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Community Development Must Begin With Schools
Getting better results from schools is the only way to assure that their communities will succeed as places. A new report offers several possible solutions.
Two Muddy Problems, One Model Solution
The City of Chicago and the State of Illinois solve two significant environmental problems through teamwork and vision.
Urban America Is Getting Noisier
How should planners deal with the ever-increasing problem of noise pollution from traffic? Can the U.S. learn from Europe?
Wal-mart: Loved Financially, Hated Socially
The Denver Post reports mounting opposition to the development of Wal-Mart stores in Denver.
Historic Conservation Plan Announced
245,527 acres of forest and wetlands in the Adirondack Mountains will be forever saved from development--but its economic viability will remain.
Coalitions For The Metropolitan Agenda
The Calculus of Coalitions: Cities and States and the Metropolitan Agenda
Anatomy Of A Large Scale Redevelopment Deal
Jon Jerde is negotiating with the city of Sacramento to develop a 240-acre rail yard and Superfund site into a new neighborhood for the capital's downtown.
Worst Rail Disaster In History?
The BBC News is reporting that up to 3,000 people are feared dead or injured in a huge fuel train collision in North Korea.
Loudoun's Growth Debate
One of the nation's fastest growing counties faces the pros and cons of growth.
The Sound Of Science
"Sound Science" movement threatens the Endangered Species Act.
Newly Reborn Cities Must Be An Engine For Sustainable Growth
A national centre dedicated to building sustainable communities is part of a British government scheme to modernise urban planning.
Earth Day's Biggest Challenge Yet
Three individuals tackle global warming with personal solutions -- despite the global reach of the problem.
Demand More On Election Year Earth Day
Americans should demand more than the same old photo-ops from the presidential candidates.
Leaving New Orleans For The Suburbs
Famed gothic writer Anne Rice is selling her New Orleans house and moving the suburbs. New Orleans is 'aghast'.
This Earth Day Is Sponsored By...
What do "petroleum powers, big-box developers, old-growth loggers and chemically dependent coffee companies" have to do with Earth Day?
Offshore Location Attractiveness Index
The Wharton Business School publishes a report on the world's top locations for outsourcing and why.
Earth Day: 34 Years Later, What Went Wrong?
Mike Dombeck reviews the progress made in 34 years since the first Earth Day.
Traffic: Third Leading Cause Of Death?
A new report calls for strong global measures to counter traffic deaths, which will soon be the the third-leading cause of death.
Guilty Of Vinyl Siding?
The city council of Carmel, IN, backtracks on a ban on vinyl siding that was criticized as being elitist.
In Maine, A Shipyard That Endures
As Bath Iron Works struggles, the city clings to its way of life.
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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