The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

California energy strategy is to create an economy that is less oil-dependent and one that will use technology to attract jobs to the state.

April 24 - The Los Angeles Times

Expressing concern over rising gas prices, President Bush warned that nation would face a "tough summer" but offered no short term solution.

April 24 - The Los Angeles Times

China is land poor. Only about one-third of its total land area can be utilized productively for agriculture. Several measures have been introduced with the aim of protecting farmland, especially farmland with the greatest production potential.

April 23 - Land Lines, Lincoln Institute Of Land Policy

Why did the percentage of immigrants living in Los Angeles decrease from 1980 to 2000, while numbers across the United States rose dramatically?

April 23 - The Los Angeles Times

The world's forests continue to disappear at an alarming rate, according to this op-ed. While this devastates our ecosystem and hurt the poor more than others, specific steps can be taken to improve the situation.

April 23 - The New York Times via International Herald Tribune

Marketing emotions about emissions, companies offer individual polluters the ability to pay for their exhaust.

April 23 - The New York Times

Editorial cartoonist Tom Toles comments on the way we live.

April 23 - The Washington Post

Large-scale urban redevelopment projects raise many questions about the impacts of subsequent development. They often use new fiscal or regulatory instruments, and affect land prices and infrastructure.

April 22 - Land Lines, Lincoln Institute Of Land Policy

The controversial highway redevelopment isn't as massive as Boston's Big Dig, but it represents equally weighty issues for the future of the city.

April 22 - Seattle Weekly

Andres Duany leads a rebuilding team that considers the town a microcosm of New Orleans.

April 22 - New Orleans Times-Picayune

Despite their undying love of cars, Chicago commuters are grudgingly hopping on the train to avoid congestion from the "Dan Ryan Dig," a $600 million project to improve the "busiest road in Illinois."

April 22 - The Wall Street Journal

The Ohio Department of Natural Resources owns some property on Cleveland's rocky Lake Erie coastline. Now a rare layover for migratory birds, polluted Dike 14 has the potential to become a model park for the city.

April 22 - Ohio Free Times

This McMansionization is a must-see.

April 21 - The Austin Chronicle

Most of the counties and major cities in California's Central Valley are failing to make significant progress at preserving farmland in the nation's most important agricultural region, according to this new study from the American Farmland Trust.

April 21 - American Farmland Trust

Politics and special interests are stifling what science has to tell us.

April 21 - The Los Angeles Times

The historic Oakwood Cemetery has a rich past, and controversy surrounding its treatment, which has flared up again, has swirled for over 100 years.

April 21 - The Austin Chronicle

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April 21 - Chris Steins

Briarcliff Summit, built in 1925, has 200 units that are falling apart. Are the owners taking advantage of federal housing subsidies? Should the building be restored? If so, how will residents be impacted?

April 21 - Creative Loafing Atlanta

The law requires developers to put down a deposit for unforeseen repairs needed by owners, yet the it can be very difficult for owners to get their hands on the money.

April 21 - Washington City Paper

The City of Philadelphia plans to partner with a church to construct a shelter near the well-off Chestnut Hill neighborhood. Current residents aren't having it.

April 21 - Philadelphia City Paper