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Urban studies and planning

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Atlanta Anti-Sprawl Measure

Traffic jams in this commercial hub of the New South are reaching monumental proportions. And, as David Pollock reports, they are not the only problem this city is facing as a result of its explosive growth and sprawling development. Some of the measures the State of Georgia is proposing to contain sprawl are meeting with […]

The Living on Earth Almanac

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Walking to the Post Office

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Mayors Go Green

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Vision of a Sustainable City

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Green Architecture

Commentator Jane Holtz Kay says green architecture may be making new buildings more sustainable. But she questions the difference it will make, especially if we continue to sprawl.

DC Sprawl

New Urbanism

Host Steve Curwood speaks with Elizabeth Plater Zyberk, Dean of the School of Architecture of the University of Miami, about the New Urbanist movement and the planning and design it promotes to combat suburban sprawl.

The Living on Earth Almanac

This week, facts about — Sir Ebenezer Howard, born 150 years ago in London and recognized as the father of the “garden city” movement in town planning.

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Living Cities aims to stretch philanthropic dollars

Business, Economics and Jobs

Has the Living Cities philanthropic collaborative found a way to get the most ameliorative bang for their philanthropic buck? We talk about the changing philosophies of urban renewal, and we speak to two people who will see this money in their cities.