Haunted by the past

American Surveyor

April 20, 2013 09:00

They never die. They continue to haunt us long after they should have been retired once and for all. But once approved, old subdivisions and developme...

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Interview with Dr. Siqi Zheng

EurekAlert

April 20, 2013 09:00

Megacity growth in the developing world is fueled by a desire to access their large local labor markets. Growing megacities suffer from high levels of...

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Chicago needed an investment partner, so it’s building one itself

The Next City

April 20, 2013 09:00

Why has the Chicago Infrastructure Trust generated outsized interest? For starters, I can’t think of many mayors beyond Rahm Emanuel who can pro...

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Book Review: Made for Walking: Density and Neighborhood Form

Project for Public Spaces' Placemaking Blog

April 10, 2013 09:00

Arguments about density are often front and center when walkability is being discussed. We know that density is an important factor in encouraging mor...

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Storm of Money: Sparks of reform as homeowners fume about high rates and replacement costs

The Post and Courier

April 01, 2013 09:00

In 2003, Geraldine and Tony Luppino built a home on a thumb of land that juts into St. Helena Sound. Fearing hurricanes, they made sure their new hous...

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Jobs, resilience, recovery on agenda for Lincoln Institute at APA in Chicago

Yahoo News

March 29, 2013 09:00

Jobs and economic development, recovering from the housing bust, and planning resilient infrastructure are among the issues on the agenda for the Linc...

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Council wants to vet Mayor Taveras's tax freeze proposal

WPRI Fox Providence

March 29, 2013 09:00

Residential property taxes a concern By Dan McGowan, WPRI.com Reporter PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) - Several members of the Providence City Council ...

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Menino’s best skill? Staying out of the way of progress

The Boston Globe

March 28, 2013 09:00

By Anthony Flint It may all seem like ancient history now — how many young people even know there was such a thing as the elevated Central Arte...

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Recent Developments in Urban Real Estate

UNotes Daily

March 27, 2013 09:00

The Barney School of Business and the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, based in Cambridge, Mass., will co-sponsor a panel discuss...

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Retirees and the 'urban convergence'

Better Cities & Towns

March 27, 2013 09:00

Better! Cities & Towns The New York Times ran a trend article on the changing preference of retirees — away from distant Sunbelt retir...

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Congress debates fate of two programs that provide money to forested areas

The Rural Blog

March 25, 2013 09:00

Congress is debating the fate of two programs that have sent billions of federal dollars to forested parts of rural America since the 1970s and helped...

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It's a lonely quest for land-tax fans, but, by George, they press on

The Wall Street Journal

March 19, 2013 09:55

With the economy sluggish and cities starved for revenue, Los Angeles producer Charles Ashira figured the world was ready for a big-screen biopic of h...

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The land value tax in the Wall Street Journal

Keystone Politics

March 19, 2013 09:12

I enjoyed the big WSJ piece on the land value tax, even though they got some of their facts wrong. It really captures the frustration o...

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There's no economic Garden of Eden

The Virginian-Pilot

March 18, 2013 09:00

By Donald Luzzatto The Virginian-Pilot © March 17, 2013 The guy was tall. That was the first thing I noticed. From the back of a room filled...

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Why we just might want to build skyscrapers out of wood

The Atlantic Cities

March 18, 2013 09:00

After ruinous fires that laid waste to wide swaths of the urban landscape, cities more than a century ago were eager for technology to come to the res...

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Seminar set on the Political Economy of Environmental Justice

Georgia Tech News

March 15, 2013 09:00

Dr. Spencer Banzhaf will conduct a research seminar on "The Political Economy of Environmental Justice". View an overview of Dr. Banzhaf's paper. Vi...

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Scenario planning to build coastal resilience

Spotlight on the Region

March 14, 2013 09:00

By Robert Pirani, Vice President for Environmental and Energy Programs, RPA Hurricane Sandy and its aftermath have underscored the vulnerability of t...

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