The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

<p>This article from <em>Grist</em> raises the question of what would happen to the economic viability of Midwest farms if they kept their neighbors as customers and dropped the far-off corporations that currently keep them afloat.</p>

November 2 - Grist

<p>In Boston, labor unions and community groups are joining forces to win victories for affordable housing.</p>

November 2 - Shelterforce Magazine

<p>Idaho's Proposition 2 asks voters to decide whether the state should compensate property owners when land-use laws reduce their property values. The voters must also decide if they want their state to prohibit the use of eminent domain.</p>

November 2 - Idaho Mountain Express

<p>Two North Carolina communities are grappling over whether they should extend their county's planning boundary to include both jurisdictions. Some residents are opposed due to fears of conforming to undesired development standards.</p>

November 2 - The Daily Reflector

<p>In an unusual twist in California's sprawling Central Valley, environmental and public health advocates have joined forces with the local air quality district - an agency they have sued in the past for not doing enough to clean the air.</p>

November 2 - The Fresno Bee

<p>With 90,000 residents and growing, Davie, Florida is struggling to move beyond its rural roots.</p>

November 1 - The Miami Herald

<p>When it comes to real estate, the mantra has always been "location, location, location". But now, as congestion and sprawling development increase rapidly, that mantra is being modified to include "accessibility".</p>

November 1 - Business Day

<p>Indiana University, South Bend, is considering joining an ever-growing group of universities that are embracing green building techniques and environmentally sustainable development.</p>

November 1 - South Bend Tribune

<p>A new report released by the American Institute of Architects has found that implementing green building techniques in schools has benefits beyond the environment. Test scores and student health have also been shown to increase.</p>

November 1 - The American Institute of Architects

<p>Supervisors in San Francisco have called on the city to impose the affordable housing standards included in the master plan, a move many in the city's planning department fear will bring development in the city's eastern areas to a halt.</p>

November 1 - The San Francisco Bay Guardian

<p>An Australian housing industry body has made the claim that people who can't afford to buy their own homes are contributing to the lack of affordable housing.</p>

November 1 - The Australian

<p>High school students in Northern California step into the shoes of city planners this fall, as they redesign a fictional neighborhood in a decaying town.</p>

November 1 - The Contra Costa Times

<p>Officials in Nevada have made plans to pump water in from a remote and untouched location near the state's border with Utah. Ranchers and environmentalists in Utah are not too happy about it.</p>

November 1 - Salt Lake City Weekly

<p>With a new 20-year master plan, public officials in the Philippines look to create a new tourist hotspot in Alaminos City, which houses 100 small islands.</p>

November 1 - Manila Standard Today

<p>De facto master planning by Federal Government creates more sprawl in the Washington, D.C. region. For example, the FBI field office is moving from Tyson's Corner to Manassas, farther from the Alexandria courts where federal cases are heard.</p>

November 1 - The Washington Post

<p>A design competition for the new Transbay Terminal in San Francisco anticipates only the most high profile international architects to participate.</p>

October 31 - The San Francisco Chronicle

<p>In a city known for the slogan "Keep Austin Weird," there rages a battle about historic preservation and gentrification, pitting neighbor against neighbor. Jeffrey Chusid shows us how one city tries to maintain its identity in the face of challenge.</p>

October 31 - The Next American City

<p>A Canadian architect has been in the Philippines for the past year designing homes for the country's poorest citizens. His method utilizes whatever building materials can be found to create an easily constructed and long-lasting home.</p>

October 31 - The Globe and Mail

<p>Making cities and urban places more child-friendly was the subject of a recent planning conference in Sydney, Australia. Attendees highlighted some of the ways poor planning can negatively affect childhood development.</p>

October 31 - The Australian

<p>Chesterfield County, Virginia, debates how it will provide needed services to a new 4,886-unit subdivision. Earlier rezoning without cash proffers presents problems for funding adequate school facilities and infrastructure to serve future residents.</p>

October 31 - Richmond Times Dispatch