The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Does pouring money in cultural landmarks help revive a declining city?

June 3 - The Guardian Unlimited

Ninety-five percent of Maryland's trips are by way of private automobile. Former Gov. Parris Glendening's smart growth policies are to be overturned.

June 3 - Associated Press

In this unusual theme park visitors can experience the lifestyles of the world's poor and learn how to build low-cost housing.

June 3 - BBC News

An 85-acre, $150-million sports center in Carson, CA, is a new concept in sports center entertainment.

June 3 - The Los Angeles Times

Colin Hubbell is a successfulurban developer who's helped build 1,000 homes in his hometown of Detroit in the last six years.

June 2 - Michigan Land Use Institute

In new tactic, environmentalists in Arizona try to outbid ranchers to protect state land.

June 2 - The Christian Science Monitor

What do you do when the worst and largest substandard housing development in the region sits on sovereign Indian land, and has become commercial.

June 2 - The Los Angeles Times

Flooding begins at China's Three Gorges project. Critics say the project will cause massive environmental damage.

June 2 - BBC News

An intentionally-overlooked tax loophole will allow any self-employed person to claim tax deductions for the purchase of an SUV.

June 2 - The Los Angeles Times

Water levels have started to rise in China's massive Three Gorges project, one of the most ambitious engineering projects ever involving the resettlement of up to two million people. Is this an environmental catastrophe in the making?

June 2 - The Independent

William Fulton explains how a citizen anti-tax initiative passed 25 years ago has turned out to be a major force in shaping the urban and suburban landscape we see throughout the country today.

June 2 - California Planning and Development Report

Are stream buffers effective or is Fairfax County, VA, using environmental ordinances to slow development?

June 2 - The Washington Post

Is light rail better than busses, or just more expensive? The Los Angeles Times investigates.

June 2 - The Los Angeles Times

The State of New Jersey is nearing buildout.

June 2 - The New York Times

The Long-Term Hydrologic Impact Assessment model is an online tool to assess the water quality impacts of land use change.

June 2 - International City/County Management Association

Manhattan traffic consultant Sam Schwartz, who coined the term 'gridlock', says that London's success has New York reconsidering tolls.

June 2 - The Los Angeles Times

FEATURE

June 2 - William Fulton

The Institute of Portland Metropolitan Studies presents a free live webcast Monday, June 2, 2003, 10 a.m. to noon, PST.

June 1 - Portland State University

Anaheim has come of age -- and in many respects epitomizes the transformation of southern California.

June 1 - The Christian Science Monitor

Conservation groups have learned that the Bush Administration is planning to undermine one of the most important protections offered by the federal Endangered Species Act: critical habitat designation.

June 1 - Natural Resources Defense Council