Green Urban Planning

For all its problems, LEED certification serves an extremely useful purpose by providing (at least theoretically) objective standards for measuring the environmental sustainability of a given project. This certification is now available for entire neighborhoods, from the NRDC. Take a look:http://www.nrdc.org/cities/smartgrowth/leed.asp

Review of Planet of Slums by Mike Davis

Every year a city is built in the desert wasteland outside of Gerlach, Nevada. For over two decades this city has increased in size every year, and after one short week major portions of it are burned to the ground and the city disperses, leaving no trace behind. This appearing and vanishing act is not [...]