Our writers talk back

Some of the previous contributors to the Green Room respond to readers' questions and comments.

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Holes give edge to new armour

Scientists from the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) have devised ultra-hard vehicle armour to protect military personnel.

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Earth Watch

Why it is hard to predict sudden environmental crises

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Panda bites his third tourist in two years at Beijing zoo

A panda at Beijing zoo bites a man for the third time in two years.

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China alert over bird flu death

Chinese authorities shut down and clean poultry markets in Hebei province, after the first human death in nearly a year.

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Body repair 'could be ramped up'

A combination of drugs could trick the body into sending its repair mechanisms into overdrive, say scientists.

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Poetry or science?

Is romantic love just a chemical cocktail?

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Baby Jupiter's huge weight gain

The planet Jupiter must have gained mass fast during its infancy, according to astronomers.

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A deep-sea fish caught in the Pacific has mirrors for eyes

A deep-sea fish caught in the Pacific has eyes which use mirrors as well as lenses, scientists discover.

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Canadians claim South Pole record

A trio of Canadians claim a new record for the fastest trek across Antarctica to the South Pole.

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Venomous mammal caught on camera

Rare footage of one of the world's most strange and elusive mammals is captured by scientists.

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Eat it or lose it - why centuries of crop diversity are at risk

Centuries of crop diversity are at risk of being lost forever as farmers turn to just a few modern, high yielding varieties.

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Beagle hunter

On a mission to find the most famous ship of science

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Black holes 'preceded galaxies'

Astronomers believe they have solved a cosmic chicken-and-egg question: what came first - black holes or galaxies?

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'Wolfman' returns

Explorer Jim McNeill tracks down Arctic wolves

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Everest trip helps critically ill

Blood oxygen levels recorded on a trip by medics to Everest could help the treatment of critically ill patients.

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First flight of algae-fuelled jet

Continental Airlines is the latest to test fly a jet biofuel, this time with a product derived partially from algae.

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Zimbabwe troops 'eat elephants'

A Zimbabwean wildlife campaigner tells the BBC that soldiers are being given elephant meat to eat, as the economic crisis deepens.

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Mummy of female pharaoh uncovered

Egyptologists find remains of a mummy thought to belong to a queen who ruled 4,300 years ago, Egypt's antiquities chief announced.

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Animal matters

Scotland's debate over tests on primates

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Feilden's blog

Ground-breaking new technique in stem cell science

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Mosquitoes make sweet love music

Sexy songs sung by mosquitoes in courtship could be key to curbing the spread of dengue fever, say scientists.

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US vows 'huge' marine protection

The US is to establish "the largest area of protected sea in the world", banning fishing and mining, around its Pacific islands.

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Heat may spark world food crisis

Half the world's population could face food crisis by 2100 as soaring temperatures cripple staple crops, scientists warn.

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Tech fair offers greener vision

Analysts at the Consumer Electronics Show say green credentials of tech products will become critical to success.

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Urban and Regional Planning:

ArchNet

An online community and resource for architects, urban designers, landscape architects, planners, and scholars, with a special focus on the Islamic world.

http://archnet.org/

Graand

Free Classified Ads Portal

www.graand.com

ATLAS Guide

Advisory Team for Large Applications (ATLAS) guide to the town planning process in the UK in relation to large, complex or strategic development projects.

http://www.atlasplanning.com/

Big Box Reuse

Julia Christensen studies and explores how communities reuse empty big box buildings. Case studies, articles, and presentation schedule.

http://www.bigboxreuse.com/

Building Better Communities Network

An information clearinghouse and communication forum dedicated to building inclusive communities and to successfully siting affordable housing and community services.

http://www.bettercommunities.org/

California Land Use Planning Network

LUPIN (Land Use Planning Information Network) is an information service that supports and addresses California land use planning issues via the CERES web.

http://ceres.ca.gov/planning/

Center for Land Use Interpretation

Research organization involved in exploring, examining, and understanding land and landscape issues. It employs a variety of methods to pursue its stated aim, engaging in research, classification, extrapolation, and exhibition.

http://www.clui.org/

CharretteCenter.net

Information on planning, conducting, and implementing results from design charettes.

http://www.charrettecenter.net/

CityMayors

News about the world's cities and how their mayors are dealing with today's urban issues.

http://www.citymayors.com/

Cyburbia

Planning resource center includes a detailed resource directory, numerous message boards, a wiki, and image galleries.

http://www.cyburbia.org/

Ecology of Absence

Documents abandonment of the built environment and speculates on geographic, sociological, ecological, and architectural factors. Most examples are in St. Louis, Missouri.

http://www.eco-absence.org/

Ecosystem Anthologies: Land Use

This guide to online resources serves the information and communication needs of individuals and organizations working to protect our environment and create a sustainable future.

http://www.ecoiq.com/onlineresources/anthologies/landuse/index.html

Europaforum Wien

Analyzes policies, conducts public dialogues, organizes conferences, and publishes works on urban issues in the European Union. In German and English.

http://www.europaforum.or.at/

Great Streets!

Profiles of cities with thriving main streets, an examination of the details that make them successful, and a look at the fictional River City in the movie The Music Man.

http://www.greatstreets.org/

Jobs In Planning

Employment opportunities for planning professionals, with a focus on Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom.

http://www.jobsinplanning.com/

The KunstlerCast: The Tragic Comedy of Suburban Sprawl

A weekly podcast about suburban sprawl, the end of cheap oil and urban planning. Featuring James Howard Kunstler, author of "The Geography of Nowhere."

http://kunstlercast.com

Land Use Law

Includes articles, cases, ordinances, statutes, and photographs from Professor Daniel R. Mandelker of Washington University.

http://law.wustl.edu/landuselaw/

Legal Information Institute: Land Use Law

An overview provided by the Cornell Law School.

http://topics.law.cornell.edu/wex/Land_use

The Mayors' Institute on City Design

Works to transform mayors into advocates for good design by hosting symposiums on urban design.

http://www.micd.org/

Megacities

Annual Dutch lecture series. Includes full text archives from prior years.

http://www.megacities.nl/

National Geographic - The New Suburb?

Explore a virtual new urbanist neighborhood. Includes comparisons to typical suburban developments, lesson plans, links, and an image gallery.

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/earthpulse/sprawl/

Neighborhood Planning

Educational resource for understanding and improving neighborhoods. Includes a number of detailed examinations of topical issues.

http://www.neighborhoodplanning.org/

New Urbanism

The revival of our lost art of place-making, it is essentially a re-ordering of the built environment into the form of complete towns. New Urbanism promotes the creation and restoration of compact, walkable, mixed-use neighborhoods, towns, and cities.

http://www.newurbanism.org/

Observatoire de la Ville Interieure

Collects and disseminates information on Montreal's indoor and underground city. In French and English.

http://www.ovi.umontreal.ca/

Occupational Outlook Handbook: Urban and Regional Planners

Career profile from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

http://stats.bls.gov/oco/ocos057.htm

Online NewsHour: New Urbanism

Companion site to PBS program includes core concepts, interviews, discussions, criticisms, comparisons, and examples.

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/newurbanism/

Ordinance.com

Pay site with free sections providing land use ordinances, maps, design guides, and similar services. Registration required.

http://www.ordinance.com/

Parole

A thesaraus of modern concepts in urban development. For each there is a definition, bibliography and its source publication.

http://parole.aporee.org/

Periferia

Covers topics on architecture and urban design in the Caribbean.

http://www.periferia.org/

PlannersWeb

Topical material on zoning ordinances, land use, comprehensive plans, master plans, subdivision regulation, transportation, housing, urban design, takings-property rights, and the impacts on cities and towns.

http://pcj.typepad.com/

Planning and Regulatory Services Online (PARSOL)

National United Kingdom program providing planning and regulatory standards, toolkits, specifications, schemas, and systems for use by local governments.

http://www.parsol.gov.uk/

Planning Help

Campaign to Protect Rural England project provides information on how citizens can influence local planning decisions.

http://www.planninghelp.org.uk/

Planning Portal

Government gateway to planning information throughout the UK. Provides information on plans, appeals, applications, contact details, research areas.

http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/

Planning Resource

UK planning portal. Includes news, employment, appeals, education, documents, consultants directory, and forum.

http://www.planningresource.co.uk//

Planning-applications.co.uk

Free online guide to the UK town planning system. Lodge an appeal and review development plans.

http://www.planning-applications.co.uk/

Planum

Selected European planning journals, an extensive planning web guide, archives of plans, and events from the town and regional planning world.

http://www.planum.net/

Resource for Urban Design Information

Multimedia resource for teaching, research, and professional activity in urban design and its related disciplines.

http://www.rudi.net/

Sense of Community Project

A study of social capital in urban blocks of Lansing, Michigan demonstrating its relationship to quality of life and social behavior.

http://www.msu.edu/user/socomm/

Smart City

A weekly, hour-long public radio talk show that looks at urban life. Host Carol Coletta talks with public policy experts, designers, elected officials, developers, planners and others in discussions of urban issues.

http://www.smartcityradio.com/smartcityradio/

The Smarter Land Use Project

Focuses on improving the quality of proposed developments in settled areas. Includes a citizens guidebook for achieving effective collaboration.

http://landuse.org/

The Social Developer

An examination of issues in modern urban development and its influence on the lives of urban dwellers.

http://www.hillside.ca

The Social Life of Cities

A collection of photo essays illustrating aspects of public space, collective memory, urban design, and architecture.

http://www.wfu.edu/sociology/sociallifeofcities/

Space.City

Seattle, Washington-based nonprofit hosts lectures and events on architecture, public art, and urbanism.

http://space-city.net/

Think

An annual conference at ExCeL London about sustainability in the built environment.

http://www.think08.co.uk/

Timeline of New Urbanism

A searchable database of key events in the history of new urbanism, as well as historical influences.

http://www.nutimeline.net/

Urban Age

International conference series on the future of cities. Conference information, archives, foci, and networking.

http://www.urban-age.net/

Urban Environmental Management

A grouping of urban planning researchers from around the world. It looks at urban areas as the intersection of natural, built, and socio-economic environments.

http://www.gdrc.org/uem/

Urban Futures

A project of the Reason Public Policy Institute. Promotes voluntary, private-sector and market-oriented solutions to sprawl and other urban problems.

http://www.urbanfutures.org/

Urban Photo

Promotes and explores urban issues through photography.

http://www.urbanphoto.net/

Urban Planet

Urbanist message boards with areas for general and regional discussions.

http://www.urbanplanet.org/

Urban Planning, 1794-1918

An international anthology of primary source material for the study of how urban planning developed up to the end of World War I. Includes articles, conference papers, and reports.

http://www.library.cornell.edu/Reps/DOCS/homepage.htm

Urban Planning Now

Job postings and links to planning employers.

http://www.urbanplanningnow.com/

Urban Residue

Papers on the nature of public space and profiles of progressive urban areas.

http://www.urbanresidue.com/

Urban and Regional Planning

An introduction to the concept of urbanicity.

http://www.urbanicity.us/

Urbanology

Provides solutions in the fields of urban development, design, architecture and new media. Explores, documents, archives, researches and intervenes in urban spaces around the world, including projects in the last ten years in Mumbai, Tokyo, New York and Bogota.

http://www.urbanology.org/

UrbanWorkbench

Blog about sustainability in urban design and community development, where ideas are fleshed out, concepts are discussed, and new technologies reported on and reviewed.

http://urbanworkbench.com

User Based City

Blog exploring the possibility of a user based city, one that is not planned from above but grows from the bottom.

http://userbasedcity.blogspot.com/

Wikipedia: Urban Planning

Encyclopedia entry covers planning's role in aesthetics, safety, transportation, suburbanization, and the environment. Includes lists of famous planners and planned communities.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_planning

Cyburbia Forums

Discussions about planning, cities, and the built environment. [RSS]

http://www.cyburbia.org/forums/external.php?type=rss

Planetizen: Announcements

Information on RFPs, RFQs, conferences, educational opportunities, press releases, and other current events. [RSS]

http://www.planetizen.com/feeds/rss_announce.xml

Planetizen: Jobs

Current job postings. [RSS]

http://www.planetizen.com/feeds/rss_jobs.xml

Planetizen: News

Links to planning news, reports, and editorials in the media. [RSS]

http://www.planetizen.com/feeds/rss_all.xml

Planetizen: Radar

Automatically updated collection of syndicated planning content. [RSS]

http://www.planetizen.com/feeds/rss_radar.xml