United States

If urban areas are to improve, the public must become a more savvy consumer of good architecture.

January 9, 2003 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Dan Burden is on mission to make America's cities walkable -- and livable.

January 9, 2003 - The Kansas City Star

Welcome to Wal-Mart China. If there's not a Wal-Mart in your neighborhood today, just wait a few minutes.

January 8, 2003 - Time

Hydrogen is the future and needs to be part of a sound energy policy.

January 7, 2003 - E-The Environmental Magazine

Exponetial increases in off-campus housing, and lucrative rental income spark heated debate in the UK.

January 7, 2003 - The Times

The surge of theater-building around the world may slowing down.

January 7, 2003 - The Economist

Assessments of the seven new Ground Zero proposals.

January 7, 2003 - MetropolisMag.com

President Bush's 'war on nature' could have catastrophic consequences.

January 7, 2003 - Salon

A new book says the SUV is the car of choice for the nation's most self-centered people -- and the bigger the SUV, the more of a jerk its driver is likely to be.

January 7, 2003 - AlterNet

General Motors plans to offer hybrid gas-electric powered cars, pickups, and SUVs.

January 6, 2003 - CNN

Across the U.S. competing interests are battling over sidewalks.

January 6, 2003 - The New York Times

"Reports of our death are greatly exaggerated." Architects, planners and consulting professionals forcefully respond to recent claims of New Urbanism's extinction.

January 6, 2003 - Planetizen

Houston -- for the third year in a row -- is the chunkiest city in the country.The "fittest city" is Honolulu, HI.

January 6, 2003 - Men's Fitness

"Reports of our death are greatly exaggerated." Architects, planners and consulting professionals respond to recent claims of New Urbanism's extinction.

January 6, 2003 - Lucy Rowland, Michael Mehaffy, and Members Of The Pro-Urb Listserv

Introducing the first housing development planned around the needs of koalas.

January 5, 2003 - National Geographic

Reason looks back at 2002's science and environmental policy stories.

January 4, 2003 - Reason Online

Researches at two U.S. universities have found the "fingerprint" of global warming.

January 3, 2003 - Scientific American

Urban areas are increasingly spreading into the countryside, pitting farmers against developers.

January 3, 2003 - The Christian Science Monitor

The Wall Street Journal reports that several of the nation's fastest-growing cities could face severe water shortages because of groundwater contamination by perchlorate.

January 2, 2003 - Wall St. Journal

Is Smart Growth a passing fad that will fade away? Neal Peirce explains why he thinks the Smart Growth movement will last.

January 1, 2003 - The Washington Post Writers Group