The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

<p>Alleys -- considered by many to be dangerous or neglected, can become a fertile ground for 'organic new urbanism', says architect David Winslow.</p>

October 24 - The San Francisco Chronicle

<p>Condo owners and members of homeowner associations, who are already struggling to pay repairs on uninhabitable storm-damaged units and fighting with their insurance companies for compensation and temporary housing, now face possible foreclosure.</p>

October 24 - Sun-Sentinel

<p>A slideshow depicts the 10 worst real estate markets in the US right now, with San Diego coming out on the bottom.</p>

October 24 - Forbes

<p>Federal governments everywhere are not structured to recognize -- much less address -- the serious environmental pressures they face, and as a result end up responding militarily. The alternative? Ministries and Departments of Sustainable Development.</p>

October 24 - Tom Paine

<p>The South Korean government has announced plans to create at least one new town and to increase the size of older cities, hoping to decrease the population density and increase the housing supply.</p>

October 24 - The Dong-A Ilbo

<p>Local governments in California weary of losing the ability to 'plan' are speaking out against the initiative's purported goals of reforming eminent domain and the valuation of regulated land.</p>

October 23 - The Planning Report

<p>In an effort to simultaneously privatize its housing and make bases more livable, the military is employing the principles of new urbanism.</p>

October 23 - The Washington Post

<p>The Bush administration supports commercial logging of dead timber after a forest fire. Environmentalists say dead trees are essential for a forest to regrow.</p>

October 23 - The Los Angeles Times

<p>Income from rental suites incorporated to a new condominium project in Vancouver offer mortgage help to families and affordable housing for young singles and seniors.</p>

October 23 - Canada.com

<p>A free concert by the rock group The Secret Machines at Los Angeles' Union Station hopes to get more people to consider riding buses and trains.</p>

October 23 - LA Daily News

<p>Citing a need to preserve historic charm, Boston is the first big city to weigh rules for dishes.</p>

October 23 - The Christian Science Monitor

<p>As both a major target of terrorism and a valuable evacuation tool, disaster planning officials are taking a closer look at the vulnerabilities and possibilities for mass transit.</p>

October 23 - The Contra Costa Times

FEATURE

With its emphasis on good food, sustainable living, and local community, the Slow City movement is spreading across Europe. But what potential is there for the movement to make the jump across the Atlantic?

October 23 - Heike Mayer, Paul L. Knox

<p>The city is preserving its historic neighborhoods while adapting buildings for economically productive uses.</p>

October 23 - Canoe.ca

<p>The Blacksmith Institute has released a list of the 10 most polluted spots on earth. Three of the hotspots are in Russia, with the remainder in various countries.</p>

October 23 - BBC News

<p>After spending 72 hours in New Orleans, Charles Shaw finds a city in "desperation."</p>

October 22 - Scoop

<p>In a preview of the November Land Matters column, Landscape Architecture magazine editor Bill Thompson, FASLA, asks, how far is too far when it comes to commercial activities in public parks?</p>

October 22 - Landscape Architecture Magazine

<p>The Government of Delhi clears several slums on the banks of the Yamuna river to make way for the athletes housing for the 2010 commonwealth games.</p>

October 22 - BBC News

<p>Rodeo Drive could change its name to Rodeo Promenade as Beverly Hills considers designating one block of the famous shopping street for pedestrians only.</p>

October 22 - The Los Angeles Times

<p>Leonard Gilroy, AICP, makes the case for why Californians should support Proposition 90, which he suggests will block eminent domain abuses and limit regulatory takings.</p>

October 22 - Reason Foundation