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P***TIZEN NEWSWIRE - Mar 13, 2008 EDITION
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
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== INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL (IEDC) ANNOUNCES
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NEWS HEADLINES
The 20 most popular headlines from the last three days.
All 30 articles from the last three days are on the website.
== THE FULL EXTENT OF AN URBANIZING POPULATION
The urban shift in demographics is not just a problem for
planners.
Mar 10 2008 -- Business Week
http://www.p***tizen.com/node/30052
== A LONELY FIGHTER DEFENDING SPRAWL
Libertarian economist Randal O'Toole has become notorious for
defending sprawl in recent years. This article from The
Toronto Star wonders if he might have a valid point.
Mar 12 2008 -- The Toronto Star
http://www.p***tizen.com/node/30079
== SACRAMENTO OUTSMARTS SAN FRANCISCO, L.A.
Residents of San Francisco and Los Angeles like to feel
superior to supposedly unsophisticated Sacramento. Yet,
Sacramento appears to be ahead of the hip coastal areas when
it comes to actually implementing smart growth.
Mar 10 2008 -- California Planning & Development Repot
http://www.p***tizen.com/node/30042
== COMMUTER RAIL ROLLS IN SAN DIEGO
After three decades of planning, a new commuter rail line has
opened in the San Diego area.
Mar 11 2008 -- San Diego Union-Tribune
http://www.p***tizen.com/node/30075
== 'CATHEDRAL THINKING' FOR TRANSIT
This editorial argues that cities should build transit the
way they used to build cathedrals: with a long-term mindset
from the start.
Mar 10 2008 -- Ottawa Citizen
http://www.p***tizen.com/node/30043
== SOUTH PARKED
James Howard Kuntsler muses on how the end of cheap oil will
mean the parallel decline of the suburban sprawl economy of
the South and its NASCAR subculture.
Mar 12 2008 -- Alternet
http://www.p***tizen.com/node/30068
== THE DEVELOPING ROLE OF CHARRETTES
This episode of Smart City includes a discussion
about charrettes with Bill Lennertz of the National Charrette
Institute.
Mar 10 2008 -- Smart City
http://www.p***tizen.com/node/30046
== UNIVERSITIES RECONNECT WITH CITIES
Universities across the country are reviving their
connections to their host cities, participating in urban
renewal projects and investing in their cities' futures.
Mar 11 2008 -- The Columbian
http://www.p***tizen.com/node/30054
== 'VULTURES' DESCEND ON CHEAPENED PROPERTIES
Housing price drops in cities like Miami have "vulture-like"
buyers swooping in to snatch up properties.
Mar 10 2008 -- The Wall Street Journal
http://www.p***tizen.com/node/30044
== ANTI-MCMANSION MOVEMENT MAY BENEFIT ARCHITECTS
A recent ruling that upholds the right of local communities
to control overbuilding may prove to increase the crackdown
on McMansions -- and demand for design professionals and
architects.
Mar 12 2008 -- Architectural Record
http://www.p***tizen.com/node/30092
== URBANISMO NUEVO
New Urbanism sprouts up in Baja California, Mexico.
Mar 10 2008 -- The New York Times
http://www.p***tizen.com/node/30045
== HOW WILL CHANGING CITIES REACT?
Cities are undergoing major changes in terms of demographics
and development patterns. How cities will react to these
changes remains up in the air.
Mar 11 2008 -- Guardian
http://www.p***tizen.com/node/30059
== IN THE GHETTO
"Slum tourism" is on the rise in developing countries around
the world. Some say the tours help the affluent understand
the dire situations faced by the world's poor, but others
say it's just a way to help Westerners feel good about
themselves.
Mar 11 2008 -- The New York Times
http://www.p***tizen.com/node/30074
== BIKE SHARING MAKES TEST RUN IN D.C.
A small-scale bike-sharing program is being launched on
Capitol Hill for use by employees at the House of
Representatives.
Mar 10 2008 -- The Oregonian
http://www.p***tizen.com/node/30058
== DEVELOPED AGRICULTURAL LAND MAY BECOME 'THE NEXT L.A.'
Farmland in Central California's San Joaquin County is
replaced with development more than any other county in the
state -- a wasteful pattern that could create the "next
L.A.", according to a new report.
Mar 11 2008 -- The Stockton Record
http://www.p***tizen.com/node/30062
== WILSHIRE GROWS AND TRAFFIC FOLLOWS
A swath of residential developments are ushering in a more
dense and more lively atmosphere into L.A.'s Wilshire
corridor. But many are concerned that the new residences
will add too much traffic to an already congested area.
Mar 11 2008 -- Los Angeles Times
http://www.p***tizen.com/node/30072
== SLOW TRANSIT? PUT IT UNDERGROUND
This piece from the San Francisco Chronicle argues
that the best way to improve the city's sluggish public
transit system is to put it underground.
Mar 12 2008 -- San Francisco Chronicle
http://www.p***tizen.com/node/30085
== SIMILAR SISTER CITIES
A look at the similarities between Los Angeles and Mexico
City.
Mar 11 2008 -- LA Weekly
http://www.p***tizen.com/node/30057
== HIGH RISING ALONG TORONTO'S LAKEFRONT
Officials in Toronto have announced plans to densify the
city's waterfront with a redevelopment effort that stands to
create high rises along the lakefront.
Mar 10 2008 -- Toronto Sun
http://www.p***tizen.com/node/30053
== NEIGHBORHOOD'S UNCHECKED FACELIFT HIGHLIGHTS POOR PLANNING
Poor planning is allowing uncontrolled and rapid
gentrification to destroy Toronto's Liberty Village
neighborhood, according to this article from The Toronto
Star.
Mar 11 2008 -- The Toronto Star
http://www.p***tizen.com/node/30056
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