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Documenting Smart Growth's Impacts
Study confirms that smart growth will improve Atlanta's air quality and reduce auto use.
Solution Dilution
Bush administration opposes recommendations in Arctic climate-change report.
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Mapping Election Results
A color-coded map of how different states voted in the 2004 U.S. presidential election was probably the most common graphic used to convey the election results in a single picture by the news media. The following graphic by CNN uses color to highlight the states that "switched" parties.<br /> <br /> <p align="center" ><br /> <img src="http://www.planetizen.com/tech/files//20041105-cnn-national-change.gif" alt="CNN: 2004 Election Results by State" /><br /> <br /><br /> CNN: <a href="http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2004/pages/results/president/">2004 Election Results by State</a><br /> </p><br /> <br /> The New York Times had a more informative map that took into account population density.
How SimCity Transformed Urban Planning
Could the computer game SimCity have changed the very idea of urban planning?
Building Affordable Housing In Affluent Communities
Ethel Lawrence Homes is a case study in the challenged involved in building afforable housing for poor people in an affluent community.
How To Design Skateparks
Skateboarders turn into landscape architects to design skateparks that will appeal to fellow skaters.
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Digital Dispersion
In which metropolitan areas did businesses move to adopt the Internet most quickly? <br /> <br /> A July, 2003 research paper from Carnegie Mellon University, co-authored by Chris Forman, Avi Goldfarb and Shane Greenstein, explores the extent of commercial adoption of the Internet in the nation's 50 largest metropolitan areas. <br /> <br /> The paper -- <a href="http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/cforman/research/digitaldispersion--July%2031.pdf"><br /> "How did Location Affect Adoption of the Commercial Internet?-Global Village, Urban Density and Industry Composition"</a> --explores the connection between industry composition and city size in explaining business use of the Internet.
Americans Willing To Pay To Get Rid Of Traffic
Despite concerns over the economy, most voters agreed to help pay for new rail systems, highways and bus routes.
National Optimism About State Of Cities
MacArthur Foundation President Jonathan Fanton argues that Americans have much to be happy about the current state of U.S. cities.
Wal-Mart At Teotihuacan Opens
A highly disputed Wal-Mart store opens within view of the pyramids of Teotihuacan.
2004 Election: 'What Do We Do Now?'
Leading environmentalists,thinkers, and others react to the results of the 2004 U.S. election.
Wildfires Linked To Global Warming
An article in the journal Nature suggests that climate warming is party at fault for massive wildfires in the Western U.S.
Student Boom Challenges UK Cities
Some of Britain's largest cities are being transformed by a increase in the student population.
Where Urban Planning And Military Planning Intersect
An Israeli-born architect shows how the built form can be used for purposes of oppression, and how the contemporary emphasis on urban warfare has given military planners a better understanding of cities than design professionals.
Colorado Passes Renewable-Energy Initiative
State's largest utilities will be required to generate 3 percent of electricity from renewable sources by 2007.
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Why Cities Matter, part 4
I've been talking about Democratic margins in cities, but check out this exit poll analysis from <a href="http://www.campaigndesk.org/archives/001084.asp">CJR Campaign Desk</a>:<br /> <br /> <blockquote>[T]he category in which Bush showed the most significant gains over the year 2000 was urban voters (who made up 30 percent of all voters), among whom Bush polled 9 percentage points better than in 2000. Bush did even better among voters in the largest cities, picking up 12 points on his 2000 performance.</blockquote><br /> <br /> On the other hand, the New York Times has a bunch of maps on the back page of its special Election section today (which I can't find a link to; sorry) says that Kerry's margins in cities were actually much larger than Bush's margins in rural areas.
When Ecotourism Kills
Well-meaning tourists are putting increasing pressure on animals worldwide, new studies show.
Voters Approve Tax Hike For More Rapid Transit
Denver metro area voters increased their taxes to support FasTracks.
A Rundown Of California's Local Land Use Elections
California voters decided on dozens of ballot measures that impact land use in their cities and counties.
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Why Cities Matter, part 3
Here's the county-by-county map for this year, thanks to <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/vote2004/countymap.htm">USA Today</a>.<br /> <br /> <img src="http://www.planetizen.com/tech/files//2004countymap3.gif" alt="" /><br /> <br /> Blue is mostly cities; red is suburban and rural, as I've pointed out <a href="http://www.planetizen.com/tech/archives/2004/10/08/149/">before</a>. What's interesting is, as I understand it, Kerry victories in the blue towns were by a much narrower margin than Bush victories in the red regions.
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