Author: SCM

From New Urban Network: By Peter Katz, New Urban Network Editor’s note: This article first appeared in Land and People, the magazine for the Trust for Public Land, in 1995 — yet it offers guidance that is useful and lays...

From Atlantic Cities: Besides its coverage of a wide spectrum of urban issues—from mystifying crosswalks to the false economics of sprawl—TheAtlanticCities.com aims to share ideas about best practices. And for those who think...

It’s hard to listen to the happy talk and the deep denial of Airport Authority officials in the face of decisions by Delta Airlines to cut flights here, but it’s even harder to listen when we’re booking a...

From Terrain: by Galina Tachieva Editor’s Note: This article has been excerpted from the Sprawl Repair Manual, by Galina Tachieva, with permission of the publisher (Island Press) and author. This excerpt is the book’s...

2 From Sustainable Communities Collective: Just imagine an efficient scene of shuttle transit from a large parking area to your destination, a compact service district. At the end of the shuttle, medical services, a bank, food,...

From Mother Jones: Physicists are notorious for believing that other scientists are mathematically incompetent. And University of California-Berkeley physicist Richard Muller is notorious for believing that conventional wisdom...

From National Resources Defense Council Staff Blog: Here’s what Madoff did:  He took people’s money, promising a return on investment.  In other words, he borrowed it.  But the returns weren’t real; the only way Madoff had to...

Two opportunities to focus on what’s important are coming up this weekend: The Gandhi-King Conference on Peacemaking, “A Living Movement Toward a World of Peace, Solidarity, and Justice,” and Livable...

From Education Week: From Education Week: By Jeffrey O. Newport I stepped outside the other morning, coffee cup in hand, to pick up the newspaper. The neighborhood kids were standing on the corner with their anxious mothers,...

By DANIEL WAGNER, AP Business Writer – Sep 27, 2011 WASHINGTON (AP) — More than half of U.S. cities have cut staff, canceled construction projects or raised fees this year, according to a report from the National League of...