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== THE END OF ENCLOSED MALLS?
With enclosed malls across the country struggling to stay
afloat, a recent discussion panel weighed whether this
development type is on the verge of extinction.
Feb 18 2008 -- Globe St.
http://www.p***tizen.com/node/29761

== THE MISSING URBAN DISCUSSION
This editorial from The New York Times bemoans the
absence of discussion about urban policy in the presidential
campaigns.
Feb 20 2008 -- The New York Times
http://www.p***tizen.com/node/29784

== TIJUANA-STYLE DEVELOPMENTS IN THE GENTRIFYING U.S.
Architect Teddy Cruz is betting Tijuana-style development
will flourish in gentrifying American neighborhoods -- and
preserve their lower income populations.
Feb 19 2008 -- The New York Times
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== SUBURBAN PRISONER CALLS OUT FOR HELP
A new suburbanite writes into an advice columnist for help
dealing with his suburban depression.
Feb 18 2008 -- Salon
http://www.p***tizen.com/node/29757

== DEADLY ENVIRONMENTS?
Mark Ames, author of "Going Postal", wonders if American gun
tragedies like last week's massacre at Northern Illinois
University might be at least partially explained by the
bleak physical built environments of middle America.
Feb 20 2008 -- Alternet
http://www.p***tizen.com/node/29768

== THE 'MOST DESTRUCTIVE PROJECT ON EARTH'
A group of scientists has blasted the Canadian government for
allowing tarsands oil exploration to wreak havoc on the
environment, calling it the "most destructive project on
Earth".
Feb 19 2008 -- CBC
http://www.p***tizen.com/node/29782

== UPROAR OVER BOND FUNDS BENEFITING RAILROADS
When California voters approved the $20 billion
transportation bond in Nov., 2006 they supported the
expenditure of over $2 billion for 'goods movement' stemming
from the state's busy ports. However, some local officials
object to rail projects.
Feb 18 2008 -- Los Angeles Times
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== L.A. PUSHES GREEN BUILDING STANDARDS
Los Angeles is moving forward with plans to institute one of
the country's strictest green building ordinances.
Feb 20 2008 -- Los Angeles Times
http://www.p***tizen.com/node/29796

== HUMAN IMPACT ON OCEAN MAPPED
A new map has been released that shows the extent of the
effects human development and lifestyle have had on the
world's oceans.
Feb 19 2008 -- Guardian
http://www.p***tizen.com/node/29764

== GETTING A GRIP ON 'ECODENSITY'
Vancouver's plans for "EcoDensity" should be better
understood by the public before moving forward, according to
this opinion piece.
Feb 20 2008 -- The Tyee
http://www.p***tizen.com/node/29789

== FIRST CITY TO ADDRESS ENERGY AND CLIMATE PROBLEMS JOINTLY
Many cities are working toward addressing climate change.
Some are establishing task forces to figure out how to
prepare for peak oil. Spokane, Washington, is the first city
to do both together, with a strategic planning effort
launched last week.
Feb 18 2008 -- Post Carbon Cities
http://www.p***tizen.com/node/29735

== CHALLENGES FOR THE NEXT 50 YEARS
Living more sustainably, tackling infrastructure problems and
ensuring a more protected way of experiencing natural
disasters are among the top challenges of the next 50 years,
according to a group of scientists, entrepreneurs and
thinkers.
Feb 19 2008 -- Guardian
http://www.p***tizen.com/node/29778

== AUGUSTA CONSIDERS TROLLEY SYSTEM
The development authority of Augusta, Georgia, has voted to
look into the possible creation of a trolley system for the
city's downtown.
Feb 18 2008 -- The Augusta Chronicle
http://www.p***tizen.com/node/29758

== PUBLIC MARKET ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK IN NEW YORK CITY
New York City has made a controversial decision to shut down
a Latin American public market -- one of the last of a dying
breed of public markets in the city.
Feb 19 2008 -- The New York Times
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== RETHINKING HISTORIC DESIGNATIONS
This op-ed calls on residents and historians to give more
recognition to homes built in the last 50 years as true
"historic" sites worth preservation.
Feb 20 2008 -- Globe and Mail
http://www.p***tizen.com/node/29788

== LONDON'S MAYORAL HOPEFULS PROMOTE THEIR GREEN SIDES
Candidates for mayor in London are touting their green
credentials in the global city as is continues to win acclaim
for progressive and environmentally conscious planning and
administration.
Feb 19 2008 -- BBC
http://www.p***tizen.com/node/29763

== SALT LAKE CITY SPLIT OVER CONTROVERSIAL SKYBRIDGE
The City Creek Center is touted as the means to revitalize
Main Street in Salt Lake City. However, there are many
critics of the claim that a skybridge over Main Street is
"critical to the success of the project."
Feb 20 2008 -- Utah Stories
http://www.p***tizen.com/node/29769

== ISTANBUL VERSION 2
A civil engineer has proposed a plan to create a "satellite"
backup city of the Turkish metropolis of Instanbul -- a city
precariously sited in a major earthquake area.
Feb 19 2008 -- Discovery
http://www.p***tizen.com/node/29765

== NEW DELTA COULD PROTECT COAST FROM HURRICANE DAMAGE
Scientists are proposing a plan to buffer the Gulf Coast from
the brunt of hurricanes by engineering more than 1000 square
kilometers of new wetlands along the coast.
Feb 19 2008 -- New Scientist
http://www.p***tizen.com/node/29779

== PORTLAND'S HOMELESSNESS PLAN A MODEL FOR CANADA
Portland's plan for ending homelessness by 2015 has caught
the attention of several Canadian municipalities, which are
looking to apply the Portland model to their own cities.
Feb 20 2008 -- Globe & Mail
http://www.p***tizen.com/node/29771

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