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Calgary's Conundrum
Will the East Village's innovative make-over hurt the city's poor?
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.
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.
America's 50 Hottest Cities
Expansion Management Magazine will publish its list of the nation's 50 'hottest cities' in its January, 2005 issue.
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
More Landscape Architects Needed
ASLA reports an expected significant growth in demand for landscape architecture services.
'Transit Villages' Coming To Toronto's Suburbs
Four new "downtowns" key to bringing rapid transit to fast-growing York Region.
The Hybrid Frenzy
Lots more hybrids and hydrogen cars are in the pipeline as public recognizes environmental limitations.
What Is The OC?
A review of literature -– some scathing -– on the complexities of Orange County, California.
Sustainability Planning: First, Do No Harm
Sustainability planning may be precisely the wrong approach, argues Peter Gordon.
Congress Could Put More Local Food Into Schools
Bipartisan flavor works in program’s favor
How To Help?
Architects and planners are eager to help tsunami victims rebuild. But Western solutions are not always the best.
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.
Wyoming's Two-edged Welfare Experiment
The state moves 90 percent off welfare, but many remain in poverty.
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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.
Adding A Notch To The Belt
Eugene, Oregon's Urban Growth Boundary might be more flexible than you think.
The Spiderman Of Denver Planning
City planner Peter Park is making a name for himself and his profession.
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.
Designing For Displacement?
How will a Tucson redevelopment project impact the city's public housing community?
Post-Tsunami Architecture
Architects are contributing time and skills to help rebuild the thousands of homes that were destroyed by the South Asian tsunami.
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Ada County Highway District
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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
Urban Design for Planners 1: Software Tools
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Planning for Universal Design
Learn the tools for implementing Universal Design in planning regulations.