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Brooklyn Museum fountain, image by Trevor Little, a NYC photo blogger

I'm heading out of town today, but caught a few pieces about places that I wanted to share.

The Economist briefs us on the newest form of suburban development in Britain - the dense, compact development.

Montpellier, France, launches in full its car-less city center, a long-planned and well-invested endeavor.

Adobe, one of greenest companies in the Silicon Valley, finds its alternative energy uses challenged during recent heat waves.

Public transit people go ga-ga for Toronto's York neighborhood's new transit system

Anthony Flint, the author of the new book This Land: The Battle Over Sprawl and the Future of America, weighs in on the challenges of massive urban capital improvement projects, focusing on recent news about the Big Dig.

Having heard about Columbia professor Lance Freeman's controversial and much needed studies on gentrification in New York City for five years running now, NPR has an interview in light of his new book, There Goes the 'Hood.

And finally, Wal-Mart pulls out of Germany and seems to question its ability to penetrate international markets.