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The School Of Environmental Sustainability
<p>As universities across the country are renovating their campuses and buildings to be more environmentally sustainable, one university is taking the subject into the classroom as its School of Sustainability opens next month.</p>
Smart Growth Success In Metro D.C.
<p>Arlington, Virginia, and Silver Spring, Maryland, are two cities in the rapidly growing Washington D.C. metro area that are bucking the trend of handling growth by sprawl and moving towards Smart Growth policies.</p>
$250 Million In Reduced Property Values Claimed In Portland
<p>Claims worth more than $250 million have been filed in Portland, Oregon, where a law passed in 2004 allows property owners to file for compensation from the city when regulations reduce the value of their property.</p>
Fighting Against Light Pollution
<p>A profile of one woman's crusade to get cities to crack down on excess light in cities and bring back dark-skies.</p>
Ten Principles of Post-Peak Planning
<p>The end of plentiful and inexpensive fossil fuels is something cities need to consider in their long-term planning.</p>
City of the 21st Century: Not Business as Usual
<p>At a recent meeting of the Urban Land Institute, delegates discussed what urban development will look like in the 21st Century -- and what it will need to be successful.</p>
Lowering the Bottom Line
<p>From city, neighborhood, block to building-scales, Stephen Mouzon offers ideas to offset high housing costs and economic segregation.</p>
NIMBYism Comes To China
<p>Middle class residents of Shenzhen successful opposed plans for a new freeway, signaling a potential backlash to the country's rapid growth.</p>
America's Great New Towns
<p>Neal Peirce believes that two new developments provide good models for how the nation's communities can be both environment-friendly and economically successful.</p>
A First-Hand Report On London's Congestion Pricing
<p>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.</p>
Gehry's See-Through Symphony
<p>Architect Frank Gehry's design for a new concert hall in Miami Beach blends openness with the next-generation Internet.</p>
Could Los Angeles Lead The Way For Transit?
<p>With the city already having pioneered the freeway and car culture 50 years ago, could Los Angeles now lead the United States towards a resurgence in public transit ridership?</p>
U.S. Congress Prepares For Tough Fight Over Green Laws
<p>As environmentalists draft a wish-list for a Democratic-controlled Congress, industry groups prepare to fight back.</p>
The Business Of Roads
<p>Privatization is catching on with many state and local governments in the U.S., and Wall Street is expecting great riches from roads.</p>
U.S. Development Experts Discuss Future Growth
<p>Neal Peirce reports on the Urban Land Institute's Larson Forum, where experts discussed to grow given the projection of 100 million more people by 2043 in the U.S.?</p>
Codes and Plans The Key To New Urbanism
<p>Robert Steuteville comments on the progress The New Urbanism has made in implementing form-based codes and regional plans.</p>
Can Busy Residential Streets Be As Toxic As Freeways?
<p>Findings from a new study on air pollution found that notwithstanding lower traffic volumes, "heavily traveled secondary highways" may be just as toxic as freeways laden with diesel trucks or major railyards.</p>
The Demise Of Miami's Public Housing Czar
<p>Rene Rodriguez, the once highly lauded director of the Miami-Dade Housing Agency, stands accused of taking from the poor to serve developer interests, as well as his own.</p>
Horse-Riding Citizens Fight Grocery Store
<p>In one of few areas in L.A. zoned to allow horses, Burbank horse owners have convinced the local planning board to reject a plan to build a Whole Foods grocery store in their neighborhood. The retailer offered concessions, but the battle continues.</p>
The Modern Streetcar 'Hoax'?
<p>Plans for modern streetcars are becoming more popular across the U.S. as one component of a revitalization plan. Randal O'Toole argues that the connection between streetcars and economic development is a hoax.</p>
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