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Over 15,000 Species Facing Extinction, Report Warns

Development pressures, habitat loss, climate change and pollution are driving the world's non-human species and plants to the brink.

November 20, 2004 - International Union for Conservation of Nature

Another Ecological Footprint Calculator

Ever wondered how much "nature" your lifestyle requires?

November 20, 2004 - Earthday Resources

What If We Built Our Cities Around Places?

PPS examines the changes needed to begin to view urban elements as interrelated components of a single place.

November 20, 2004 - Project For Public Spaces

Friday Funny: The Humbler

The cartoon strip FoxTrot runs a special series on the appeal of massive SUVs.

November 19, 2004 - Yahoo! Newswire

Germany's 'Slow-motion Calamity'

Commentators conjure up a sort of reverse Malthusian nightmare: Germany as a land of predominantly geriatric towns and cities set in a deserted, creeping countryside.

November 19, 2004 - The New York Times

Combining A Lifestyle Mall With New Urbanism

A makeover of Santa Monica's popular Third Street Promenade would increase mixed use and demolish an enclosed mall to create a new lifestyle center.

November 19, 2004 - The Los Angeles Times

EPA Announces 2004 Smart Growth Awards

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced five winners of the 2004 National Awards for Smart GrowthAchievement.

November 19, 2004 - U. S. Environmental Protection Agency

Google The Planet

The popular search engine adds a new feature -- a 3D digital model of the entire earth.

November 19, 2004 - The Charlotte Observer

Clean-Air Cops Handcuffed

The EPA wants stricter curbs on air pollution. But critics say lax enforcement may undermine its goals.

November 19, 2004 - The Christian Science Monitor

The Endangered Endangered Species Act

The 30-year old Endangered Species Act may face sweeping changes.

November 18, 2004 - Grist Magazine

The SUV Invasion of Europe

Despite vocal opposition, SUVs invade Europe.

November 18, 2004 - The New York Times

Premature Deaths Attributed To Smog

Ground-level ozone, a common form of air pollution long linked to breathing problems, is being blamed for thousands of premature deaths each year in a new study of 95 urban areas.

November 18, 2004 - The Philadelphia Inquirer

Planning By Ballot Measures

Citizens across the country voted on how they want their communities to grow.

November 18, 2004 - The Washington Post Writers Group

36 Urban Planning 'What Ifs'

Thirty-six thoughts on reviving ailing cities.

November 18, 2004 - Urban Paradoxes

It's The Cities, Stupid

After reviewing the familiar red/blue election map, The Stranger concludes that urban liberals live in the Urban Archipelago, the United Cities of America.

November 18, 2004 - The Stranger

Producing Cartograms: Density Equalizing Maps

Map makers have long searched for a way to construct cartograms -- maps in which the sizes of geographic regions such as countries or provinces appear in proportion to their population or some other analogous property.

November 18, 2004 - ArXiv

Conceiving A Sustainable Future In The Egyptian Desert

A progressive industrial park on the banks of the Nile aims to restore the balance between economic growth and environmental quality.

November 17, 2004 - Ode Magazine

The End of Oil

A Caltech physicist warns that fossil fuels -- and time -- are running out.

November 17, 2004 - Caltech News

America's Obsession with Consumption

The greatest moral threat to the United States is not gay marriage, writes Derrick Jackson, but the inability to live within our means in a world of want.

November 17, 2004 - The Boston Globe

Tracking Metropolitan America Into The 21st Century

An overhaul of the widely-recognized metropolitan classification system by the federal Office of Management and Budget (OMB) will refashion the both research and federal spending.

November 17, 2004 - The Brookings Institution

Urban Design for Planners 1: Software Tools

This six-course series explores essential urban design concepts using open source software and equips planners with the tools they need to participate fully in the urban design process.

Planning for Universal Design

Learn the tools for implementing Universal Design in planning regulations.

Top Books

An annual review of books related to planning.

Top Schools

The definitive ranking of graduate planning programs.

100 Most Influential Urbanists

The who's who of urbanism, according to Planetizen readers.

Urban Planning Creators You Should Know

A short list of voices on social, video, and podcasting platforms.