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Freeing Immigration Could Boost Economic Growth

Frances Cairncross explains how opening up international immigration could benefit economic growth.

November 7 - The Economist

Desktop Environmentalist's Eye In The Sky

A digital camera, a helicopter, and the Internet combine to create an unprecendented snapshot of California's coastline.

November 7 - The Washington Post

Ground Zero: Less Is More

A private forum debates the issue of whether the WTC memorial might be "overplanned."

November 7 - The New Yorker

Pro-Growth Forces Win Most California Ballot Measures

It's a mixed bag, but slow-growthers lose in some surprising places, while a high-profile property rights measures loses.

November 7 - California Planning and Development Report

'Edge' City's Growth Catches Planners By Surprise

Driven by a demand for office space, skyscrapers change Costa Mesa's skyline.

November 7 - The Los Angeles Times


Report Finds Little Benefit In D.C. Congestion Plans

New Potomac River crossings and a new Washington, D.C.-area expressway aimed at easing traffic congestion would bring more development and more traffic.

November 7 - Environmental Defense Fund

Big Brother To Make London Safer?

Posters meant to inform riders about crime control devices scare some commuters.

November 7 - Wired


Toledo: Welcome To The Dark Ages Of Planning

A columnist for the Toleda Blade is dismayed to discover the sorry state of planning in Toledo.

November 6 - Toldeo Blade

Taking Historic Preservation Seriously

Following the loss of a famous Richard Neutra modernist home to demolition, this Coachella Valley town takes preservation seriously.

November 6 - Desert Sun Palm Springs

Indian Casinos, Land Use, And Corruption

California has become the hot spot a tribal dispute over land use, gaming and corruption.

November 6 - The Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles Secession Fails

Los Angeles residents overwhelmingly vote to keep the nation's second-largest city intact.

November 6 - The Los Angeles Times

One Stop Shopping for Land Use Election Results

A complete list of all 93 local and state measures for conservation and parks is available from Land Vote 2002, a service of LTA and TPL.

November 6 - The Trust for Public Land

Revitalizing A Street With Ethnic Flavor

La Plaza Mercado in the eart of Hispanic Detroit demonstrates the new flavor of downtown revitalizations.

November 6 - The Detroit Free Press

Dead Mall Competition

A Los Angeles architecture and urban design group launches a "dead mall" idea competition.

November 6 - Los Angeles Forum For Architecture and Urban Desig

The Fiscal Impacts Of Rural Residential Development

Is rural residential development is a net fiscal loss for county governments? Planning & Markets features research about this question.

November 6 - Planning and Markets

Impact Of UK's Air Travel Revolution

With the cheap flight boom in the UK continuing, the UK government looks like having an uphill battle with some of its airport expansion proposals.

November 5 - The Guardian Unlimited

'Swamp Monster' Delays Highway Construction

A Maori tribe in New Zealand has halted construction of a multimillion dollar highway because it is too close to the home of a "swamp monster" capable of causing traffic deaths.

November 5 - CNN

Walmart's New C-Store

Danger lies in the potential roll out of a new Walmart convenience-store (C-store) prototype.

November 5 - REIS

The Clean Energy Challenge

Scientists warn that meeting energy needs while preventing global warming will require a research effort of a magnitude on par with the project to put man on the moon.

November 5 - The New York Times

Ambitious Air Photo Project Fights Development

An unprecendented project to photograph the entire California coastline and make it available on the Web is aimed at helping efforts to fight coastal threats like seawalls and development.

November 5 - San Jose Mercury News

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