The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Florida considers a proposal to put development to a vote and give voters control over planning issues.

August 9 - Sun-Sentinel

The latest in an incessant debate over the symbolic and literal use of space in the National Mall.

August 9 - Boston Herald

the Granite State is a national leader in efforts to give these residents more control of their lives by turning them into park owners.

August 9 - National Public Radio

Kansans are outraged at a research study that scientifically concludes that the state of Kansas is flatter than a pancake.

August 9 - The Kansas City Star

Using digital imaging, geographic information systems, and mathematical techniques, experts compare the topography of Kansas with the flatness of a pancake.

August 8 - Annals Of Improbable Research

With the imminent threat of increased flooding and erosion, some are wondering if Venice, Italy will be able to sustain itself as a habitable place.

August 8 - The Boston Globe

Despite the continuing violence in southern Iraq, international efforts are being made to restore what were once the largest wetlands in the 'Middle East.'

August 8 - U.S. News And World Report

Trouble ahead for the initiative that would have consolidated 3 regional transportation agencies.

August 8 - The Seattle Times

Despite numerous vacant buildings and empty lots in downtown Buffalo, local developers and politicians insist that existing buildings must be knocked down to accomidate new and expanding businesses in the city.

August 8 - The Buffalo News

The Michigan Land Use Leadership Council recommends recommended directing a quarter of the state’s auto-related sales tax to finance new public transit programs in Michigan.

August 8 - Michigan Land Use Institute

The nation's housing market has created two very different economies in one country.

August 8 - The New York Times

Is there really a housing crisis? If so, what can we do about it?

August 8 - Harvard University

What is restorative development? A way of thinking about growth that combines eight component industries that are fundamental to planning. Is this the next Big Thing?

August 8 - International City/County Management Association

Rapid housing appreciation on the coasts has helped buoy the economy, but in many parts of the country, housing appreciation barely keeps up with inflation.

August 8 - The New York Times

Drilling, recreation, and other uses compete in a battle echoing over millions of acres in the West.

August 8 - The Christian Science Monitor

Wisconsin's 4-year-old law requiring all its local governments to develop "comprehensive land-use plans" by 2010 is creating a backlash at the grassroots level and in the state legislature.

August 8 - Reason Online

California Governor Davis' Transportation Congestion Relief Program appears to be self-destructing, along with the entire system of funding state transportation projects.

August 7 - California Planning and Development Report

Rev. Jesse Jackson leads a march of hundreds to highlight challenges facing American cities.

August 7 - The Chicago Tribune

Giant timber companies are selling off millions of acres of forest land.

August 7 - The Washington Post

In an effort to reduce costs, Japan introduces an odd set of incentives to reduce the number of the nation's 3,200 municipalities to 1,000.

August 7 - The Los Angeles Times