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Using Density Bonuses To Spur Affordable Housing Development
<p>San Diego is hoping that a new density bonus will encourage developers to build mixed-income housing instead of buying their way out of affordable housing requirements.</p>
Downtowns Across The Nation Gaining Residents
<p>Downtown living is an increasingly attractive alternative to suburban living.</p>
The George Washington Experience
<p>Is Mount Vernon the next action-adventure theme park?</p>
Red And Blue States Cough Up For Land Conservation
<p>Voters are routinely taxing themselves to preserve land and quality of life - no matter their political persuasion.</p>
Philly Calls For Public Input On River Redevelopment
<p>This article by the director of the University of Pennsylvania's School of Design identifies some of the major issues surrounding development along the shores of the Delaware River in Philadelphia, and calls on the public to become involved in improving the area.</p>
Friday Funny: Tacoma Asks Portland For Annexation
<p>A recent unanimous decision by the Tacoma, Washington, City Council has launched a proposal to not-so-nearby Portland, Oregon, to consider annexation. If accepted, the proposal would create a multi-state city separated by more than 100 miles.</p>
Energy Efficient Building Methods Offset By Huge Home Sizes
<p>Despite the wave of green building techniques that have appeared over recent years, the energy efficiency of new houses is being offset by a rising average size of single family homes, which has increased by almost 1,500 square feet since 1950.</p>
Can U.S. Handle 400 Million?
<p>America's population recently reached 300 million, and is on a track to increase by another 100 million within 30 to 40 years. Based on the increasing use of resources, many fear that 400 million may be too much to handle.</p>
Philadelphia To Retain Zoning Control Over Casinos
<p>City government in Philadelphia has successfully retained control over the planning and zoning process which will allow slots-casino establishments to develop along the Delaware River.</p>
Los Angeles Transit 'Consent Decree' Expires
<p>Court oversight of the LAMTA, part of a ten year old settlement of a landmark civil rights lawsuit, will be will end after a federal judge rules that the agency, which has spent more than $1 billion to improve bus service, had complied with the agreement.</p>
Fat City: Questioning The Relationship Between Urban Sprawl and Obesity
<p>Researchers at the University of Toronto conclude that linking sprawl and obesity is misguided.</p>
Mexico Furious Over Border Fence
<p>President Bush approves plans for a 700km border fence between the United States and Mexico, to the dismay of the Mexican government and immigrant advocates.</p>
To Build Or Not To Build?
<p>The City of Portland, Maine, continues to struggle with the decision of whether or not to renovate or rebuild the 28 year old Cumberland County Civic Center.</p>
Few In Accordance With Corporate Sustainability Guidelines
<p>While few of the world's 50,000 multinational corporations are reporting in accordance with the Global Reporting Initiative's Sustainability Reporting Guidelines, many that are reporting are going beyond the requirements.</p>
Cultural Institution Battles Suburban Blight
<p>As a formerly small town grows into a city, it looks to the creation of a performing arts theater to bring it back above the surface of the flood of suburban blight.</p>
An Urban Tour Of Mumbai
<p>An automobile tour through Mumbai (Bombay) reveals the extreme contrasts in India's financial capital.</p>
Good Advice On Writing and Tenure for Aspiring Academics
<p>Ann Forsyth, the Dayton Hudson Chair of Urban Design and director of the Metropolitan Design Center at the University of Minnesota, offers advice to academics aspiring for tenure on the importance and process of publishing.</p>
Using Google Earth and Sketchup To Visualize Development Proposals
<p>Anthony Townsend experiments with two powerful tools from Google that make it possible to visualize the view impacts of a new 26-story building in New York.</p>
Michigan Dairy Farm To Produce Energy From Manure
<p>A grant has been awarded to a large dairy operation in a Michigan County to build a bio-digester to both produce electricity and reduce pollution that officials hope will become widespread in the future.</p>
Pennsylvania Takes Over Casino Zoning From Cities
<p>Pittsburgh leaders who had spent more than a year creating standards for everything from how a casino should look to where it could be located are furious about a bill enacted by the State House that removes zoning authority from cities.</p>
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