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Calgary's Conundrum

Will the East Village's innovative make-over hurt the city's poor?

January 13 - Maisonneuve

The Impact Of Sprawl On Plants And Animals

Sprawl could spell extinction for nearly 1,200 species of plants and animals, according to a new report.

January 13 - MSNBC

Study Links Drought Increase To Global Warming

Researchers say the Earth's drought areas have doubled since the 1970s and rising global temperatures are a major factor.

January 13 - The Rocky Mountain News

America's 50 Hottest Cities

Expansion Management Magazine will publish its list of the nation's 50 'hottest cities' in its January, 2005 issue.

January 13 - Expansion Management

Endangered By Sprawl

The rapid consumption of land in the nation’s fastest-growing large metropolitan areas could threaten the survival of nearly one out of every three imperiled species, according to the first study ever to quantify the impact of sprawling development on wil

January 12 - Smart Growth America


More Landscape Architects Needed

ASLA reports an expected significant growth in demand for landscape architecture services.

January 12 - American Society Of Landscape Architects

'Transit Villages' Coming To Toronto's Suburbs

Four new "downtowns" key to bringing rapid transit to fast-growing York Region.

January 12 - The Toronto Star


The Hybrid Frenzy

Lots more hybrids and hydrogen cars are in the pipeline as public recognizes environmental limitations.

January 12 - The Los Angeles Times

What Is The OC?

A review of literature -– some scathing -– on the complexities of Orange County, California.

January 12 - Orange County Weekly

Sustainability Planning: First, Do No Harm

Sustainability planning may be precisely the wrong approach, argues Peter Gordon.

January 12 - University Of Southern California

Congress Could Put More Local Food Into Schools

Bipartisan flavor works in program’s favor

January 12 - Michigan Land Use Institute

How To Help?

Architects and planners are eager to help tsunami victims rebuild. But Western solutions are not always the best.

January 12 - The Guardian Unlimited

In Favor Of Affordable Housing; Just Not Here

A small neighborhood school, or housing where teachers and other helping professionals can afford to live? Hard choices in suburban D.C.

January 12 - The Washington Post

Wyoming's Two-edged Welfare Experiment

The state moves 90 percent off welfare, but many remain in poverty.

January 12 - The Christian Science Monitor

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Feral Cities

What happens in a city where the rule of law and public health fall apart, but capitalism and technology do not? It's a different kind of post-apocalyptic town -- Los Angeles without the Blade Runners, or maybe just present-day Johannesburg. <a href="http://www.nwc.navy.mil/press/Review/2003/Autumn/art6-a03.htm">Here's</a> an article from the <em>Naval War College Review</em> from a couple years back that sketches the map of such a city. All the problems of a megacity and none of the fun, it sounds like.

January 11 - Anonymous

Adding A Notch To The Belt

Eugene, Oregon's Urban Growth Boundary might be more flexible than you think.

January 11 - Eugene Weekly

The Spiderman Of Denver Planning

City planner Peter Park is making a name for himself and his profession.

January 11 - Denver Westword

Detroit is Losing the Race for Cleaner Cars

While it is hard to imagine the 20th Century without the automobile, it is equally hard to imagine the 21st Century with it - at least as is. A look at what the international automobile industry is doing to clean up their products.

January 11 - OnEarth

Designing For Displacement?

How will a Tucson redevelopment project impact the city's public housing community?

January 11 - Tucson Weekly

Post-Tsunami Architecture

Architects are contributing time and skills to help rebuild the thousands of homes that were destroyed by the South Asian tsunami.

January 11 - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

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