The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

A challenge to the Clean Water Act currently before the Supreme Court could endanger the nation's streams.

February 23 - San Jose Mercury News

The Florida Department of Community Affairs recommends that Miami-Dade County reject all development projects on the county's fringes until the county identifies sufficient drinking water.

February 23 - The Miami Herald

China announces new rules aimed at enforcing environmental protection.

February 23 - The Los Angeles Times

To architect Cameron Sinclair, the bigger the problem, the more ways there must be to solve it. His goal is to find low-cost solutions that inspire.

February 23 - The Christian Science Monitor

President Bush's visit to a major renewable energy laboratory inadvertently uncovered inconsistencies between his State of the Union address supporting alternate energy and actual federal funding for such efforts.

February 23 - The Los Angeles Times

Will Oregon's famously tough urban-growth boundaries be breached? It appears so, as Oregon's sweeping property-right law is upheld by the state's Supreme Court.

February 23 - The Oregonian

Recent studies have called into question the popular crime-fighting technique, suggesting that larger urban trends have a greater impact.

February 23 - The Boston Globe

In downtown Ann Arbor, dense high rise development has traditionally been thought of negatively. However, a recent shift in political will has the City approving projects that will add greater density and housing to its commercial core.

February 23 - Ann Arbor News

In his new book, 'The Destruction of Memory: Architecture at War', Robert Bevan examines why significant architecture is so often targeted in armed conflict.

February 23 - Times Online

Cuyahoga County's woes figure prominently in a new report that calls for addressing the growing needs of older suburbs.

February 23 - The Cleveland Plain Dealer

A case before the Supreme Court which tests the limits of Federal control under the Clean Water Act could have a major impact on development around the country.

February 22 - The Washington Post

Surprising even fellow Republicans, President Bush defends plans by a foreign company owned by the United Arab Emirates to manage operations at six large U.S. ports.

February 22 - The Los Angeles Times

Mining companies are blasting away the tops of Appalachian mountains causing severe ecological damage and devastating communities.

February 22 - Grist

Dense, arty neighborhoods have failed to attract talent and capital, writes Joel Kotkin. What people really want is affordable space.

February 22 - The Australian

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa imagines a future Los Angeles with transit-oriented development, high-rises, and scores of pocket parks. Critics say the vision is impractical.

February 22 - The Los Angeles Times

Will the frenzy of New Orleans' 'defiantly idiosyncratic character' be replaced by a few tame, touristy neighborhoods like the 'Disneyfied Vieux Carre'?

February 22 - U.S. News & World Report

'The Boys of Baraka' chronicles the lives of four at-risk boys as they travel from their crime-infested neighborhood to a special school in Kenya.

February 22 - San Francisco Weekly

Substantial amounts of flood plain construction could reinvent Katrina all over again around the country.

February 22 - The Baltimore Sun

Planning for 2 million additional Bay Area residents in 25 years, three regional agencies will tie transportation funding to land use development to promote medium and high density housing within 1/2 mile of transit centers.

February 22 - San Francisco Examiner

This editorial from the New York Times highlights the findings of the newly released Brookings study and calls for more investment and collaborative planning in these communities.

February 22 - The New York Times