The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

A first look at the Census' "Gated Community" data examines the differences among different types of gated communities.

February 24 - Metropolitan Institute At Virginia Tech

In Kelo v. City of New London, oral arguments seemed to favor city's redevelopment plan.

February 24 - The New York Times

Grist Magazine correspondent Ansje Miller reports from a conference on transportation and justice.

February 24 - Grist Magazine

Landowner challenges use of eminent domain to allow private developer to build baseball stadium.

February 23 - The Washington Post

ULI's Maureen McAvey discusses "catalytic projects" and how they can transform troubled neighborhoods in positive directions.

February 23 - The Los Angeles Times

East Lansing works to reinvent itself with a balance of students and young families.

February 23 - State News

National Geographic Magazine publishes a feature-length profile of Frederick Law Olmsted's impact of America's urban plarks.

February 23 - National Geographic

Eight land trusts dedicated to saving farmlands and forests in nine Northeast Ohio announce plans to merge.

February 23 - The Cleveland Plain Dealer

Sam Davis was awarded in 2002 a Guggenheim Fellowship to write his new book, Designing for the Homeless: Architecture that Works.

February 23 - Archinect

A half-billion-dollar residential and commercial complex development will incorporate an extensive rainwater collection and groundwater replenishment system.

February 23 - The Boston Globe

Xavier University creates a building plan to address the needs and desires of college students born after 1982.

February 23 - The Cincinnati Enquirer

A backlog in getting development permits from the US Army Corps of Engineers is delaying development projects such as new housing, shopping centers, and roads.

February 23 - Palm Beach Post

A rash of water-rights lawsuits in California worries conservationists.

February 23 - The New York Times

Why New Urbanism does not appeal to the vast majority of buyers.

February 22 - The New York Times

PCJ Editor Wayne Senville offers his opinion on the Bush Administration proposed elimination of Amtrak's budget.

February 22 - Planning Commissioners Journal

Neat, sprawling suburbs hide deadly health risks.

February 22 - Emory University

Investors who nothing about farming are increasingly buying farmland to round out their portfolios.

February 22 - The Los Angeles Times

Scientists claim to have the "proof" that global warming is a man-made phenomenon.

February 22 - The Independent

Under what conditions can the government take property from a private entity for the public good? The L.A. Times offers its opinion.

February 22 - The Los Angeles Times

HOV lanes in the Washington area are being invaded by ineligible users.

February 22 - The Washington Post