The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Mayor's Conferences Releases Survey of 183 Cities on emergency preparedness and homeland security.

August 21 - U.S. Conference of Mayors

Joel Kotkin explores the reasons why those displaced by Hurricane Katrina have not moved back home and what it means for the cities where they are now living.

August 21 - The Los Angeles Times

FEATURE

August 21 - Tom Grubisich

The nation's corroded sewer pipes have reached the end of their planned life cycle, but few people notice until they break.

August 21 - The Boston Globe

Activist and singer-songwriter Carole King urges Americans to oppose bills that give away public land for private development.

August 21 - The Los Angeles Times

A film documenting Portland's success in moving people from cars to public transportation is airing on British television.

August 20 - BBC

A new art exhibit illustrates the turn of the century transformations of two European cities, as documented by artists such as Monet, Pissarro and Toulouse-Lautrec.

August 20 - The New York Times

The Hollywood actor lends his celebrity status to promote sustainable architecture.

August 20 - The Washington Post

Men's Health magazine judged 100 cities on high blood pressure, traffic congestion, aggravated assaults, workplace violence and speeding tickets.

August 20 - Men's Health

The City Council of Fresno, California, endorsed the U.S. Mayors Climate Protection Agreement on July 18th to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but the city's Mayor has stated he won't sign off on the proposal.

August 20 - The Fresno Bee

Rapid bus systems recently received landslide victories in a number of counties near Detroit, Michigan, and the public support is helping to convince local politicians that the time may be right to build a rapid rail line from Detroit to Ann Arbor.

August 19 - Metro Times Detroit

Immigration and gentrification is changing the composition of New York and its suburbs in a trend that reverses long-standing patterns of white flight from the city replaced by immigrant infill.

August 19 - The New York Times

A new report contains lessons for planners and other public officials who are concerned about recent public disasters.

August 19 - Fels Institute of Government

A report released by the World Wildlife Fund warns that water shortages are a problem all over the world, including industrialized countries. Repairing and improving water infrastructure is one of the essential steps to take to battle the shortage.

August 19 - BBC

The public's reaction was mixed when the first parking meters in downtown Boise, Idaho, in 1940.

August 19 - The Idaho Statesman

California, the world's eight largest economy, is considering measures to address global change.

August 18 - Reuters

The aftermath of Hurricane Katrina reveals significant population shifts, huge losses for insurance companies, and a collapse in real estate values.

August 18 - Tom Paine Common Sense

Are industrialization and sustainabiity are incompatible? Charles Shaw searches for the answer with a comparison of the ideas of William McDonough, green architect and designer, and Derrick Jensen, environmentalist and philosopher.

August 18 - Grist

Recent announcements from big box retailers withdrawing or delaying plans to build stores in the city have given pause to supporters of controversial living wage ordinance, with some considering withdrawing their support.

August 18 - The Wall Street Journal

Philadelphia's bold approach to stormwater management could be a model for other cities.

August 18 - The Washington Post Writers Group