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HHS May Take Over Homeless Programs
Combating homelessness could betransferred from the Department of Housing and Urban Development toHealth and Human Services.
Philadelphia Takes Over Disney Site
The city takes control of a proposed development for $12 million after Disney fails to come up with a suitable alternative.
Beautiful Billboards
Columbia, South Carolina is using unsold billboards to display public art.
Translucent Concrete: Will It Transform Architecture?
It is still very much in the research stage, but could translucent concrete dramatically transform buildings and cities?
Central European Architecture Visits L.A.
How do you make order and logic in a city? The same questions that faced medieval planners face planners today.
Tale Of Two Census Tracts
St. Louis is yet another city following the national trend of suburbanization, with blighted inner city areas and booming fringe communities.
Mobile Telephones And Urban Metabolism
The widespread use of mobile devices is increasing in the metabolism of urban systems.
Washington To Help Pay For South Florida Transit
Miami's Tri-Rail system is getting a boost in the form of federal dollars to complete a proposed expansion of the rail line.
Global Warming U-Turn A National Disgrace
Kevin Sweeney criticizes the Bush administration's decision to pull out of the Kyoto global warming treaty.
U.K. Harnesses Wind Energy
A U.K. project to power a million households with wind energy will help the country meet its obligations to reduce global warming.
Census: American Indian Reservations Growing
A new generation is coming back to American Indian reservations in search of culture and wealth.
Planning For A Sustainable Bay Area
A 25-year plan titled "Draft Compact for a Sustainable Bay Area: Economy, Environment, Equity" is available for public comment. It tackles some of the Bay Area's toughest planning issues.
Urbanizing Orange County
Traditionally known as the low density suburban neighbor of Los Angeles, the region has discovered that it is becoming denser than its urban counterpart.
Sprawl: It's Market-driven Growth
Sprawl offends urban planners, but it's just market-oriented growth to the business community.
Code-free Zone Urged In Baltimore
Well-known architect and planner Andres Duany has recommended that Baltimore designate a small part of downtown as "code-free" to stimulate growth.
The Country's Most Notorious Road System
Caltrans district 7 includes every freeway in Los Angeles and is perhaps the most notorious road system in the country.
Getting Regionalism To Work
With the region expecting 1 million new residents by 2020, officials in San Diego are trying once again to improve regional planning efforts.
Sustaining Atlanta's Growth
Since 1950, the city has experienced phenomenal growth. Planning experts are wondering how long it can last.
Controlling Rocky Mountain Sprawl
Legislators are battling over the state's new growth control bill, which may or may not require regional planning.
Growth Follows New England Highway
Along Interstate 495, once rural areas have given way to suburban sprawl and the new edge cities of New England.
New York City School Construction Authority
Village of Glen Ellyn
Central Transportation Planning Staff/Boston Region MPO
Chaddick Institute at DePaul University
Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS)
City of Grandview
Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada
Toledo-Lucas County Plan Commissions
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