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Starbucked: Debunking Myths About The Coffee Giant
Is Starbucks guilty of ruining neighborhoods and destroying local businesses?
Who Should Be On Planning Commissions?
What happens when a Plan Commission has no architect, landscape architect, planner or developer from the private sector?
Kunstler: The Cargo Cult
James Howard Kunstler on the impact of big retailers on communities.
The False Environmental Prophet?
Reason Science Correspondent Ronald Bailey examines the book, One With Nineveh, to find out what environmental catastrophes await us.
Blacks Now Returning To South From All Other Regions
The New Great Migration: Black Americans' Return to the South, 1965-2000.
Expiring Tax Credits Could Benefit Investors
Could a wave of expiring tax credits projects represent new opportunities for apartment building investors?
A New Tunnel For Los Angeles?
Los Angeles County is considering funding a study for a tunnel through the San Gabriel Mountains to connect North County cities with downtown L.A.
Pritzker Winner Zaha Hadid Profiled
The Financial Times profiles Zaha Hadid, who was awarded the Pritzker prize, architecture's most prestigious award.
The Silent Edge
Gertrude Jekyll's "wide wood path" informs a new burial ground at historic Mount Auburn Cemetery.
Gehry Design Team Passed Over For Downtown LA Project
Two 'lesser known' design teams are selected over Gehry's design team for a high-profile $1.2 billion development in downtown L.A.
Return of the 'Publiksquare'
Urbanization? Keep it in the court...house square, that is.
Wal-Mart's $1 Billion Subsidy
A subsidy watchdog group details how Wal-Mart has received over $1 billion in government subsidies.
Entire State Of Vermont Endangered By Wal-Mart
National Trust for Historic Preservation says the entire state of Vermont is endangered by Wal-Mart.
Atlanta's Perimeter May Become Region's Center
Atlanta's new development is increasingly focused on rail stations around the city's Perimeter.
Wal-Mart Changes Its Strategy
Wal-Mart experiments with a "grassroots approach" to garnering support for its expansion into urban areas.
America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places
The National Trust for Historic Preservation publishes its 2004 list of America's 11 most endangered historic places.
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The Future Of GPS & Galileo
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Navstar.jpg"><img src="http://www.planetizen.com/tech/files//20040526-gps.jpg" alt="NAVSTAR GPS Satellite [Source: Wikipedia]" title="NAVSTAR GPS Satellite [Source: Wikipedia]" border="0" align="right" /></a><br /> <br /> This <a href="http://www.informatics.bangor.ac.uk/~jdl/gnss2004.pdf">keynote speech</a> [PDF, 28 kb] by David Last of the University of Wales, UK provides an overview of the U.S. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPS">Global Postioning System</a> (GPS) and the European <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galileo_positioning_system">Galileo Positioning System</a>
We Know Where You Live
The benefits and privacy concerns of "databasification".
Questions Raised About 'Livable' Cities List
Cities named in the "Livable Cities" list subsequently made $10,000 donations to the organization that released the list.
Richmond Goes With The (Traffic Circle) Flow
20 crashes/year convince city to change traffic pattern in Lee Circle.
City of Camden Redevelopment Agency
City of Astoria
Transportation Research & Education Center (TREC) at Portland State University
Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada
Toledo-Lucas County Plan Commissions
Urban Design for Planners 1: Software Tools
This six-course series explores essential urban design concepts using open source software and equips planners with the tools they need to participate fully in the urban design process.
Planning for Universal Design
Learn the tools for implementing Universal Design in planning regulations.
