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End Of The Line For Ahmanson Ranch Development
A 17-year battle between developers and environmentalists comes to an end as 2,800-acre Ahmanson Ranch is sold to the state for $150 million.
Ground Zero Rebuilding: Open, Yet Secretive
Plans for redevelopment of the World Trade Center site continue to evolve.
Palo Alto Conducts Fiber-optic Cost-Benefit Analysis
Can and should Palo Alto, CA wire the city with Fiber-optic cable to compete with commercial services?
California's Sustainable Revolution
While the recall election has focused the attention of the media onto the budget crisis, California has quietly proceeded with a progressive model for sustainable building that is being reviewed and replicated nationwide.
Why Bother With The General Plan?
Why bother with the silly (and unfunded) mandate to update Sacramento's General Plan, which is roundly ignored by everyone, asks Mark Dempsey.
Bush Administration Sabotaged Environmental Research
An investigation reveals that the Bush White House has tried to underplay the seriousness of global warming by covering up research of its own scientists.
Santa Clarita Planning Director Steps Down
Santa Clarita, CA planning director Jeff Lambert steps down to start his own business.
Climate Change: Largest Arctic Ice Shelf Breaks
Scientists say the breakup of the largest ice shelf in the Northern Hemisphere is evidence of global warming and a harbinger of future events.
Zoomorphic
What if buildings look like animals? London's Victoria and Albert Museum have drawn on the inspiration of animals for their architecture.
Environment, Sprawl, And The Next EPA Chief
According to Parris Glendening, Utah Gov. Mike Leavitt, nominated by President for the post of the cheif administration of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, is the right person for the job.
Ordinances That Promote Physical Activity
An academic journal article in the American Journal of Public Health surveys municipal ordinances that promote physical activity.
Insurance And Coastal Development
FEMA may subsidize coastal sprawl in hurricane areas, since market rate insurance would be too high for most.
Soldier Field's Dome Spoils Chicago's Lakefront
Chicago architecture critic Blair Kamin calls the redesigned Soldier Field a 'brilliant and ultimately jarring failure.'
Make Every Drop Count...Or Else
Suffering from drought, city inspectors patrol neighborhoods to enforce its newly implemented water restrictions.
Livable, But Not Affordable
Columbia, MD, a planned community developed by the Rouse Co. in 1967, is experiencing an affordable housing shortage.
How FEMA Encourages High-Risk Coastal Sprawl
How the Federal Emergency Management Agency encourages coastal sprawl.
Fewer Corner Gas Stations?
Local gas stations are being threatened as big-box outlets offer gas for lower prices.
Boston Scraps Housing Desegregation Program
The recent decision to allow Boston public housing residents to choose the developments where they live evokes memories of Boston's rocky past with desegregation programs.
Schwarzenegger's Hydrogen-powered Hummer
Schwarzenegger defends his Hummer and says if elected, he'll convert it to run on hydrogen.
Environmental Terrorists Strike Again
Six homes in San Diego, CA are torched by members of the Earth Liberation Front, who leave the message, "development equals destruction."
Municipality of Princeton
Roanoke Valley-Alleghany Regional Commission
City of Mt Shasta
City of Camden Redevelopment Agency
City of Astoria
Transportation Research & Education Center (TREC) at Portland State University
US High Speed Rail Association
City of Camden Redevelopment Agency
Municipality of Princeton (NJ)
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