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  • DMC deal could spur more development in Midtown (21 Mar 2010 14:30)

    ... downtown community here." Bob Slattery, a Detroit developer who has been working in the Cass ... benefits. Gary Sands, a retired professor of urban planning at Wayne State University, said that the ...

  • Guest commentary: Cambridge riverfront gets planning attention (21 Mar 2010 03:35)

    ... name of the Metropolitan District Commission (MDC) developed a masterplan about ten years ago how to improve ... the DCR, are financially strapped as the urban parks budget has been cut by over ...

  • City gardeners create urban oases (21 Mar 2010 04:44)

    ... who created a pastoral oasis in an urban neighborhood overlooking downtown Lynchburg. Starting with an ... we were kids,” Jesse Carter said, after planting a row of blackberries along Harrison Street. ... from a property line. The city's community development department can provide further details. Netty DiMattia ...

  • US military plans to track roads from sky (21 Mar 2010 11:01)

    ... Military scientists in the US are developing what they claim is a "spy in ... which sees around corners and down into "urban canyons" -- in fact, it can track ... will take some time to turn DARPA's plans into a viable system. Key challenges include ...

  • Old Lincoln Mill going organic: Farm animals, lofts and theater all part of plan (21 Mar 2010 12:39)

    ... the turn of the 20th century. Sisco's plan for Lincoln Mills, built in 1901, includes: ... In Birmingham, he became interested in the development along Morris Avenue, an historic area of ... Birmingham that was part of the city's urban development in the 1970s. From there, he ...

  • Using rate-lock plan may be wise (21 Mar 2010 05:08)

    ... purchase has offered us a “rate-lock protection plan” that would guarantee that the 5.5 percent ... by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Don't just take the prospective counselor's word ...

  • New approach planned to halting river erosion (21 Mar 2010 10:18)

    ... New approach planned to halting river erosion MANKATO — Backyards ... of the land is in agriculture or urban development.” Humans don't need to make it rain ...

  • Investor awareness on development projects increased (21 Mar 2010 06:10)

    ... to raise awareness amongst investors about massive development projects. The workshop organized by the Sri ... development projects launched by the Ministry of Urban Development and Sacred Area Development Ministry. The ...

  • Fed ed reform plans praised (21 Mar 2010 11:33)

    ... each grade level and the difficulty for urban districts to reach that bar with challenging ... new law would also require states to develop teacher evaluation models, a type of merit-pay ...

  • Ruining our Cities to Save Them (21 Mar 2010 05:27)

    ... per cent to 35 million in 2050, urban planners are ramping up their war against suburbia. ... or renting compact homes in high-density, multi-unit developments along public transport corridors, preferably rail lines. ...

  • Australian cities need radical changes (21 Mar 2010 05:03)

    ... inhospitable interior. These are just a few urban scenarios by some of Australia's leading architects ... last year. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's government plans to invest A$36bn in transport infrastructure in ... dwellings by 2036, with 70 percent of development to occur within existing suburbs and only ...

  • Nonfiction: "The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice are Undermining Education," by Diane Ravitch (Today) (21 Mar 2010 06:06)

    ... George W. Bush announced the education reform plans that became the No Child Left Behind ... of Great American Cities," which blamed top-down urban planning for hastening the decline of functioning ... methods. (The Pittsburgh Public School District is developing a system linking teacher pay with a ...

  • Soon, spy in the sky to 'follow a car' (21 Mar 2010 09:37)

    ... London: An American defence research agency is developing a radar system, which will monitor vehicular ... could see around corners and down into "urban canyons". Unlike traditional radar that relies on ... a wing mirror. The agency is also planning to develop an algorithm, which would enable ...

  • Darfur Donors Conference Kicks off in Cairo (21 Mar 2010 10:15)

    ... dedicated to finance a long list of development projects which covers agriculture, animal breeding, housing ... which covers agriculture, animal breeding, housing and urban planning, water supply, health, education and rural development. ...

  • Gaur miffed with Scindia over move to shift NID to Gwalior (21 Mar 2010 13:06)

    ... Bhopal: The Madhya Pradesh Urban Administration and Development Minister, Babulal Gaur is miffed with the Union Minister of State for Commerce and ...

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