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Urban degeneration marches gnarled hand in chain store glove with redevelopment, writes the Guardian's architecture critic.

September 24 - The Guardian Unlimited

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<img src="http://www.planetizen.com/tech/files//20040924-secondlife.jpg" alt="Screenshot of Second Life" align="right"/><br /> <br /> Wired has a story about university professors about taking online education to a new level -- <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/games/0,2101,65052,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_3">teaching classes in a 3-D virtual world</a>. The virtual world in a "massively multiplayer " online game called <em>Second Life</em> includes a developed economy, neighborhoods and communities, all manner of vehicles and the ability to create nearly anything imaginable.

September 24 - Abhijeet Chavan

An exhibition explores the state of government architecture in this country today.

September 24 - The New York Times

Problem of abandoned or storm-wrecked single-wides pushes states toward controversial 'predisposal' fee on new units.

September 24 - The Christian Science Monitor

A California city's deal with a retailer raises questions about who ultimately bears the cost.

September 24 - Ventura County Reporter

Shade is rediscovered in Phoenix after half a century of near-death by air conditioning.

September 24 - The Arizona Republic

Former HUD secretaries promote nipartisan agenda to address nation's housing problem.

September 23 - The Washington Post

An academic journal article explores how urban space became "sexually coded through municipal consolidation."

September 23 - Urban Affairs Review

Hope amid decline, Detroit's CBD is home to more than 15 new housing projects.

September 23 - Metro Times Detroit

The Los Angeles City Council approves the final piece of the massive and hotly-contested Playa Vista project

September 23 - The Los Angeles Times

Is the amount of sunlight reaching the planet decreasing?

September 23 - Grist Magazine

Wireless networking is becoming an increasingly popular amenity for cities and town. But who will pay for it?

September 23 - Technology Review

David Sucher examines the numbers cited in a recent Op-Ed about density.

September 23 - City Comforts Blog

A management consulting firm publishes a study detailing the costliest places to own and operate a car.

September 23 - CNNMoney

Former opponents unite to find best solutions to sprawl.

September 23 - Michigan Land Use Institute

Cincinnati employers hope to raise $100 million more for related projects and job creation.

September 23 - The Cincinnati Enquirer

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In recent years, many large conservation plans -- including the plan that led Australia to ban fishing on a third of the Great Barrier Reef -- were produced using a computer program called <a href="http://www.ecology.uq.edu.au/marxan.htm#about">Marxan</a>. <br /> <br /> <img src="http://www.ecology.uq.edu.au/marxan/fig3.jpg" align="right" alt="Marxan image" />Software developer and Australian professor Hugh P. Possingham is now raising questions about the validity of the software in certain circumstances, <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/21/science/earth/21reef.html?8hpib">Second Thoughts for a Designer of Software That Aids Conservation</a>

September 22 - Chris Steins

The National Museum of the American Indian opens in Washington D.C.

September 22 - Voice Of America

A case that property rights advocates say may be the most important land use issue in decades goes before the Supreme Court September 27.

September 22 - Legal Times

Paris is one of 1,100, most of them in Europe, to observe a "car-free" day.

September 22 - Yahoo! Newswire