The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Cleveland's aging communities team up to market postwar era housing.

July 4 - The Cleveland Plain Dealer

The question should not be "Can we build an iron Interstate, but, "How quickly can we do it."

July 4 - The Christian Science Monitor

Charlotte's University City is a fast-growing university town, with three different development plans in three years.

July 4 - American City Business Journals

An attorney provides an insider's look at the Supreme Court case that dramatically alters government's ability to regulate land use.

July 4 - Wall St. Journal

Eco-terrorists target research to create genetically modified trees that grow thick, tall, and fast and even create their own pesticides.

July 4 - National Public Radio

A NORC describes a place in which half of the residents are over 60 and have decided to spend their last years in their home.

July 3 - Wall St. Journal

Bush administration plans to open large tracts of the Gulf of Mexico for oil and natural gas have been scaled back under pressure from Florida.

July 3 - The Washington Post

Columnist Karen Hershenson writes about her transformation into a suburbanite.

July 3 - Contra Costa Times-Walnut Creek

An op-ed advocates increasing the operating hours for the Bay Area Rapid Transit system.

July 3 - Contra Costa Times-Walnut Creek

Urban housing reclaims former HUD Secretary Cisneros with his new company, American CityVista.

July 3 - Business 2.0

Downtown multifamily development is booming in cities large and small throughout the United States.

July 3 - Urban Land Magazine

Unconventional Swiss concept car uses kitchen and garden waste as fuel.

July 3 - ZZZ Online

Courts debate if municipalities can employ construction bans to control growth.

July 3 - BizJournals

Is rapid development in Ohio 'irresponsible?'

July 3 - The Cincinnati Enquirer

The Philadelphia Housing Authority demolishes a housing complex north of downtown.

July 2 - The Philadelphia Inquirer

The New York Times profiles John D. Podesta, the newest member of the board of directors of the League of Conservation Voters.

July 2 - The New York Times

The Christian Century presents an introduction to urban sprawl.

July 2 - The Christian Century

Growth is inevitable -- will the anti-sprawl movement make enemies of us all?

July 2 - Portsmouth Herald

If you live in Irvine, California, you have to move elsewhere when you die. This master-planned city has no cemetery.

July 2 - The Los Angeles Times

In the next fifty years 10 western states will develop land the size of Cuba, according to a University of Colorado report.

July 2 - The Denver Post