The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Wenceslas Square, the historic center of Prague, has fallen prey to criminals and disrepair, but plans are underway to reclaim the area.

August 7 - The Prague Post

Nevada's desert oasis is facing serious water issues -- most of which are caused by residents.

August 7 - BBC News

Upscale, pedestrian-friendly outdoor malls are in development at several Boston-area locations.

August 7 - The Boston Globe

A study released by Casey Trees Endowment Fund calculates the economic value of foliage

August 6 - The Washington Post

A small marina owner in the northern San Francisco Bay Area has received $20 million to initiate ferry service -- all beneath the radar of the Bay Area Water Transit Authority.

August 6 - San Francisco Examiner

The global mixing of plants and animals now going on could be a major channel for unplanned environmental change.

August 6 - The Christian Science Monitor

Representative Bill Thomas scores over $722 million from the Federal Highway Bill for Kerns County -- a move that has many in California perplexed.

August 6 - Los Angeles Daily News

Officials in Sarasota County support the incorporation of what will likely be the state's fourth -- and largest -- local housing land trust.

August 6 - Sarasota Herald-Tribune

San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom has proposed a dramatic expansion in the number of housing units by 2010 to alleviate housing affordability problems.

August 5 - San Francisco Examiner

Cartoonist Mark Fiore offers his vision of the future under eminent domain.

August 5 - Mark Fiore

As the real estate boom in Los Angeles continues, many are looking at out of the way towns to settle down.

August 5 - The Los Angeles Times

WSJ columnist Cynthia Crossen looks back at the colorful Florida land rush of the 1920s.

August 5 - Wall St. Journal

BLOG POST

First -- I just loved Ken's post on <a href="http://www.planetizen.com/tech/archives/2005/07/01/298/">GeoTagging</a>. What a great collection of links he's included in his post. We've got a couple projects at UI that could potentially use this type of interface/solution. <br /> <br /> I just got my weekly <a href="http://www.nemertes.com/">Nemertes Impact Analysis</a> (Nemertes specializes in quantifying the business impact of technology) and this one focuses on the growth of Enterprise use of Open Source tools.

August 5 - Chris Steins

Rural New England is being caught up in the real estate boom, and former residents are being priced out of the market.

August 5 - Common Dreams

Officials have are investigating violations by the developer of what was supposed to be "traditional architectural styling" in Clarksburg Town Center.

August 5 - The Washington Post

John Talton believes neglect of passenger rail shows misplaced national priority.

August 5 - The Arizona Republic

The great desert has leaped over the Mediterranean. Is climate change to blame -- or man and his works?

August 5 - Newsweek

The Energy Bill just passed by Congress has just given $15 billion in subsidies to inefficient, economically non-viable and dangerous energy industries.

August 5 - Tom Paine - Common Sense

Los Angeles Magazine profiles environmentalist Joe Edmiston, who may be the most powerful unelected official in the city.

August 5 - Los Angeles Magazine

Jared Diamond, author of the controversial book and PBS series Guns, Germs, and Steel talks about how geography and the environment have influenced the rise and fall of civilizations.

August 4 - Wired