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Sprawl: You Love It, But Dare Not Speak It's Name

CNN features an in-depth debate between Peter Calthorpe, promoting new urbanism, and Peter Gordon and Harry Richardson defending sprawl.

October 5 - CNN

Denver Revamps Water System

Treated wastewater to be used on public lands, landscaping and golf courses.

October 5 - The Denver Post

Bush vs. Gore: Who is Greener?

An assessment of the presidential candidates environmental positions.

October 5 - The San Francisco Chronicle

Governor Signs Agency Consolidation Measure

Gov. Gray Davis signed Bill 329, legislation by state Sen.Steve Peace, D-Chula Vista, that creates an 11 member San Diego RegionalGovernment Efficiency Commission.

October 5 - North County Times Escondido-Oceanside-Vista

Can Maglev solve L.A.'s Transit Problem?

"Why can't Los Angeles and Southern California have a world-class transportation system like other great cities?"

October 5 - The Los Angeles Times


Theory And Practice Of Urban Design

Bruce Mau Design wants his architecture company to evolve like the projects he creates -- more naturally to maintain the ecology.

October 5 - Fast Company

Why Cities Will Thrive in the Information Age

Information technologies will be the principal force shaping economic development in the 21st century.

October 5 - Urban Land Magazine


Housing Gap Threatening California's Economy

In the latest UCLA Anderson Forecast, economists warn thatCalifornia's current economic prosperity may be threatened by the slowpace of home building in the state.

October 5 - The Los Angeles Times

What Makes Cities Livable?

'Talk of the Nation' focuses on smart growth, sprawl, density, legislating communities, urban environmentalism and what makes cities "livable".

October 5 - National Public Radio

Server Farms Strain Local Grids

Massive farms housing internet servers and networking equipment needed to sustain e-commerce are creating problems for "local jurisdictions forced to deal with the sudden spike in demand for power."

October 5 - Government Technology

Army Corps Delays Study Over Flawed Forecasts

Facing criticism of serious flaws and unrealistic assumptions, Army Corps of Engineers agrees to delay a controversial study of major construction projects on the Mississippi River.

October 5 - The Washington Post

California To Use Water Under Mojave Desert

There is disagreement on the environmental safety related to drilling water from beneath the Mojave. Will a mechanical device resolve the problem?

October 4 - The Los Angeles Times

Coastal Protections At Risk

Any weakening of water quality due to urban runoff will affect 34 significant coastal areas in California. Crystal Cove and Point Lobos are two.

October 4 - The Los Angeles Times

San Francisco Races To Halt Pedestrian Deaths

California's most dangerous city for walking responds to the high pedestrian death rate with fines, ads, and high-tech.

October 4 - USA Today

400,000 Acres Declared Critical Habitat

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service designatedparts of California's East San FranciscoBay area as critical habitat for a snake.

October 4 - The San Diego Union-Tribune

Proposed Housing Has Air Agency Up In Arms

The Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District has made an unprecedented move in attempting to block the passage of Measure O, an initiative that would change the land use designation of 2,000 acres outside of the county's urban growth bounda

October 4 - The Sacramento Bee

U.S. Must Increase New Housing Production

HUD Secretary Andrew Cuomo on Monday told thenation's top housing researchers, policy-makers, academics, and industry representatives that, toensure all Americans live in affordable, decent and safe housing, the U.S. must increase its production of ne

October 4 - HUD News

Thousands of Public Housing Units to Be Razed

"As many as 7 percent of the Chicago Housing Authority's 38,000 public units will be demolished next year, and 1,000 units will be built or renovated under a plan for the first full year of the agency's overhaul."

October 4 - The Chicago Tribune

The Inner City And The Urban Future

The American city in the 21st Century: the view from Camden.

October 4 - Urban Land Magazine

Dot-Com Boom Makes S.F. a War Zone

As high-tech firms invade into San Francisco's Mission District and drive out longtime residents and hike up the rents, protestors demonstrate against the dot-com "colonization" with street theater and vandalism.

October 4 - The Los Angeles Times

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