 1,200 species of plants and animals, according to a new report.

January 13 - MSNBC

Researchers say the Earth's drought areas have doubled since the 1970s and rising global temperatures are a major factor.

January 13 - The Rocky Mountain News

Expansion Management Magazine will publish its list of the nation's 50 'hottest cities' in its January, 2005 issue.

January 13 - Expansion Management

The rapid consumption of land in the nation’s fastest-growing large metropolitan areas could threaten the survival of nearly one out of every three imperiled species, according to the first study ever to quantify the impact of sprawling development on wil

January 12 - Smart Growth America

ASLA reports an expected significant growth in demand for landscape architecture services.

January 12 - American Society Of Landscape Architects

Four new "downtowns" key to bringing rapid transit to fast-growing York Region.

January 12 - The Toronto Star

Lots more hybrids and hydrogen cars are in the pipeline as public recognizes environmental limitations.

January 12 - The Los Angeles Times

A review of literature -– some scathing -– on the complexities of Orange County, California.

January 12 - Orange County Weekly

Sustainability planning may be precisely the wrong approach, argues Peter Gordon.

January 12 - University Of Southern California

Bipartisan flavor works in program’s favor

January 12 - Michigan Land Use Institute

Architects and planners are eager to help tsunami victims rebuild. But Western solutions are not always the best.

January 12 - The Guardian Unlimited

A small neighborhood school, or housing where teachers and other helping professionals can afford to live? Hard choices in suburban D.C.

January 12 - The Washington Post

The state moves 90 percent off welfare, but many remain in poverty.

January 12 - The Christian Science Monitor

BLOG POST

What happens in a city where the rule of law and public health fall apart, but capitalism and technology do not? It's a different kind of post-apocalyptic town -- Los Angeles without the Blade Runners, or maybe just present-day Johannesburg. <a href="http://www.nwc.navy.mil/press/Review/2003/Autumn/art6-a03.htm">Here's</a> an article from the <em>Naval War College Review</em> from a couple years back that sketches the map of such a city. All the problems of a megacity and none of the fun, it sounds like.

January 11 - Anonymous

Eugene, Oregon's Urban Growth Boundary might be more flexible than you think.

January 11 - Eugene Weekly