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What Role Should Big Industry Play In Protecting The Environment?
British environmental groups upset over prime minister's backing of new climate change group supported by big business.
The Sound Of Diversity
City permits loudspeakers to broadcast Islamic call to prayer five times daily.
In Defense of the 'Creative Class'
Author Richard Florida responds to criticisms of "The Rise of the Creative Class."
Big Benefits to Designing Small Spaces
Whitney Gould of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel considers the value and opportunities for the renewal of marginal, residual spaces.
Budget Problems Causing Havoc With California Transportation Plans
Without money, even the best plans can go bad.
Recreating World's Columbian Exposition?
"If Las Vegas can re-create big chunks of Paris, Venice and ancient Egypt as casinos, why can't Chicago re-create the White City?"
Abundant Park Space Does Not Mean Easy Access
A new study from the Trust for Public Land finds that in many cities, 2/3rds of all children do not live within walking distance of a public park.
The Off-Mall Trend
Department store owners are beginning to forgo mall venues in favor of standalone stores, which offer greater flexibility.
Camden 2015 -- Rebirth Of A Hope-Filled City
How Camden plans to remake itself.
NYC: Billions In The Balance
The long-suffering jurors in the World Trade Center insurance case,minds numbed from mountains of minutiae, are about to make up theirminds.
Metro Merger Madness?
Neal Peirce reviews the wave of city-county mergers.
Even Racetracks Are Moving To Suburbs
Will the famous Southern California Hollywood Park racetrack abandon inner city Inglewood for Irvine's suburbs?
A Who's Who Of Important Placemakers
The Project for Public spaces publishes their list of the most important figures from the placemaking movement.
Big Dig House
A vice president of a firm that performed work on the Big Dig plans to reuse thousands of tons of discarded steel for his new house.
Nader: US Urban Policy In Need Of An Overhaul
Ralph Nader suggests that the fatal flaw in all urban policy efforts may be the reliance on the Department of Housing and Urban Development as the focal point of all the approaches to revitalizing cities and metropolitan areas.
West Faces A Sixth Year Of Epic Drought
In some areas, conditions rival 1930s Dust Bowl.
The Commercialization Of Mass Transit
Transit agencies commercialize their public spaces as a means of generating revenue, often without any public oversight.
Renowned Planner Ernie Bonner Dies At 71
Urban Planner Ernie Bonner, largely responsible for downtown Portland's renaissance, dies at age 71.
Healing Landscapes
Research shows hospital gardens help the healing process.
Do Tax Incentives Cause Sprawl?
Advocacy groups in New York state are calling for reforms to the Empire Zone program, including better reporting of tax breaks to lure businesses and making zones more compact.
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
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