Governor Abbott has said that it would take many more days for the water to recede in Houston from tropical storm Harvey.  Houston is the fourth largest city in the United States and has experienced record levels of rain from Harvey.  Abbott also talks about how even though the water is receding does not mean that Houston problems are finished.  Considering Houston's great size is will be a long time before things start getting back to normal.

In a statement by Governor Abbott, he…

At a recent rally in Alabama, President Trump said how he would love to see NFL team owners fire people who disrespected our countries flag.  This was just a small part of a 1 hour and 20-minute speech that he gave, and people have been making it a big deal.  Trump's base appreciates defending the flag, it was not telling owners to fire players to kneeled it was just him saying he wished that the players would respect the flag.  This Sunday when players kneeled during the national anthem…

Many people have been affected by the storms in Texas and Florida which has caused homes to be destroyed and buildings to be flooded. Now begins the rebuilding process, however , these states need to not only rebuild but also focus on preparing for the next time something like this happens. The infrastructure of roads, bridges, pipes, drains and power grids need to be modernized because they are decades old and failure to do so can lead to bigger problems in the future. 

A modernized…

Australia has run in to a big problem with the construction of their buildings and the land use policies. The problems are hindering them from building "sustainable cities". A sustainable city can be best described as a city that takes in to account the impact it has on the environment. Most buildings in Australia fail to reach the building requirements. Failure to meet these requirements could be a result of the construction team not doing their job properly. There is nobody watching their…

Article:Gentrification in Dallas,TX- Opinion, Michaela Kirkland…

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The new stadium being built for the Las Vegas Raiders has run into a few issues that might delay its completion. The biggest obstacle, according to the article, is that staffing…

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The city of Fort Worth is running into the same problem that all growing cities do in this modern age. A thriving downtown life and emerging art district have begun to lay unprecedented burdens on the city’s parking capabilities. The article notes how parking in Fort Worth used to be easily found and often free too. However, the growth of the city…

Do You Really Own Your Land? Eminent Domain Opinion, Michaela Kirkland

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The Center for Real Estate and Urban Analysis at George Washington University School of Business and SmartGrowth America launched a report stating that Dallas lacks trails for transients to transit. The city occupied a ranking of 25th out of 30 big cities in an article called Foot Traffic Ahead: Ranking Walkable Urbanism in America’s Largest Metros. According to this report, Dallas has a big potential undeveloped caused, in part, to the slow expansion of DART's light-rail…

Since 1999, The University of North Texas and DART (Light Rail Transit) came together to move millions of people. This partnership benefited the economic growth of businesses near light rail stations. In this article is stated that property values near DART LRT stations grow much faster economically speaking than areas where a light rail station is not available, these public projects are within a quarter-mile of DART stations.

The region taken by the researchers of the University of…

          The Horseshoe Project, a $798 million design-build roadway construction project seeking to improve traffic flow through the heart of downtown Dallas, was created and developed by the Texas Department of Transportation. The project had its groundbreaking ceremony on April 27, 2013, and was made eligible by legislation passed back in 2011, which gifted TxDOT with "additional tools in the form of 'design-build' authorization as well as additional…

           Ian Bogost, a contributing editor for The Atlantic, argues in this article that the flooding occurring in Houston is due to a design problem. “It’s not because the water comes in. It’s because it is forced to leave again.” Flooding has always been an issue of keeping water out through both avoidance and engineering precaution; however, because floods cause greater property damage and more deaths than tornadoes or hurricanes, their impact must be addressed, especially in…

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Richard Geddes, a scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, discusses the need for reform in America’s transportation infrastructure. He describes the current situation for our infrastructure: lack of funding for roads, bridges, etc.; outdated infrastructure, and crippling traffic in urban…

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Gentrification has become an issue in recent years that produces animosity towards the free market and capitalistic urban developers. CNN’s show, United Shades of America comes to mind. The show’s host, Kamau Bell, did a special on the gentrification of Portland in 2016. The…

In January 2016, Sian Berry, who was the Green Party’s candidate for mayor of London launched a campaign to close down London City Airport due to the claims that the airport contributed large amounts of both noise and air pollution to the environment and is detrimental to the neighboring boroughs in London. The plan basically revolved around the idea of closing down the accessible downtown city airport and replacing it with a development project which according to…

The City Beautiful movement subscribes to the philosophy of physical determinism which equates better buildings to better people. The design or beauty of buildings in a city would determine the way in which people would react or behave. Some inner cities have been ridden with poverty and crime due to the lack of funding for development, education, or law enforcement, and this can be attributed to the effects of urban sprawl. In order to address this issue, some…