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New Urbanists' Vision For A College Town
Andres Duany and his team of developers are raising eyebrows in a college town.
PBS Examines Immigration and Communities
A PBS Special looks at the impact of immigration on U.S. communities.
Planning Hip Retirement Communities
Developers are wooing empty-nesters who want to be where the action is. Just don't call it a retirement community.
Planning Post-industrial Vancouver
City of Vancouver releases costing of plan for industrial lands adjacent to downtown.
What Is The Impact Of A Wireless City?
Mayor John Street's Wireless Philadelphia initiative aims to provided high-speed Internet access across the city. Critics see a 'virtual quagmire'.
Clear Skies In Clean Air Act's Future?
Bush administration is determined to pass the Clear Skies Act, a major amendent to the Clear Air Act.
Location, Location, Access?
New York real estate market expected to remain hot despite recent subway disruption.
City Living In The Suburbs
East Coast-style "brownstone" townhomes begin to appear in Southern California.
Train Configuration May Have Increased Risk
The deadliest U.S. rail crash since 1999 may have worsened by the locomotive pushing passenger cars from the rear.
Immigrants & The City
As European whites evacuate for the suburbs, immigrants fill their urban spaces.
Is Austin Ready for TOD?
A feature-length story examines the dramatic impact transit-oriented development is likely to have on Austin's future.
Blair Urges U.S. To Help Fight Global Warming
U.K. Prime minister Tony Blair appealed to the U.S. to support measure to address global warming.
Maryland's Step Backwards Into Sprawl
For Maryland's new Governor, 'Smart Growth is discouraged'.
New Study Predicts Global Warming Twice As Bad
A study by Oxford University published in the journal Nature -- one of the largest climate prediction projects ever run -- predicts that global temperature increases could be higher than previous studies suggested.
How Humans Avoided An Ice Age... By Global Warming
Human beings may have saved themselves from an ice age by impacting the Earth's environment, according to a new study.
Struggling To Face Its Piers
Will Montreal Follow Toronto’s Example in Revitalizing Its Beleaguered Waterfront?
Kunstler On Architecture, Planning And Oil
Author and planning critic James Howard Kunstler opines on a wide range of topics in an email interview.
Debate Over Proposed Greenbelt For Toronto
Progressive Conservative leader accuses Liberals of rushing through a poorly designed greenbelt policy without adequate consultations.
Surveying Los Angeles' Historic Resources
A panel of experts discusses Los Angeles' groundbreaking, city-wide historic resources survey.
Follow The Money
New research by the Michigan Land Use Institute documents for the first time a pervasive pattern of public investment that is encouraging runaway sprawl in Michigan.
Ada County Highway District
Clanton & Associates, Inc.
Jessamine County Fiscal Court
Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS)
City of Grandview
Harvard GSD Executive Education
Toledo-Lucas County Plan Commissions
Salt Lake City
NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service
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