The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

A new real estate niche emerges -- communities for multigenerational residents.

June 26 - Wall St. Journal

Gov. Glendening's campaign to restrict suburban sprawl has ignited a battle over farmland in Carroll County slated to be developed into housing.

June 26 - The New York Times

A National Geographic photographer summarizes her thoughts in writing about sprawl in the U.S.

June 26 - National Geographic

New Jersey's Atlantic City-to-Brigantine tunnel highway is a fascinating case study about the challenges in major infrastructure development.

June 26 - Engineering News Record

Despite some of the best minds in the nation and its creativity in movies and technology, California lags behind the rest of the nation in controlling growth.

June 26 - Contra Costa Times-Walnut Creek

The airport, the interstate, the real estate, the networks - ingredients that make Charlotte one of the newest high tech hot spots.

June 25 - The Charlotte Observer

Maryland Governor Glendening warns that he intends to start using a neglected 25-year old law that allows the state to bring court challenges against potentially harmful rezoning decisions.

June 25 - The New York Times

While Boston has long been an nternational hub for university life, ich with labs and libraries and cademia's juiciest cocktail parties, the city is increasingly a tough sell to professors due to high housing costs.

June 25 - The Boston Globe

The Brookings Institution examines Racial and ethnic diversity in U.S. suburbs.

June 25 - The Brookings Institution

Dan Burden identifies the top ten strategies planners can use to craft a walkable community.

June 25 - Planetizen

Andres Duany is hired to build a new-urbanist mini-city in Tyson's Corner. Not everyone believes in the concept, however.

June 25 - The Washington Post

America's universities are the most wired places in the nation. Why are they looking to 19th century architecture for guidance?

June 25 - The Industry Standard

A new type of city explodes around the edges of metropolis.

June 25 - Fannie Mae Foundation

City leaders envision more growth along Park Avenue, with new offices and even loft apartments moving in above the street-level businesses, a decades old concept that used to be the norm.

June 25 - The Orlando Sentinel

FEATURE

Walkable communities are celebrated destinations that create a sense of place and promote economic development. Dan Burden identifies the top ten strategies planners can use to craft a walkable community.

June 25 - Dan Burden

A new study by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health looks at projected population growth in cities and rural areas worldwide, concluding that long-term health and living standards will be greatly affected by changing demographics.

June 24 - Contra Costa Times-Walnut Creek

A Maryland architecture professor argues that roads, not just public transit, are necessary for a successful TOD.

June 24 - The Washington Post

The Engineering News Record publishes the top 100 construction and construction-management firms in the U.S.

June 24 - Engineering News Record

Residents fight smart growth plan, charging that planners are trying to urbanize the community.

June 24 - Portland Press Herald

Experts say that ocean energy has the potential to power the entire world without producing greenhouse gases.

June 24 - The San Diego Union-Tribune