United States
Local cities and states see rising property values as a way to cut budget gaps by increasing developer fees.
Wall St. Journal
A non-profit organization, CASA (Centro de Ayuda Solidaria a los Amigos) Latina was developed around the daily gathering of Hispanic day laborers on Seattle's Western Ave. CASA aims to organize, galvanize, and protect the rights of Latino
MetropolisMag.com
The annual 'Red List' catalogues species threatened by extinction and the latest version includes more than 12,000 entries.
Scientific American
Students and faculty of Ewha Womans' University in Seoul protest the designation of a 'beauty zone' in their vicinity.
Korea Herald
New legislation is intended to avoid repeat of moraine housing fiasco.
Ontario Ministry Of Municipal Affairs
Some consider the housing conditions and backlog in Pakistan to be the worst in the world.
Yahoo! Newswire
Concerns about the local costs of over-55s moving to Australian beachside locations.
The Sydney Morning Herald
The legislation (H.R. 6) is 1700 pages of giveaways and contempt for the American people -- their health, safety and pocketbooks says Ralph Nader.
Common Dreams
What planners can learn from engineers who study buildings in order 'to keep disasters from becoming economic catastrophes.'
U.S. News And World Report
Planners and public health officials ought to work together to design walkable neighborhoods.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Adam Werbach strips away the Bush administration's rhetoric to expose the "wholesale giveaway" of the nation's natural riches to large corporations.
In These Times
The Los Angeles Times begins a three-part, hard-hitting look at the devastating effects of Wal-Mart's quest for the ultimate low price.
The Los Angeles Times
A new exhibit explores impressionist-inspired takes on "the new modern urban reality."
Columbia Free Times
Public housing residents are being forced to do community service -– but what makes them different from other recipients of federal subsidies?
Orlando Weekly
An Australian columnist discusses the unfair disparities in home values Down Under.
The Sydney Morning Herald
The impending death of a high profile resident foregrounds the dangers of klongs, canals that function both as sewers and as transportation in Bangkok.
Time
Does the new report by Good Jobs First about smart growth resulting in better jobs also confirm that smart growth raises housing prices?
Heartland Institute
Now six months into its congestion pricing experiment, Transport for London issues its report on Congestion Charging.
Transport For London
By using 'megacolumns' Taipei's new megatower will top out at 101 stories (508 meters).
Engineering News Record
The UK government needs to develop a single national technical platform for congestion charging and toll plans.
Silicon.com
