The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Kevin Krizek argues why 'you can take the family out of the suburbs but you can't take reliance on the Chevy Suburban out of the family.'

December 8 - Planners Network

For Ann Forsyth, and others, planning and designing a healthy, active city is a complex task that goes beyond the 'simple case of if you build it, they will exercise.'

December 8 - Planners Network

A report on Wal-Mart commissioned by the City of Los Angeles warns that Wal-Mart's Supercenters would harm the local economy.

December 8 - The Los Angeles Times

Two St. Louis architects defend Busch Stadium in the face of plans for its demolition and replacement with a 'cheap imitation' of Baltimore's Camden Yards.

December 8 - St. Louis Post-Dispatch

A clever advertising campaign by a region in Southwest France offers a comprehensive package of assistance to residents who leave Paris.

December 8 - The Los Angeles Times

We all know how you can lie with numbers. You can lie with maps much more effectively, as Jonathan Corum demonstrates with a widely-used map of California's recent gubernatorial election results.

December 7 - Style.org

The multi-billionaire is spearheading a drive to shrink many of Ohio's schools by breaking them apart, but not all is going according to plan.

December 7 - The Cleveland Plain Dealer

Employees of the Cincinnati Department of Community Development got a visit from the Fraud Squad as part of an investigation of a series of development scandals in the city.

December 7 - The Cincinnati Enquirer

In the context of using physical solutions to address obesity and other health issues, Ann Lusk makes a case for implementing multi-use paths in urban and suburban settings in the United States, and highlights success stories.

December 7 - Planners Network

Ranch owner puts up 35,000 acres for development amidst implications of groundwater shortages and environmental degradation.

December 7 - The Arizona Republic

Its metropolitan area now includes almost 20 million people; some politicians welcome the influx, but there is a darker side to this manic growth.

December 6 - The Observer

The top environmental issue in most American communities is how to save nearby farmland or build new local parks.

December 6 - The Denver Post

A plant that turns sewage into drinking water is Singapore's latest tourist attraction.

December 6 - BBC News

Some think of Birmingham, England as 'grim, drab, industrial waste,' but a spectacular new building could change everything for the old industrial city.

December 6 - The New York Times

An excess of telephone, fiber-optic and electrical wires criss-crossing the city is just one of the problems related to the city's recent explosion of technological advancements.

December 6 - Star Tribune

Commute times have risen in many areas. Is sprawl to blame?

December 6 - University Of California Transportation Center

A real estate group says banning big-box stores would cause economic pain.

December 5 - Austin American-Statesmen

Conservative writer Thomas Sowell charges that zoning and political meddling with housing markets drives housing prices up and encourages sprawl.

December 5 - Town Hall

In creating the town green and an overarching landscape plan for the new town of WaterColor, Florida, Nelson-Byrd Landscape Architects let the site's diverse native vegetation take the lead role.

December 5 - American Society Of Landscape Architects

A growing minority of gun owners are unhappy with Bush's environmental principles.

December 5 - The Christian Science Monitor