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The city of Bo01 has served as a model for urban designers all over the world -- but is it really liveable?

September 1 - The Guardian Unlimited

BLOG POST

Let's take a moment for New Orleans, folks. Better coverage elsewhere -- check out <a href="http://www.boingboing.net/">Boing Boing</a> for links in the blogosphere. So here, you just get an observation: nature, abetted by dumb human decisionmaking, has killed that city.<br /> <br /> In a lot of ways, New Orleans is -- maybe was -- a great place. Tremendous food and music. Like Las Vegas, it was a place where Americans kept their decadence, like a precious thing in a box. In Europe, every city and town blows up into a party Carnival; in the US, we keep our Carnivals going non-stop, 24/7, but they're geographically confined.

August 31 - Anonymous

Planners are mapping out the new campus with enviromental concerns at the forefront.

August 31 - University Of California

Enthusiast Scott Kozel has amassed a staggering amount of information on highways in Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, D.C.

August 31 - Virginian Pilot

The L.A. Conservancy gives up its bid to save historic structure which could be razed to make way for schools.

August 31 - The Los Angeles Times

Water has sustained New Orleans and perpetually threatened it. City officials estimated that 80% of the town is under standing water.

August 31 - The Los Angeles Times

Suburbanites can't get anywhere without a car, so higher gas prices will lead to "collapse" of the suburbs.

August 31 - The Philadelphia Daily News

A look at some of Chicago's plans for building the future.

August 31 - Chicago Sun-Times

Politicians and planners must correct policies that made New Orleans vulnerable.

August 31 - The New York Times

How do we retrofit America's sprawl to prepare for a post-oil world? In this week's Op-Ed Wally Siembab proposes a strategy of "smart sprawl."

August 31 - Planetizen

The impact of segregation endures in a Mississippi coast town, where an African-American community is working to protect its environment, housing and history.

August 31 - Shelterforce Online

An excerpt from John McPhee's book, "The Control of Nature", shows why New Orleans has always been vulnerable to flooding.

August 31 - Salon

FEATURE

August 31 - Wally Siembab

The newest development in the City of Pittsburgh doesn't want bus service, claiming it will turn their neighborhood into a park-and-ride and few residents will use it.

August 30 - Pittsburgh Post Gazette

Explosive growth, legacy of poor planning decisions, hamper Beijing's efforts to prepare for the 2008 Olympics.

August 30 - The New York Times

John Tierney cites "The Tragedy of the Commons," by Garrett Hardin, to show how giving hybrid cars HOV Lane rights will clog up the lanes, and result in a less efficient transportation system.

August 30 - The New York Times

As real estate prices skyrocket, housing is appearing in fading industrial enclaves across the country. The two uses are not always the best fit.

August 30 - Los Angeles Downtown News

The hyper-inflated housing market needs to cool, not collapse.

August 30 - Tom Paine - Common Sense

Auto dealers are getting as much as $4,000 over sticker for hybrids that now have carpool privileges.

August 30 - The Los Angeles Times

Whitney Gould reviews a new "traditional" neighborhood in Madison, WI.

August 30 - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel