Urban Studies

Designing Cars for Low-Carbon Chic (NYTimes.com via Yahoo! Finance)

9 Jul 2008

Automakers and designers are mapping out a new generation of lighter, sleeker vehicles that could give a radical new look to urban streets.

Report Finds Gaps in Federal E-Mail Records (Washington Post)

9 Jul 2008

Federal officials inconsistently preserve government e-mail, creating gaps in the public record and making it difficult for the public to understand the activities of the government, according to a report released by the Government Accountability Office yesterday.

Brazil boom lifts millions into middle class (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

9 Jul 2008

Clearing a space among empty beer bottles, Paulo spreads out a glossy leaflet that envisions an urban development more reminiscent of Tokyo or Singapore than the Rio de Janeiro slum where he has lived for 50 years.