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UK Cities Planning New Wave Of Skyscrapers
British planners have green-lighted a dizzying array of new high-rise projects, though some question the benefits of building tall.
Friday Funny: Edinburgh Implements A Pedestrian Congestion Charge
What happens when Edinburgh's implements a pedestrian congestion fee along The Royal Mile?
London's Bold Plan For Greenhouse Gas Reductions Unveiled
Mayor Livingstone set forth a bold, detailed plan to reduce London's greenhouse gas emissions by 60% by 2025. However, many sectors are outside the city's scope, such as an increase aviation emissions, and a nationwide price on the carbon pollution.
Blair Defends British Road Pricing Schemes
Facing public pressure, Britain's PM stands firm on plans to relieve traffic congestion and improve public transport with motorist user fees.
London Mayor Ken Livingstone Profiled
London's mayor takes on the traffic challenge by expanding his congestion pricing experiment into West London -- an area with posh shopping areas and celebrity townhouses.
Dublin May Be On The Road To L.A.-Style Sprawl
Urban researchers have released a report warning that Dublin, Ireland, may soon have a sprawling footprint comparable to Los Angeles, but with less than one quarter the population. The report also suggests more investment in public transportation.
Olympics Eating London Farmland
100-year-old plots of organic farmland in east London are in line to be bulldozed to make room for development of facilities for the 2012 Olympics -- a four-week-long event.
Scotland's Green City
Leaders in Edinburgh, Scotland have adopted a new green building code to lessen the environmental impact of development.
Prince Charles' Poundbury Resonates With Developers
With its traditional design and mixture of uses, Poundbury -- the experimental development created by Prince Charles -- is fast becoming the model for development in Britain.
Britain's First Carbon-Neutral Village
The English village of Ashton Hayes is looking to become the country's first carbon-neutral community. Cooperation village-wide has enabled the installation of solar panels and used recycled building materials in new structures.
UK Goes Vegas With 'Supercasino'
A license has been granted to the city of Manchester to host the United Kingdom's first "supercasino" -- a 5,00 square meter gambling and hotel complex similar to Las Vegas casinos. However, many in the UK are worried about resulting social problems.
Will Scotland's First New Urbanist Town Be Built?
Despite support for the plan and the amenities it provides for Inverness, some fear that Andres Duany's planned town of Tornagrain is not needed.
Home Is Where Your Job Is
Tesco, a UK-based supermarket chain, has plans to provide housing for staff members in new mixed-use developments featuring its stores.
London Tops New York For Pricey Housing
Home prices in the British capital have made London the most expensive place to buy a home, supplanting New York City.
Britain Cuts Poverty Using U.S.-Style Methods
Borrowing rhetoric and programmatic ideas from U.S. efforts, the Blair administration in Britaan has managed to cut the nation's child poverty rate by more than half. But anti-poverty policies have not been without their critics.
World's Largest Wind Farm Project Approved
U.K. government approves two offshore wind farm projects in the Thames Estuary.
Another Day At The Office
In London, a housing crunch is creating a new trend of converting old office spaces into housing. The majority of the city's new housing developments are actually old office spaces.
A First-Hand Report On London's Congestion Pricing
John Landis, Chair of the City and Regional Planning at the University of California, Berkeley, provides a fascinating first-hand review of London's congestion charging program, and offers his perspective on transportation and land use in the city.
Local Business Suffers As Council Calls For Economic Safe Bet
The city council in Oxford, England, is considering replacing what's left of its local businesses and public spaces with city-revenue-generating corporate chains and retail outlets.
Affordable Housing By Ikea
The Swedish furniture retailer is expanding its market to include ready-made and modestly-sized homes. Already selling well in Scandinavia, the homes are part of a new plan to address Britain's affordable housing shortage.
FREE Course: Walkable City 1: Why Walkability?
After describing his path towards focusing on walkability as the essence of good planning, Jeff Speck marches through his five principal reasons for making more walkable places.
Reinventing Malls: Planning Alchemy—Turning Gray Fields Into Gold
The course focuses on the opportunities and imperatives that shape reinvention of mall sites.
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