Chris Stines is Planetizen's former Editor and the founder of Urban Insight, a leading digital agency. Chris has 25 years of experience in technology consulting and urban planning and has served as a consultant to public sector state, county, and local agencies, Fortune 500 private firms, educational institutions, and nonprofit organizations.
Do Cancer Cases Cluster Around Atomic Plants?
Research into whether people living close to nuclear power plants are more likely to get cancer is not conclusive.
The Anti-Sprawl Smart Car
Where can I buy one?<br /> <br /> <img src="http://www.autoweek.com/weekart/2004/0726/mitfuture345.jpg" align="right" alt="GM Anti-Sprawl Concept Car"> Bill Mitchell's Smart Cities group at the MIT's Media Lab has joined forces with architect Frank Gehry and General Motors to design and build a concept car that attempts to tackle urban sprawl.<br /> <br /> The article is reported in this week's AutoWeek magazine <a href="http://www.autoweek.com/cat_content.mv?port_code=autoweek&cat_code=carnews&loc_code=index&content_code=08915187">"M.I.T. lab searches for intelligent life in the fast lane"</a>
Wanted: Land To Develop
Strategies for dealing with urban sprawl and the lack of quality land to develop is presented by an industry practitioner.
Top 250 Design-Builders
Engineering News Record publishes its annual list of the top 250 U.S.-based design builders, whose total 2003 revenue exceeded $53 billion.
Charging Up The Freeway
Tolls for fast lanes near cities would reduce traffic snarls -- and snarling drivers.